Vanderbilt at Chicago
Saturday, October 13, 1917 Share
Chicago beat Vanderbilt 48–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 46°F, low 30°F
In the newspapers

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.

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.
The series
Every Vanderbilt–Chicago gameVanderbilt leads 2–1 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1937 | Vanderbilt 18, Chicago 0 | |
| 1936 | Vanderbilt 37, Chicago 0 | |
| 1917 | Chicago 48, Vanderbilt 0 |
Around this game
Vanderbilt
- Next gameat KentuckyOct. 20, 1917
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1917
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records
Chicago
- Next gamevs. PurdueOct. 20, 1917
- SeasonChicago in 1917
- ProgramChicago history and records
