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Illinois vs Louisville Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEIllinois3 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD3–2WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOLouisville2 recorded wins
5Recorded meetings
1986Earliest documented
2001Most 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.

5 games
  1. 1986
    Illinois23 — 0Louisville
    Sep 6, 1986Illinois won
  2. 1997
    Illinois14 — 26Louisville
    Sep 13, 1997Louisville won
  3. 1998
    Illinois9 — 35Louisville
    Sep 19, 1998Louisville won
  4. 1999
    Illinois41 — 36Louisville
    Sep 18, 1999Illinois won
  5. 2001
    Illinois34 — 10Louisville
    Sep 22, 2001Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2001Illinois vs Louisville34–10Illinois won
1999Illinois vs Louisville41–36Illinois won
1998Illinois vs Louisville9–35Louisville won
1997Illinois vs Louisville14–26Louisville won
1986Illinois vs Louisville23–0Illinois 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.