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. Share
- 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
- 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
| Years | Brown | Series | Chicago |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899–1924 | Edward Robinson | 1–2 | Amos 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
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

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

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

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, 1924 | Chicago 19, Brown 7 | at Chicago | ||
| Oct 20, 1900 | Brown 11, Chicago 6 | at Chicago | ||
| Nov 30, 1899 | Chicago 17, Brown 6 | at Chicago |
Every game is listed as played on the field.