Beloit vs. Lake Forest

Beloit and Lake Forest first met in 1893 and have played 7 times; Lake Forest leads the series 5–⁠2. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Lake Forest 5–⁠2, and Lake Forest has won the last 4.

Beloit wins
2
Lake Forest wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1893
Longest streak
4 Lake Forest
Current streak
4 Lake Forest
Last 10 meetings
Lake Forest 5–⁠2
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s2–⁠1
2020s0–⁠4
Average margin
33.4 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Beloit
1–⁠2 Beloit’s record at home
At Lake Forest
3–⁠1 Lake Forest’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Beloit’s biggest win1899: Beloit 28, Lake Forest 0by 28 points
  2. Lake Forest’s biggest win2025: Lake Forest 59, Beloit 0by 59 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Beloit and Lake Forest, 1893 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.

Every game

Oct 31, 2026Lake Forest at Beloit upcomingat Beloit
Oct 11, 2025Lake Forest 59, Beloit 0at Lake Forest
Nov 2, 2024Lake Forest 62, Beloit 17at Beloit
Oct 28, 2023Lake Forest 41, Beloit 0at Lake Forest
Nov 5, 2022Lake Forest 36, Beloit 3at Beloit
Nov 4, 1899Beloit 28, Lake Forest 0at Beloit
Nov 28, 1895Beloit 18, Lake Forest 0at Lake Forest
Nov 7, 1893Lake Forest 26, Beloit 16at Lake Forest

Every game is listed as played on the field.