Northwestern at Chicago

Saturday, October 27, 1917

Chicago beat Northwestern 7–⁠0. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 20–⁠6–⁠3.

AwayNorthwestern5–⁠2 in 1917
0
HomeChicago3–⁠2–⁠1 in 1917
7

FinalHigh 47°F, low 37°F, 0.04 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Tulsa daily world's story: STAGG ELEVEN BEATS NORTHWESTERN 7 TO 0

    Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], October 28, 1917, page 12

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    STAGG ELEVEN BEATS NORTHWESTERN 7 TO 0 CHICAGO, Oct 27.-The light, speedy Northwestern eleven held Chi cago 10 Z to o score today in the most bitterly contested game played on Stagg field this season. Higgins the big Chicago fullback, plunged across Northwestern goal in the third period for the only touchdown Of the game. The contest was marred by fire. quent penalizations for both teams There was suspicion OF unfair roughness on both sides.

  • The The Watertown news's story: FOOTBALL SCORES. WEST.

    The Watertown news, Watertown, Wis., October 29, 1917, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES. WEST. Chicago, 7; Northwestern, 0. Illinois, 27 Purdue, O. Wisconsin. 20; Iowa, O. Michigan. 20; Nebraska, o. De Pauws14; st. Louis university. o. Marquette, %; Haskell, O. Kansas. Z; Ames, O. Grinnell. 48; Coe. O. Missouri. 40; Drake, O. University Of Detroit, IA; Michigan 0.

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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Chicago leads 26–⁠8–⁠3 in 37 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1926Northwestern 38, Chicago 7
1925Chicago 6, Northwestern 0
1924Chicago 3, Northwestern 0
1923Chicago 13, Northwestern 0
1922Chicago 15, Northwestern 7
1921Chicago 41, Northwestern 0

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