Northwestern at Chicago
Saturday, October 23, 1897 Share
Chicago beat Northwestern 21–6. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 7–3–2.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 33°F
In the newspapers

The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 24, 1897, page 6
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a score of 6 to 0. 1t was good game, but the High School had the best of it all the iOoa Chicago, 21; Northwestern, 6. CHICAGO, Oct. 23-The annual game between the football teams of Chicago Uni versity and the Northwestern University was played this afternoon, the Chicago team winning easily by a score of 81 to 6.

The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], October 24, 1897, page 3
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Chicago Defeats Northwestern. Chicago, oct. 2S.-The annual game between the football teams of Chicago university and the Northwestern uni versity was played this afternoon, the Chicago team winning easily by d score of q To 6
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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Northwestern–Chicago gameChicago leads 26–8–3 in 37 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.
| 1926 | Northwestern 38, Chicago 7 | |
| 1925 | Chicago 6, Northwestern 0 | |
| 1924 | Chicago 3, Northwestern 0 | |
| 1923 | Chicago 13, Northwestern 0 | |
| 1922 | Chicago 15, Northwestern 7 | |
| 1921 | Chicago 41, Northwestern 0 |
Around this game
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. Physicians & SurgeonsOct. 30, 1897
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1897
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
Chicago
- Next gameat IllinoisOct. 30, 1897
- SeasonChicago in 1897
- ProgramChicago history and records
