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Illinois vs Lake Forest Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEIllinois4 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD4–0–1WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOLake Forest0 recorded wins
5Recorded meetings
1893Earliest documented
1897Most recent season
1Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

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

5 games
  1. 1893
    Illinois10 — 10Lake Forest
    Nov 30, 1893Tie
  2. 1894
    Illinois54 — 6Lake Forest
    Oct 20, 1894Illinois won
  3. 1895
    Illinois38 — 0Lake Forest
    Nov 2, 1895Illinois won
  4. 1896
    Illinois38 — 0Lake Forest
    Oct 3, 1896Illinois won
  5. 1897
    Illinois36 — 0Lake Forest
    Oct 16, 1897Illinois won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1897Illinois vs Lake Forest36–0Illinois won
1896Illinois vs Lake Forest38–0Illinois won
1895Illinois vs Lake Forest38–0Illinois won
1894Illinois vs Lake Forest54–6Illinois won
1893Illinois vs Lake Forest10–10Tie
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.