Brown vs. Chicago

Brown and Chicago first met in 1899 and have played 3 times; Chicago leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Chicago 2–⁠1.

Brown wins
1
Chicago wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1899
Longest streak
1 Chicago
Current streak
1 Chicago
Last 10 meetings
Chicago 2–⁠1
Most recent
1924

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠1
1900s1–⁠0
1920s0–⁠1
Average margin
9.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Chicago
2–⁠1 Chicago’s record at home

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

Coach against coach

YearsBrownSeriesChicago
1899–⁠1924Edward Robinson1–⁠2Amos Alonzo Stagg

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Brown’s side (Robinson 1–⁠2 against Stagg). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Brown and Chicago, 1899 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 daily morning journal and courier's story of the 1899 game: A WATERLOO FOR COLUMBIA DEFEATED BY CARLISLE INDIANs BY A SCORE OF 4s TO o. New York EleveM's Limo Simply Moxv.ds Away-Corncll Also Suffers a Crushing Defeat by Pennsylvania-Unive of Chicago Defeats Brown ana Wis consin Lowers MichigRn's CoIors.

    1899 · The daily morning journal and courier, New Haven, Conn., Dec 1, 1899

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1900 game: BROWN DEFEATS CHICAGO. WESTERN MEN OUTPLAYED ON HOME GROUNDS

    1900 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 21, 1900

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1924 game: FIRST BIG TEN GAME E TIED Chicago Beats Brown And l.. S. U. Downs In- diana Team

    1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 12, 1924

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 11, 1924Chicago 19, Brown 7at Chicago
Oct 20, 1900Brown 11, Chicago 6at Chicago
Nov 30, 1899Chicago 17, Brown 6at Chicago

Every game is listed as played on the field.