Notre Dame at Chicago
Saturday, November 6, 1897 Share
Chicago beat Notre Dame 34–5. It was their third meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 49°F, low 29°FAttendance 800
In the newspapers

Wood County reporter, Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis., November 11, 1897, page 2
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GRIDIRON CONTESTS PENNSYLVANIA WINS FROM THE WIRY RED MEN CHICAGO’S GREAT VICTORY Stages Men Defeat Notre Dame by Score of “a to 5-Cleyeland Team Has an Exciting Experience Princeton Walks Right Through La Fayette-Other Games. Philadelphia, Nov. THE Uni versity of Pennsylvania football eleven Saturday defeated the Carlisle In dams, the score being 20 to 10. The red men kicked two goals from the field in the first half, while the red and blue scored tive touchdowns from which no goals resulted. In the sec end half, however, the Indians did not get within 35 yards Of Pennsylvania goal except on kicks, and theD Penn sylvania would rush the bali down the field. The Indians used the Princeton revolving wedge play for occasional gains, but could make little impress sion on Pennsylvania line ard would invariably resort to kicking. The red men played good, stiff football and fere remarkably susceptible to in juries. After nearly every scrimmage there would be an Indian stretched cut on the gridiron. Pennsylvania did lot try any tricks, relying wholly on straight football. This game was perhaps the most important played in the east Saturday in that it affords something of a line on the big eastern

The daily morning journal and courier, November 8, 1897, page 7 (results column)
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OTHER FOOTBALL GAMES At Orange-Orange Athletic club, A.; Riverside Athletic club of Newark, 6. At Hartford-Trinity, 4; Wesleyan, G.. At ambridge-Harvard Freshmen, 52; University of Pennsylvania Fresh men, O. At Trenton-I1ill School, 8; Law renceville, 0. At Newton, Mass.--Brown, 24; New ton, 0. . ,.t At Ithaca-Cornell 45; Pennsylvania State College, 0. At Amherst-Amherst, 6; Williams, 6. At Lakeville, Conn. Hotchkiss School, 6; Yale Freshmen. 4, At Exeter, N. H.-Bates, 30; Phillips Exeter, O. At Medford, Mass.-Tufts, 20; Bow doin, 8. At Standardization, 57; La Fay cite, 0. At Chicago-University of Chicago, 34; Notre Dame. 5. At Hanover, N. H.--Sophomores, 10; Freshmen, 4. At Wellesley, Mass.-Laurel A. A., O.; Maugus A. A.. 0. At Burlington, Vt.-University of Vermont, 26; Norwich University, 4. At Norfolk, Va,-University of Maryland, IS; Virginia Polytechnic In- stitute, 4. At New Britain-New Britain high school, 4S; Hartford, 5. At Milford = Hopkins Grammar school, 6; Lafayette eleven, 6. At Brooklyn-Irving, G.; Yale consoli- dated, 4 At tPhiladelphia-Pennylvania, 20; In- dians, 1O
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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–Chicago gameChicago leads 4–0 in four meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1899 | Chicago 23, Notre Dame 6 | |
| 1897 | Chicago 34, Notre Dame 5 | |
| 1896 | Chicago 18, Notre Dame 0 | |
| 1893 | Chicago 8, Notre Dame 0 |
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gameat IllinoisOct. 8, 1898
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1897
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
Chicago
- Next gamevs. WisconsinNov. 13, 1897
- SeasonChicago in 1897
- ProgramChicago history and records
