Indiana at Chicago

Saturday, October 16, 1915

Chicago beat Indiana 13–⁠7. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 13–⁠1.

AwayIndiana3–⁠3–⁠1 in 1915
7
HomeChicago5–⁠2 in 1915
13

FinalHigh 59°F, low 53°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: CHICAGO TOO SPEEDY : FOR INDIANA ELEVEN Hoosiers Brace in Last Half and Take Offensive, Holding Maroons Down to Is to z.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 17, 1915, page 57

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    CHICAGO TOO SPEEDY : FOR INDIANA ELEVEN Hoosiers Brace in Last Half and Take Offensive, Holding Maroons Down to Is to z. its backfield gave the University of Chicago foot ball team a 13-to-7 vic tory over Indiana today. Capt. Russell led the attack of the Maroons.- In the first two periods 1t seemed probable that Chicago would run up a large score, but the Hoosiers braced and later took the offensive. With Hathaway substituted for Mcintosh at full back in the third quarter the Indiana machine began to tear through the Chicago line. and in the last period Nc Intosh. who again went In at full, dashed through the entire Maroon team for ~ yards and touchdown. A As yard run by Whitaker was a feature.

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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Chicago leads 20–⁠4–⁠1 in 25 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.

Recent meetings
1936Indiana 20, Chicago 7
1935Indiana 24, Chicago 0
1934Chicago 21, Indiana 0
1933Indiana 7, Chicago 7
1932Chicago 13, Indiana 7
1931Indiana 32, Chicago 6

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