Claim: The 1927 Michigan Wolverines football team had a higher attendance against Ohio State than Illinois State.
Evidence: On October 29, 1927, Michigan traveled to Champaign, Illinois, and lost its first game of the season losing to Illinois by a 14-0 score. The 1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 1927 Big Ten Conference football season. Illinois State University (ISU) is a public university in Normal, Illinois, United States. The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (U of I, Illinois, or colloquially the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana.