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Illinois vs Kent State Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEIllinois2 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD2–0WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOKent State0 recorded wins
2Recorded meetings
2015Earliest documented
2018Most 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.

2 games
  1. 2015
    Illinois52 — 3Kent State
    Sep 5, 2015Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
  2. 2018
    Illinois31 — 24Kent State
    Sep 1, 2018Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2018Illinois vs Kent State31–24Illinois won
2015Illinois vs Kent State52–3Illinois 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.