Chicago at Northwestern
Saturday, October 9, 1915 Share
Chicago beat Northwestern 7–0. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 19–5–3.
FinalHigh 45°F, low 32°F
In the newspapers

The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, October 10, 1915, page 6
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STAGES OUTFIT IN NARROW WIN Northwestern Springs surprise on Chicago Warriors. Who Have Hard Time Beating. THE SCORE WAS Z TO Q Wisconsin Tramplss on Marquette University and Illinois Buries B Rolls school Of Mines. limited Press Leased Wire Servicel EVANSTON, Ill, Oct. 9.-In the first big nine conference contest OF the season today, the Maroons won q closely fought game from the North western eleven, q to o. The Purple footballers sprung g surprise on Stages outfit holding them to a goose egg score, close to the end OF the fourth quarter. Coach Murphy S athletes probably owe defeat by play ing a defensive game. Only once did the Purple threaten to score. and then Il came . fraction of second t too late. Halt Back Driscoll drop. kicked In the third quarter, but al the oval was hurtling over the bar. the whistle blew and the score was not allowed The Maroons scored their touch. down, when after working the ball ia the Purple ave yard line, Agar cir. cled left and Schafer kicked goal. :: piles Up Great score. MADISON, Wis. Oct 9.-Wisconsin trampled aA over Marquette university on Camp Randall Saturday Afternoon and in sixty minutes. broke all Badger records for scoring by cha1king up IS to 0 for Marquette. Illinois euries RoIta. uRBANA. Ill. Oct. 9.-Illinois hurried the Rolls school OF Mines un. der An overwhelming score OF Is to today in its second football workout OF the season. Illinois started count | ing in the FIRST minute OF play when Patsy Clark, all western quarter Hoped sixty-five yards for touch down. Zuppe’s squad played in machine fashion, smashing their way through the miners line for nine touchdowns
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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Chicago–Northwestern gameChicago leads 26–8–3 in 37 meetings, counting the 10 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
Chicago
- Next gamevs. IndianaOct. 16, 1915
- SeasonChicago in 1915
- ProgramChicago history and records
Northwestern
- Next gameat IowaOct. 16, 1915
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1915
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
