Illinois vs. South Dakota

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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  1942 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 27, 1942

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
• South Dakota vs. Nebraska16 meetings, South Dakota 0–⁠14–⁠2
• South Dakota vs. Northern Iowa15 meetings, South Dakota 5–⁠10
• South Dakota vs. North Dakota State15 meetings, South Dakota 3–⁠12
• South Dakota vs. Youngstown State13 meetings, South Dakota 4–⁠9