Northwestern at Chicago

Saturday, October 14, 1922

Chicago beat Northwestern 15–⁠7. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 23–⁠7–⁠3.

AwayNorthwestern3–⁠3–⁠1 in 1922
7
HomeChicago5–⁠1–⁠1 in 1922
15

FinalHigh 64°F, low 52°F, 0.19 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The New York herald's story: Chicago Eleven Beats Northwestern by Is to 7 Zorn's Two Touchdowns Give Maroon City Title.

    The New York herald, New York, October 15, 1922, page 55

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    Chicago Eleven Beats Northwestern by Is to 7 Zorn’s Two Touchdowns Give Maroon City Title. Special Dispatch to THE New YoRK HERALD. CHICAGO. Oct. i4.--Chicago defeated Northwestern to-day and won the Chi cago championship. The score was IS TO z. The Maroons played fast, clean game against stalwart opponents Zorn’s two touchdowns and Pyott’s goal gave Chicago the victory. A pick up of a Maroon tumble by Herman, right end of Northwestern. and a clever eighteen yard run gave the Purple it’s touchdown McElwaln kicked goal from formation. rain. Zorn made a half dozen first downs through the Purple line. but the Evanston warriors fought desperately. Both teams punted frequently. The lineun.

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 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Chicago leads 26–⁠8–⁠3 in 37 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1926Northwestern 38, Chicago 7
1925Chicago 6, Northwestern 0
1924Chicago 3, Northwestern 0
1923Chicago 13, Northwestern 0
1922Chicago 15, Northwestern 7
1921Chicago 41, Northwestern 0

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