Chicago at Stanford

Saturday, December 29, 1894

Stanford beat Chicago 12–⁠0. It was their second meeting; the series is even at 1–⁠1.

AwayChicago14–⁠7–⁠1 in 1894
0
HomeStanford1–⁠1 in 1894
12

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The daily morning journal and courier's story: Desperate Football Game.

    The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, December 31, 1894, page 1

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    Desperate Football Game. Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 30.-The Uni. versity of Chicago eleven was defeated yesterday by the Leland Stanford, IT.. university by 8 score of 12 to 0. It was one of the most desperate football games ever played on the coast.

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)

Stanford 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings.

Recent meetings
1894Stanford 12, Chicago 0
1894Chicago 24, Stanford 4

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