Beloit at Chicago

Saturday, October 16, 1897

Chicago beat Beloit 39–⁠6. It was their second meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayBeloit0–⁠3 in 1897
6
HomeChicago11–⁠1 in 1897
39

FinalHigh 76°F, low 50°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story: BELOIT BEATEN. Big Score Piled Up by the Univer- sity of Chicago.

    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.

Chicago leads 13–⁠1–⁠1 in 15 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Chicago 10, Beloit 0
2025Chicago 40, Beloit 0
2024Chicago 23, Beloit 3
2023Chicago 48, Beloit 7
2022Chicago 43, Beloit 10
1939Beloit 6, Chicago 0

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