Matchup Overview

The Illinois and Rutgers have met 10 times in NCAAF since 2005. Illinois hold a dominant all-time edge, leading the series 7–3. Illinois have been dominant in recent meetings, winning 4 of their last 5. Their most recent matchup ended 35–13 in favor of Illinois on November 1, 2025.

Next Meeting

No upcoming game scheduled between these teams this season.

All-Time Head-to-Head

Showing 10 games from available historical data.

Date	Season	Away	Score	Home
Nov 1, 25	2025 W10	Rutgers	13–35	Illinois
Nov 23, 24	2024 W13	Illinois	38–31	Rutgers
Oct 29, 21	2021	Rutgers	20–14	Illinois
Nov 13, 20	2020	Illinois	23–20	Rutgers
Nov 1, 19	2019	Rutgers	10–38	Illinois
Oct 5, 18	2018	Illinois	38–17	Rutgers
Oct 13, 17	2017	Rutgers	35–24	Illinois
Oct 14, 16	2016	Illinois	24–7	Rutgers
Sep 8, 06	2006	Illinois	0–33	Rutgers
Sep 2, 05	2005	Rutgers	30–33	Illinois

Games before the 2022 season: Data from SportsDataverse, used under CC BY 4.0.