Illinois vs. Stanford
Illinois and Stanford have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1951; Stanford leads the series 6–4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Stanford 6–4. Share
- Illinois wins
- 4
- Stanford wins
- 6
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1951
- Longest streak
- 3 Stanford
- Current streak
- 1 Stanford
- Last 10 meetings
- Stanford 6–4
- Most recent
- 1984
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–1 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Illinois 1, Stanford 0; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 17.9 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Illinois
- 2–3 Illinois’s record at home
- At Stanford
- 3–1 Stanford’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Illinois first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Illinois’s biggest win1974: Illinois 41, Stanford 7by 34 points
- Stanford’s biggest win1978: Stanford 35, Illinois 10by 25 points
- Upset1984: Stanford 34, Illinois 19Stanford had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1974: Illinois 41, Stanford 7Illinois had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1951: Illinois 40, Stanford 7No. 8 Stanford at No. 4 Illinois
Coach against coach
| Years | Illinois | Series | Stanford |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951–1954 | Ray Eliot | 2–1 | Chuck Taylor |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Illinois’s side (Eliot 2–1 against Taylor). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Bill Tate Illinois | 1951 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
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
| Sep 15, 1984 | Stanford 34, Illinois 19 | at Stanford | ||
| Sep 17, 1983 | Illinois 17, Stanford 7 | at Illinois | ||
| Sep 23, 1978 | Stanford 35, Illinois 10 | at Illinois | ||
| Sep 24, 1977 | Stanford 37, Illinois 24 | at Stanford | ||
| Sep 21, 1974 | Illinois 41, 19Stanford 7 | at Stanford | ||
| Oct 6, 1973 | Stanford 24, Illinois 0 | at Illinois | ||
| Oct 22, 1966 | Stanford 6, Illinois 3 | at Illinois | ||
| Oct 2, 1954 | Stanford 12, Illinois 2 | at Stanford | ||
| Oct 3, 1953 | Illinois 33, Stanford 21 | at Illinois | ||
| Jan 1, 1952 | 4Illinois 40, 8Stanford 7 | Neutral site | Rose Bowl |
Every game is listed as played on the field.