Illinois vs. Pittsburgh

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Illinois’s biggest win1944: Illinois 39, Pittsburgh 5by 34 points
2. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1981: Pittsburgh 26, Illinois 6by 20 points
3. Ranked showdown1982: Pittsburgh 20, Illinois 3No. 3 Pittsburgh at No. 19 Illinois

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Illinois’s side (Eliot 3–⁠0 against Shaughnessy). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1945 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Sep 23, 1945

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  1946 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 22, 1946

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  1947 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 28, 1947

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Illinois vs. Northwestern119 meetings, Illinois 59–⁠55–⁠5
• Illinois vs. Ohio State105 meetings, Illinois 30–⁠71–⁠4
• Illinois vs. Purdue101 meetings, Illinois 47–⁠48–⁠6
• Illinois vs. Michigan98 meetings, Illinois 24–⁠72–⁠2
• Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia101 meetings, Pittsburgh 61–⁠37–⁠3
• Pittsburgh vs. Penn State99 meetings, Pittsburgh 43–⁠52–⁠4
• Pittsburgh vs. Syracuse82 meetings, Pittsburgh 46–⁠33–⁠3
• Pittsburgh vs. Notre Dame74 meetings, Pittsburgh 21–⁠52–⁠1