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Illinois vs Western Kentucky Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEIllinois2 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD2–0WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOWestern Kentucky0 recorded wins
2Recorded meetings
2014Earliest documented
2017Most 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. 2014
    Illinois42 — 34Western Kentucky
    Sep 6, 2014Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
  2. 2017
    Illinois20 — 7Western Kentucky
    Sep 10, 2017Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2017Illinois vs Western Kentucky20–7Illinois won
2014Illinois vs Western Kentucky42–34Illinois 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.