Ohio State at Chicago
Saturday, October 30, 1926 Share
Ohio State beat Chicago 18–0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 3–2–2.
FinalAttendance 48,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Ohio State–Chicago gameOhio State leads 10–2–2 in 14 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 1939 | Ohio State 61, Chicago 0 | |
| 1938 | Ohio State 42, Chicago 7 | |
| 1937 | Ohio State 39, Chicago 0 | |
| 1936 | Ohio State 44, Chicago 0 | |
| 1935 | Ohio State 20, Chicago 13 | |
| 1934 | Ohio State 33, Chicago 0 |
Around this game
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. WilmingtonNov. 6, 1926
- SeasonOhio State in 1926
- ProgramOhio State history and records
Chicago
- Next gamevs. IllinoisNov. 6, 1926
- SeasonChicago in 1926
- ProgramChicago history and records
