Chicago at Northwestern

Saturday, November 16, 1895

Chicago beat Northwestern 6–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 5–⁠2–⁠2.

AwayChicago10–⁠3 in 1895
6
HomeNorthwestern6–⁠5 in 1895
0

FinalHigh 41°F, low 36°F, 0.16 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Wichita daily eagle's story

    The Wichita daily eagle, Wichita, Kan., November 17, 1895, page 1

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    Omaha, Neb., Nov. ia special tc the Bee from Lincoln, says: Kansas University football team won hotly contested game from the Nebraska University boys today. Score to f. Williamson, for the Kansas team, opened the fight and kicked off forty yards. Both teams see-sawed IN the territory of Kansas and tine ball was fost ON downs. Gains We’re made by Nebraska all through the first half by bucking the line, but the tackiing by Kansas was the offset to this, and at one critical period Nebraska had but five yards TO gain. Kansas got the ball here and sent Stone around the end for twelve yards when he was tackled by Fair The contest consisted largely Of heavy work, though little smuggling was INDUCED in. Several brilliant plays were made on both sides. DENVER 30; SIOUX CITY 0. Denver, Nov 1.-THE football team OF the Sioux City Athletic club was defeated by the Denver Athletic club eleven today by a score Of 20 to 0. The visitors were in poor coIsdi ton, being delayed en- route and arriving here shortly before the game was called The lineup WAS as follows: Denver. Position Sioux City. Kennedy. end. .Caton CYoung) Selbach. tackle. .TackaberTy Branderburg. Left guard. go. .Tiednasln Balfe. .Certer ............. Wright Thorpe. Right guard. ID Baker Adams r. gflt tackle &C Baker Downing. Right end. Marfis Smith. .............Q Quarter back. Lewis Ernest. Left half back. .R Marks Roder:ck). Heller Qfouts). RI; ght half-back. Howell SpalGir7g. Full back. Sawyer NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 2, Ernest 2 Safe SpaldiGg. Referees-F. s. Spalding, Den YER; c. S. Sloan, Sioux City. Linesmerl- 0. BRYAN. Denver: YornR-ren. Sioux City. CHICAGO 6; NORTHWESTERN 0. Chicago, Nov. 1.-THE game between the .elevens of Northwestern university and Chicago university was won by the latter by a score of 6 to 0. Rivalry between the teanas ran high and the game was desperate from start to finish. Neither team was able to score in the first half but early in the second, Allen of Chicago scored a touchdown but failed 10 kick goal. The other two points We’re made on a safety by Captain van Doozer of North western About 5000 people We’re present. MICHIGAN u; PURDUE 10. Ann Arbor, Mich, Nov. 16-Purdue has the distinction of being the only western eleven that has scored against Michigan this fall The Lafayette players came iASdf HhShlilB II Il NE game, ana WOulO have done so but for the fact that Mich agan kicked goal twice while Purdue failed once, and the score resulted II to 10 in favor of Michigan. YALE G.: ORANGE o. New York. Nov 1.-THE Yale eleven defeated the Orange football team today by a score of 81 too. 1T was a kicking contest from the start with much fne-bucking by Yale, ARID numerous pretty punts On the part of Orange. Orange was weak in the Fine and Yale ends did not do all that might have been expected of them. LEHIGH S; CADETS T. Annapolis, Md. Nov. 1.-THE Lehigh foot ball team defeated the naval cadets this g afternoon by a score of 6 to g. D. w Thompson today presented the Naval Athletic association with a large silver cup on which the name of the most profictent cadet in athletics each year Is TO be engraved.

  • The St. Paul daily globe's story: DESPERATE KIohERs. Chicago Wins IL Hard Game From the Northwestern.

    St. Paul daily globe, Minnesota, November 17, 1895, page 7

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    DESPERATE KIohERs. Chicago Wins IL Hard Game From the Northwestern. CHICAGO, Nov. 16.-The game between the elevens of Northwestern university and Chicago university was won by the latter by a score of to 0. Rivalry between the teams ran high and the game was desperate from the start to finish. Neither was able to score in the first half, but early in the second Allen. of Chicago, scored a touchdown, but failed to kick goal. The other two points were made on safety by Capt. Van Dozer, of North western. About 5000 people were pres ent to blow tin horns and howl durisg 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)

Northwestern 61% to win. Chicago won as Elo’s underdog.

Chicago leads 26–⁠8–⁠3 in 37 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.

Recent meetings
1926Northwestern 38, Chicago 7
1925Chicago 6, Northwestern 0
1924Chicago 3, Northwestern 0
1923Chicago 13, Northwestern 0
1922Chicago 15, Northwestern 7
1921Chicago 41, Northwestern 0

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