Butler vs. Northwestern

Butler and Northwestern have 2 meetings on file, the first in 1928; Northwestern leads the series 2–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 2 meetings it’s Northwestern 2–⁠0, and Northwestern has won the last 2.

Butler wins
0
Northwestern wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1928
Longest streak
2 Northwestern
Current streak
2 Northwestern
Last 10 meetings
Northwestern 2–⁠0
Most recent
1929

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Butler and Northwestern, 1928 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Evening star's story of the 1929 game: NORTHWESTERN BEATS BUTLER, 1870, IN OPENER

    1929 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 6, 1929

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 5, 1929Northwestern 13, Butler 0at Northwestern
Oct 6, 1928Northwestern 14, Butler 0at Northwestern

Every game is listed as played on the field.