Chicago vs. Illinois

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

1. Chicago’s biggest win1906: Chicago 63, Illinois 0by 63 points
2. Illinois’s biggest win1939: Illinois 46, Chicago 0by 46 points
3. Upset1916: Chicago 20, Illinois 7Chicago had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1931: Chicago 13, Illinois 6Chicago had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1935: Chicago 7, Illinois 6Chicago had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Chicago’s side (Stagg 5–⁠1 against Hall). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1901 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 20, 1901

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  1902 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 27, 1902

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  1903 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 25, 1903

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  1904 · The Saint Paul globe, Oct 30, 1904

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  1905 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 19, 1905

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Chicago vs. Purdue42 meetings, Chicago 27–⁠14–⁠1
• Chicago vs. Wisconsin40 meetings, Chicago 16–⁠19–⁠5
• Chicago vs. Northwestern37 meetings, Chicago 26–⁠8–⁠3
• Chicago vs. Michigan26 meetings, Chicago 7–⁠19
• Illinois vs. Northwestern119 meetings, Illinois 59–⁠55–⁠5
• Illinois vs. Ohio State105 meetings, Illinois 30–⁠71–⁠4
• Illinois vs. Purdue101 meetings, Illinois 47–⁠48–⁠6
• Illinois vs. Michigan98 meetings, Illinois 24–⁠72–⁠2