Illinois vs. Pennsylvania
Illinois and Pennsylvania have 2 meetings on file, the first in 1925; Illinois leads the series 2–0 in the games on file. Over the last 2 meetings it’s Illinois 2–0, and Illinois has won the last 2. Share
- Illinois wins
- 2
- Pennsylvania wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1925
- Longest streak
- 2 Illinois
- Current streak
- 2 Illinois
- Last 10 meetings
- Illinois 2–0
- Most recent
- 1926
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1925 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Oct 31, 1925
1926 · Imperial Valley press, Nov 1, 1926
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Oct 30, 1926 | Illinois 3, Pennsylvania 0 | at Illinois | ||
| Oct 31, 1925 | Illinois 24, Pennsylvania 2 | at Pennsylvania |
Every game is listed as played on the field.