Chicago vs. Minnesota

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

1. Chicago’s biggest win1908: Chicago 29, Minnesota 0by 29 points
2. Minnesota’s biggest win1916: Minnesota 49, Chicago 0by 49 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Chicago’s side (Stagg 4–⁠9–⁠1 against Williams). 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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  1895 · The Redwood gazette, Redwood Falls, Minn., Oct 31, 1895

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  1899 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Nov 26, 1899

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  1906 · Little Falls herald, Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn., Nov 16, 1906

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  1907 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 3, 1907

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  1908 · The Mankato free press, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn., Nov 6, 1908

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. Illinois43 meetings, Chicago 18–⁠22–⁠3
• Chicago vs. Purdue42 meetings, Chicago 27–⁠14–⁠1
• Chicago vs. Wisconsin40 meetings, Chicago 16–⁠19–⁠5
• Chicago vs. Northwestern37 meetings, Chicago 26–⁠8–⁠3
• Minnesota vs. Wisconsin133 meetings, Minnesota 62–⁠63–⁠8
• Minnesota vs. Iowa118 meetings, Minnesota 62–⁠54–⁠2
• Minnesota vs. Michigan107 meetings, Minnesota 26–⁠78–⁠3
• Minnesota vs. Northwestern99 meetings, Minnesota 56–⁠38–⁠5