Wyoming at Chicago
Friday, October 5, 1928 Share
Chicago beat Wyoming 47–0. It was their only meeting on record.
Final
In the newspapers

The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 8, 1928, page 1 (results column)
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Edge Somewhat Taken Off Off Notre Dame-N Navy Tilt at Chicago. BIG TEN TEAMS PLAY Yale Georgia Scrap Tops Eastern Bill. Old John Fan today turned his back on another of those upset Saturdays” and looked forward to another weekend of football when his favorite teams might be reason ably sure of coming out victorious. -Four Big Ten clashes are on next Saturdays gridiron schedule, coupled with a big feature at Chi cago when Notre Dame and Navy Clash in Soldiers Field. Over in the East the Yale-Georgia tilt will occupy the spotlight while a host of other important games will at tract attention in other portions of the nation. Notre Dame and Navy both slipped to defeat in weekend encounters and as result the edge on their impending conflict in the Windy City was somewhat dulled. The Navy craft was Scuttled, for the second time this season Incl dentally, by Boston College, 6 to 0, and Navy Bill Ingram will work frantically with his Middle Pggre- CATION this week striving to get the boys lined up for the Irish. The Rockne ship went DOWN before a strong Wisconsin club, % to 6. The outcome was considered an upset if only for the fact Rocknecoached teams generally are concoded to be invincible. Big Ten contests on the program for next Saturday bring together Michigan and Indiana at Ann Ar Dor; Purdue and Minnesota at Min neapolis; Iowa and Chicago at Chi cago, and Ohio State and North western at Evanston. Michigan went down Saturday before Ohio Wesleyan in another upset, II to 7, while Indiana had a tough time repulsing Oklahoma, 10 to 7. Indiana looks to be good deal tougher than the Wolverines. Minnesota crushed Creighton, 40 to 0, flashing the same powerful of fensive which Spears boasted dur ing the Joesting regime. Purdue, however, was not to be outdone and down De Paw, 81 to 0. Looks like a toss-up at Minneapolis. Chicago, which lost its opener to South Carolina, pulled q come back” riding to 47–0 triumph over Wyoming. Iowa scored an expected victory over Monmouth, 26-O. Ohio State defeated Wittenberg, wills Northwestern downed BMutler. Il ilnois and Wisconsin face non-Conference foes next Saturday. Georgia, boasting a wonderful backfield, looks like an even choice in the betting with Yale. 1t should be a great struggle.
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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wyoming–Chicago gameChicago leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Wyoming
- Next gamevs. Utah StateOct. 19, 1928
- SeasonWyoming in 1928
- ProgramWyoming history and records
Chicago
- Next gamevs. Lake ForestOct. 6, 1928
- SeasonChicago in 1928
- ProgramChicago history and records
