Illinois vs. UCLA

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

1. Illinois’s biggest win1946: Illinois 45, UCLA 14by 31 points
2. UCLA’s biggest win1983: UCLA 45, Illinois 9by 36 points
3. Ranked showdown1946: Illinois 45, UCLA 14No. 5 Illinois at No. 4 UCLA

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Illinois’s side (Eliot 2–⁠1 against Sanders). 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.

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Jan 2, 1947

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  1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 14, 1950

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  1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 30, 1951

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
• UCLA vs. Stanford95 meetings, UCLA 49–⁠43–⁠3
• UCLA vs. California95 meetings, UCLA 59–⁠35–⁠1
• UCLA vs. USC95 meetings, UCLA 34–⁠54–⁠7
• UCLA vs. Washington78 meetings, UCLA 42–⁠34–⁠2