Beloit at Chicago
Saturday, October 16, 1897 Share
Chicago beat Beloit 39–6. It was their second meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 76°F, low 50°F
In the newspapers

The Saint Paul globe, October 17, 1897, page 14
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BELOIT BEATEN. Big Score Piled Up by the Univer- sity of Chicago. CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-The University of Chi cago football eleven defeated the Beloit col lege team at Marshall fed this afternoon by the rather one-sided score OF SO TO s. The
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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Beloit–Chicago gameChicago leads 13–1–1 in 15 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.
| 2026 | Chicago 10, Beloit 0 | |
| 2025 | Chicago 40, Beloit 0 | |
| 2024 | Chicago 23, Beloit 3 | |
| 2023 | Chicago 48, Beloit 7 | |
| 2022 | Chicago 43, Beloit 10 | |
| 1939 | Beloit 6, Chicago 0 |
Around this game
Beloit
- Next gameat WisconsinNov. 6, 1897
- SeasonBeloit in 1897
- ProgramBeloit history and records
Chicago
- Next gamevs. NorthwesternOct. 23, 1897
- SeasonChicago in 1897
- ProgramChicago history and records