Northwestern at Chicago
Saturday, October 25, 1919 Share
Chicago beat Northwestern 41–0. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 21–7–3.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 50°F, 0.01 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], October 26, 1919, page 31
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Northwestern Ragged Work Costly and CHICAGO Wins Chicago, Oct. 25.-Chicago established itself in the Western confer ence championship race by burying the crippled Northwestern team under Al to 0 score. The game drew $4,000 spectators. The Northwestern eleven, weak ened through the loss of players in Jured in the game with Wisconsin a week ago, was outclassed and did not threaten to score until near the close of the game. The fumblng and ragged team work of North western was costly. .... Graham, the Chicago quarterback, played spectacular game, scoring a field goal and a touchdown.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Chicago 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Northwestern–Chicago gameChicago leads 26–8–3 in 37 meetings, counting the six since this game.
| 1926 | Northwestern 38, Chicago 7 | |
| 1925 | Chicago 6, Northwestern 0 | |
| 1924 | Chicago 3, Northwestern 0 | |
| 1923 | Chicago 13, Northwestern 0 | |
| 1922 | Chicago 15, Northwestern 7 | |
| 1921 | Chicago 41, Northwestern 0 |
Around this game
Northwestern
- Next gameat MichiganNov. 1, 1919
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1919
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
Chicago
- Next gameat IllinoisNov. 1, 1919
- SeasonChicago in 1919
- ProgramChicago history and records
