Chicago vs. Indiana

Chicago and Indiana first met in 1902 and have played 25 times; Chicago leads the series 20–⁠4–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Chicago 6–⁠3, and Indiana has won the last 2.

Chicago wins
20
Indiana wins
4
Ties
1
First meeting
1902
Longest streak
10 Chicago
Current streak
2 Indiana
Last 10 meetings
Chicago 6–⁠3
Most recent
1936

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s8–⁠0
1910s6–⁠1
1920s4–⁠0
1930s2–⁠3–⁠1
Average margin
20 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Chicago
20–⁠4–⁠1 Chicago’s record at home
Shutouts
13

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Chicago’s biggest win1904: Chicago 56, Indiana 0by 56 points
  2. Indiana’s biggest win1931: Indiana 32, Chicago 6by 26 points
  3. Upset1910: Indiana 6, Chicago 0Indiana had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsChicagoSeriesIndiana
1902–⁠1904Amos Alonzo Stagg3–⁠0James Horne
1905–⁠1913Amos Alonzo Stagg8–⁠1James Sheldon
1934–⁠1936Clark Shaughnessy1–⁠2Bo McMillin

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Chicago’s side (Stagg 3–⁠0 against Horne). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Chicago and Indiana, 1902 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 Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1902 game: Louisiana, s; Mississippi, 0.

    1902 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 9, 1902

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1904 game: CHICAGO WINS FIRST Indiana Makes Poor Showing Against Stages Team

    1904 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 2, 1904

  • The Rock Island Argus's story of the 1905 game: HAVE HARD WORK! Chicago, Northwestern and iii. nois All Win by Low Score on Cridiron. ALL THREE SCORED UPON Indiana University a Surprise-BeIoit Helps Dedicate New Ath- Ietic Field.

    1905 · Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., Oct 16, 1905

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1906 game: CHICAGO BACKS FAST. EckersaH and Stefen Make Big Score A gainst Indiana.

    1906 · New-York tribune, Oct 28, 1906

  • The Evening star's story of the 1907 game: NOT MUCH CLASS SHOWN. University of Chicago Defeats Indiana.

    1907 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 13, 1907

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

Nov 14, 1936Indiana 20, Chicago 7at Chicago
Nov 16, 1935Indiana 24, Chicago 0at Chicago
Oct 20, 1934Chicago 21, Indiana 0at Chicago
Nov 11, 1933Chicago 7, Indiana 7at Chicago
Oct 22, 1932Chicago 13, Indiana 7at Chicago
Oct 24, 1931Indiana 32, Chicago 6at Chicago
Oct 12, 1929Chicago 13, Indiana 7at Chicago
Oct 8, 1927Chicago 13, Indiana 0at Chicago
Oct 18, 1924Chicago 23, Indiana 0at Chicago
Nov 10, 1923Chicago 27, Indiana 0at Chicago
Oct 14, 1916Chicago 22, Indiana 0at Chicago
Oct 16, 1915Chicago 13, Indiana 7at Chicago
Oct 3, 1914Chicago 34, Indiana 0at Chicago
Oct 4, 1913Chicago 21, Indiana 7at Chicago
Oct 5, 1912Chicago 13, Indiana 0at Chicago
Oct 7, 1911Chicago 23, Indiana 6at Chicago
Oct 8, 1910Indiana 6, Chicago 0at Chicago
Oct 9, 1909Chicago 21, Indiana 0at Chicago
Oct 10, 1908Chicago 29, Indiana 6at Chicago
Oct 12, 1907Chicago 27, Indiana 6at Chicago
Oct 27, 1906Chicago 33, Indiana 8at Chicago
Oct 14, 1905Chicago 16, Indiana 5at Chicago
Oct 1, 1904Chicago 56, Indiana 0at Chicago
Oct 3, 1903Chicago 34, Indiana 0at Chicago
Nov 8, 1902Chicago 39, Indiana 0at Chicago

Every game is listed as played on the field.