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Beloit vs. Chicago

Beloit and Chicago first met in 1894 and have played 15 times; Chicago leads the series 13–⁠1–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Chicago 9–⁠1, and Chicago has won the last 5.

Beloit wins
1
Chicago wins
13
Ties
1
First meeting
1894
Longest streak
5 Chicago
Current streak
5 Chicago
Last 10 meetings
Chicago 9–⁠1
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠4
1900s0–⁠2–⁠1
1920s0–⁠1
1930s1–⁠1
2020s0–⁠5
Average margin
23.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Beloit
0–⁠3 Beloit’s record at home
At Chicago
10–⁠1–⁠1 Chicago’s record at home
Shutouts
9

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Beloit’s biggest win1939: Beloit 6, Chicago 0by 6 points
  2. Chicago’s biggest win2023: Chicago 48, Beloit 7by 41 points
  3. Upset1939: Beloit 6, Chicago 0Beloit had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Beloit and Chicago, 1894 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1897 game: BELOIT BEATEN. Big Score Piled Up by the Univer- sity of Chicago.

    1897 · The Saint Paul globe, Oct 17, 1897

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1898 game: The game was played in 25-minute halves. BELOIT BEATEN. Good Game Put Up Against the Uni versity of Chicago Eleven.

    1898 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 16, 1898

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1899 game: SATURDAY FOOTBALL.

    1899 · The Topeka state journal, Nov 20, 1899

  • The The Salt Lake herald's story of the 1901 game: PLAYED A TIE GAME. Brilliant Work Saves Beloit From De- feat BY Chicago.

    1901 · The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], Nov 3, 1901

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story of the 1905 game: MAROON VICTORY . :. SHOWS DEFECTS Chicago With Subs Easily Defeats Beloit, but Need Of Work Is Evident. Journal Special Service.

    1905 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 5, 1905

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 3, 2026Chicago 10, Beloit 0at Beloit
Nov 8, 2025Chicago 40, Beloit 0at Beloit
Oct 5, 2024Chicago 23, Beloit 3at Chicago
Sep 30, 2023Chicago 48, Beloit 7at Beloit
Sep 17, 2022Chicago 43, Beloit 10at Chicago
Sep 30, 1939Beloit 6, Chicago 0at Chicago
Nov 13, 1937Chicago 26, Beloit 9at Chicago
Oct 4, 1929Chicago 27, Beloit 0at Chicago
Oct 4, 1905Chicago 38, Beloit 0at Chicago
Nov 1, 1902Chicago 18, Beloit 0at Chicago
Nov 2, 1901Chicago 17, Beloit 17at Chicago
Nov 18, 1899Chicago 35, Beloit 0at Chicago
Oct 15, 1898Chicago 21, Beloit 0at Chicago
Oct 16, 1897Chicago 39, Beloit 6at Chicago
Oct 13, 1894Chicago 16, Beloit 0at Chicago

Every game is listed as played on the field.