Lake Forest at Northwestern
Wednesday, October 25, 1899 Share
Northwestern beat Lake Forest 16–0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 6–1–1.
FinalHigh 76°F, low 57°F
In the newspapers
The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 27, 1899, page 1
Read the text
n w. Defeated Lake Forest, CHICAGO. Oct. 26.-Northwestern uni versity today won from the football team Of Lake Forest university, by a score Of 16 to 0. The game was played in a driving rain. which made fumbles fire. quent on both sides.
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)
Northwestern 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Lake Forest–Northwestern gameNorthwestern leads 14–1–2 in 17 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
Around this game
Lake Forest
- Next gamevs. Waukegan HighNov. 1, 1899
- SeasonLake Forest in 1899
- ProgramLake Forest history and records
Northwestern
- Next gameat Notre DameOct. 28, 1899
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1899
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records