Indiana at Chicago
Saturday, October 1, 1904 Share
Chicago beat Indiana 56–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 52°F
In the newspapers

The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 2, 1904, page 17
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CHICAGO WINS FIRST Indiana Makes Poor Showing Against Stages Team CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-Chicago~ defeated Indiana by a score of 56 to 0 in an in teresting but unexciting game of foot ball ON Marshall field today. The. feature was an S0-yard run for touchdown by Varnel, of Chicago. Coach Stages men were heavier and better trained than Coach Horne’s eleven. Indiana played a determined game, but was clearly outclassed. Both teams played a number of substitutes. The lineup: = Chicago Position Indiana,
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 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Indiana–Chicago gameChicago leads 20–4–1 in 25 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.
| 1936 | Indiana 20, Chicago 7 | |
| 1935 | Indiana 24, Chicago 0 | |
| 1934 | Chicago 21, Indiana 0 | |
| 1933 | Indiana 7, Chicago 7 | |
| 1932 | Chicago 13, Indiana 7 | |
| 1931 | Indiana 32, Chicago 6 |
Around this game
Indiana
- Next gamevs. KentuckyOct. 8, 1904
- SeasonIndiana in 1904
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Chicago
- Next gamevs. PurdueOct. 8, 1904
- SeasonChicago in 1904
- ProgramChicago history and records
