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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 5–0 |
- 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
- Chicago’s biggest win2023: Chicago 63, Knox 0by 63 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

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

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, 2026 | Chicago 48, Knox 0 | at Knox | ||
| Oct 4, 2025 | Chicago 52, Knox 0 | at Knox | ||
| Sep 21, 2024 | Chicago 27, Knox 13 | at Knox | ||
| Sep 16, 2023 | Chicago 63, Knox 0 | at Chicago | ||
| Oct 1, 2022 | Chicago 50, Knox 14 | at Knox | ||
| Oct 15, 1932 | Chicago 20, Knox 0 | at Chicago | ||
| Oct 4, 1902 | Chicago 5, Knox 0 | at Chicago | ||
| Oct 5, 1901 | Chicago 6, Knox 0 | at Chicago | ||
| Sep 29, 1900 | Chicago 16, Knox 0 | at Chicago | ||
| Sep 23, 1899 | Chicago 40, Knox 0 | at Chicago | ||
| Sep 24, 1898 | Chicago 22, Knox 0 | at Chicago |
Every game is listed as played on the field.