Vanderbilt at Chicago

Saturday, October 13, 1917

Chicago beat Vanderbilt 48–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayVanderbilt5–⁠3 in 1917
0
HomeChicago3–⁠2–⁠1 in 1917
48

FinalHigh 46°F, low 30°F

In the newspapers

  • The Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current's story: Vanderbilt Loses to Chicago.

    Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, October 14, 1917, page 28

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    Vanderbilt Loses to Chicago. CHICAGO. October lathe Uniyerely or Chicago easily defeated Van derplit University at football TO day in Inc opening game Of ,hc season on stage Field, 4S 10 o. Coach Stages team OF green men used nothing hut straight football. = linc-shiU Dlay proving the undoinE OF Vanderbilt. In only one period, the third, did the Nashville collegians have an opportunity TO show their offensive strength. AT that time they made first downs twice and were within ten yards, but were hold.

  • The Evening capital news's story: VANDERBILT BADLY BEATEN BY MAROONS

    Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, October 14, 1917, page 2

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    VANDERBILT BADLY BEATEN BY MAROONS Chicago. Oct. 13.-Sik thousand Ma room rooters and small band of Nash Vile followers this afternoon saw the north win from the south in the in tersectional gridiron contest today between Chicago and Vanderbilt universtiles. The final score was as TO o. The Tennesseeans could not stand up before the Maroon line smaShes.

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)

Vanderbilt 60% to win. Chicago won as Elo’s underdog.

Vanderbilt leads 2–⁠1 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1937Vanderbilt 18, Chicago 0
1936Vanderbilt 37, Chicago 0
1917Chicago 48, Vanderbilt 0

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