Chicago vs. Cornell (IA)
Chicago and Cornell (IA) first met in 1902 and have played 9 times; Chicago leads the series 8–1. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Chicago 8–1, and Chicago has won the last 3. Share
- Chicago wins
- 8
- Cornell (IA) wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1902
- Longest streak
- 5 Chicago
- Current streak
- 3 Chicago
- Last 10 meetings
- Chicago 8–1
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 23.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Chicago
- 7–0 Chicago’s record at home
- At Cornell (IA)
- 1–1 Cornell (IA)‘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
- Chicago’s biggest win2026: Chicago 49, Cornell (IA) 10by 39 points
- Cornell (IA)‘s biggest win2023: Cornell (IA) 47, Chicago 34by 13 points
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
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 10, 2026 | Chicago 49, Cornell (IA) 10 | at Chicago | ||
| Sep 13, 2025 | Chicago 28, Cornell (IA) 12 | at Cornell (IA) | ||
| Oct 26, 2024 | Chicago 33, Cornell (IA) 14 | at Chicago | ||
| Oct 21, 2023 | Cornell (IA) 47, Chicago 34 | at Cornell (IA) | ||
| Oct 15, 2022 | Chicago 45, Cornell (IA) 7 | at Chicago | ||
| Oct 7, 1933 | Chicago 32, Cornell (IA) 0 | at Chicago | ||
| Sep 26, 1931 | Chicago 12, Cornell (IA) 0 | at Chicago | ||
| Oct 7, 1903 | Chicago 23, Cornell (IA) 0 | at Chicago | ||
| Oct 8, 1902 | Chicago 21, Cornell (IA) 0 | at Chicago |
Every game is listed as played on the field.