Northwestern at Chicago
Saturday, October 14, 1922 Share
Chicago beat Northwestern 15–7. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 23–7–3.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 52°F, 0.19 in. of rain
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Northwestern–Chicago gameChicago leads 26–8–3 in 37 meetings, counting the four 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 gamevs. MinnesotaOct. 21, 1922
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1922
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
Chicago
- Next gamevs. PurdueOct. 21, 1922
- SeasonChicago in 1922
- ProgramChicago history and records
