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Illinois vs Rutgers Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Illinois and Rutgers.

PROGRAM ONEIllinois7 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD7–3WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWORutgers3 recorded wins
10Recorded meetings
2005Earliest documented
2025Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

10 games
  1. 2005
    Illinois33 — 30Rutgers
    Sep 3, 2005Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
  2. 2006
    Illinois0 — 33Rutgers
    Sep 9, 2006Rutgers wonHigh Point Solutions Stadium
  3. 2016
    Illinois24 — 7Rutgers
    Oct 15, 2016Illinois wonHigh Point Solutions Stadium
  4. 2017
    Illinois24 — 35Rutgers
    Oct 14, 2017Rutgers wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
  5. 2018
    Illinois38 — 17Rutgers
    Oct 6, 2018Illinois wonHigh Point Solutions Stadium
  6. 2019
    Illinois38 — 10Rutgers
    Nov 2, 2019Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
  7. 2020
    Illinois23 — 20Rutgers
    Nov 14, 2020Illinois wonSHI Stadium
  8. 2021
    Illinois14 — 20Rutgers
    Oct 30, 2021Rutgers wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
  9. 2024
    Illinois38 — 31Rutgers
    Nov 23, 2024Illinois wonSHI Stadium
  10. 2025
    Illinois35 — 13Rutgers
    Nov 1, 2025Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2025Illinois vs Rutgers35–13Illinois won
2024Illinois vs Rutgers38–31Illinois won
2021Illinois vs Rutgers14–20Rutgers won
2020Illinois vs Rutgers23–20Illinois won
2019Illinois vs Rutgers38–10Illinois won
2018Illinois vs Rutgers38–17Illinois won
2017Illinois vs Rutgers24–35Rutgers won
2016Illinois vs Rutgers24–7Illinois won
2006Illinois vs Rutgers0–33Rutgers won
2005Illinois vs Rutgers33–30Illinois won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.