Northwestern at Chicago

Saturday, October 23, 1897

Chicago beat Northwestern 21–⁠6. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 7–⁠3–⁠2.

AwayNorthwestern5–⁠3 in 1897
6
HomeChicago11–⁠1 in 1897
21

FinalHigh 63°F, low 33°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis journal's story: 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.

    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 The Salt Lake herald's story: Chicago Defeats Northwestern.

    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.

Chicago leads 26–⁠8–⁠3 in 37 meetings, counting the 25 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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