Ohio State at Chicago

Saturday, October 30, 1926

Ohio State beat Chicago 18–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 3–⁠2–⁠2.

AwayOhio State7–⁠1 in 1926
18
HomeChicago2–⁠6 in 1926
0

FinalAttendance 48,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: OHIO STATE SCORES OVER CHICAGO, 1870

    Evening star, October 31, 1926, page 92

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    OHIO STATE SCORES OVER CHICAGO, 1870 CHICAGO. October 30 OP).-Ohio State took it’s expected step toward the Western Conference champion. ship by defeating Chicago on Stagg Field today, IS to q. The game was closely fought until the final stages. when the Maroon defense crumpled. Ohio’s line-Hess, all.American guard. and the Buckeye tackles dashed through consistently and broke up the Chicago offensive. karow scored two touchdowns after runs by Alber. substitute end. and Eby. Eby scored in the final period by line plunging. Marek, the Ohio State star halfback, his broken hand encased in white bandages, gained consistently after he was called into the game

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)

Ohio State 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Ohio State leads 10–⁠2–⁠2 in 14 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1939Ohio State 61, Chicago 0
1938Ohio State 42, Chicago 7
1937Ohio State 39, Chicago 0
1936Ohio State 44, Chicago 0
1935Ohio State 20, Chicago 13
1934Ohio State 33, Chicago 0

Around this game

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