Illinois vs. Washington

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

1. Illinois’s biggest win1952: Illinois 48, Washington 14by 34 points
2. Washington’s biggest win1971: Washington 52, Illinois 14by 38 points
3. Ranked showdown1951: Illinois 27, Washington 20No. 8 Illinois at No. 20 Washington

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Illinois’s side (Eliot 3–⁠0 against Odell). 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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  1950 · The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, Oct 27, 1950

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  1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 21, 1951

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  1952 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 12, 1952

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  1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 7, 1956

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  1961 · The Nome nugget, Oct 2, 1961

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.

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

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
• Washington vs. Oregon106 meetings, Washington 56–⁠46–⁠4
• Washington vs. Washington State106 meetings, Washington 70–⁠32–⁠4
• Washington vs. California99 meetings, Washington 55–⁠41–⁠3
• Washington vs. Oregon State95 meetings, Washington 61–⁠32–⁠2