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Illinois vs Syracuse Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEIllinois10 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD10–2WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOSyracuse2 recorded wins
12Recorded meetings
1909Earliest documented
2007Most 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.

12 games
  1. 1909
    Illinois17 — 8Syracuse
    Nov 20, 1909Illinois won
  2. 1910
    Illinois3 — 0Syracuse
    Nov 19, 1910Illinois won
  3. 1951
    Illinois41 — 20Syracuse
    Oct 13, 1951Illinois won
  4. 1953
    Illinois20 — 13Syracuse
    Oct 24, 1953Illinois won
  5. 1954
    Illinois34 — 6Syracuse
    Oct 23, 1954Illinois won
  6. 1970
    Illinois27 — 0Syracuse
    Oct 3, 1970Illinois won
  7. 1977
    Illinois20 — 30Syracuse
    Oct 1, 1977Syracuse won
  8. 1978
    Illinois28 — 14Syracuse
    Sep 30, 1978Illinois won
  9. 1981
    Illinois17 — 14Syracuse
    Sep 19, 1981Illinois won
  10. 1982
    Illinois47 — 10Syracuse
    Sep 18, 1982Illinois won
  11. 2006
    Illinois21 — 31Syracuse
    Sep 16, 2006Syracuse wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
  12. 2007
    Illinois41 — 20Syracuse
    Sep 15, 2007Illinois wonJMA Wireless Dome
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2007Illinois vs Syracuse41–20Illinois won
2006Illinois vs Syracuse21–31Syracuse won
1982Illinois vs Syracuse47–10Illinois won
1981Illinois vs Syracuse17–14Illinois won
1978Illinois vs Syracuse28–14Illinois won
1977Illinois vs Syracuse20–30Syracuse won
1970Illinois vs Syracuse27–0Illinois won
1954Illinois vs Syracuse34–6Illinois won
1953Illinois vs Syracuse20–13Illinois won
1951Illinois vs Syracuse41–20Illinois won
1910Illinois vs Syracuse3–0Illinois won
1909Illinois vs Syracuse17–8Illinois 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.