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Illinois vs USC Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEIllinois3 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD3–11WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOUSC11 recorded wins
14Recorded meetings
1935Earliest 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.

14 games
  1. 1935
    Illinois19 — 0USC
    Oct 12, 1935Illinois won
  2. 1936
    Illinois6 — 24USC
    Oct 10, 1936USC won
  3. 1939
    Illinois0 — 26USC
    Oct 14, 1939USC won
  4. 1940
    Illinois7 — 13USC
    Oct 12, 1940USC won
  5. 1961
    Illinois10 — 14USC
    Oct 28, 1961USC won
  6. 1962
    Illinois16 — 28USC
    Oct 27, 1962USC won
  7. 1971
    Illinois0 — 28USC
    Sep 25, 1971USC won
  8. 1972
    Illinois20 — 55USC
    Sep 23, 1972USC won
  9. 1985
    Illinois10 — 20USC
    Sep 7, 1985USC won
  10. 1986
    Illinois16 — 31USC
    Sep 13, 1986USC won
  11. 1989
    Illinois14 — 13USC
    Sep 4, 1989Illinois won
  12. 1996
    Illinois3 — 55USC
    Sep 7, 1996USC won
  13. 2007
    Illinois17 — 49USC
    Jan 1, 2008USC wonRose Bowl
  14. 2025
    Illinois34 — 32USC
    Sep 27, 2025Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2025Illinois vs USC34–32Illinois won
2007Illinois vs USC17–49USC won
1996Illinois vs USC3–55USC won
1989Illinois vs USC14–13Illinois won
1986Illinois vs USC16–31USC won
1985Illinois vs USC10–20USC won
1972Illinois vs USC20–55USC won
1971Illinois vs USC0–28USC won
1962Illinois vs USC16–28USC won
1961Illinois vs USC10–14USC won
1940Illinois vs USC7–13USC won
1939Illinois vs USC0–26USC won
1936Illinois vs USC6–24USC won
1935Illinois vs USC19–0Illinois 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.