Chicago vs. Knox

Chicago and Knox first met in 1898 and have played 11 times; Chicago leads the series 11–⁠0. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Chicago 10–⁠0, and Chicago has won the last 11.

Chicago wins
11
Knox wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1898
Longest streak
11 Chicago
Current streak
11 Chicago
Last 10 meetings
Chicago 10–⁠0
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s2–⁠0
1900s3–⁠0
1930s1–⁠0
2020s5–⁠0
Average margin
29.3 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Chicago
7–⁠0 Chicago’s record at home
At Knox
0–⁠4 Knox’s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Chicago’s biggest win2023: Chicago 63, Knox 0by 63 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Chicago and Knox, 1898 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 Saint Paul globe's story of the 1899 game: pERCY CODWIN'S TEAM CHICAGO TEAM WON. Played Great Football for So Early In

    1899 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Sep 24, 1899

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story of the 1932 game: Football Results NORTHWEST

    1932 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Oct 17, 1932

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

Sep 26, 2026Chicago 48, Knox 0at Knox
Oct 4, 2025Chicago 52, Knox 0at Knox
Sep 21, 2024Chicago 27, Knox 13at Knox
Sep 16, 2023Chicago 63, Knox 0at Chicago
Oct 1, 2022Chicago 50, Knox 14at Knox
Oct 15, 1932Chicago 20, Knox 0at Chicago
Oct 4, 1902Chicago 5, Knox 0at Chicago
Oct 5, 1901Chicago 6, Knox 0at Chicago
Sep 29, 1900Chicago 16, Knox 0at Chicago
Sep 23, 1899Chicago 40, Knox 0at Chicago
Sep 24, 1898Chicago 22, Knox 0at Chicago

Every game is listed as played on the field.