Chicago vs. Monmouth

Chicago and Monmouth first met in 1896 and have played 8 times; Chicago leads the series 8–⁠0. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Chicago 8–⁠0, and Chicago has won the last 8.

Chicago wins
8
Monmouth wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1896
Longest streak
8 Chicago
Current streak
8 Chicago
Last 10 meetings
Chicago 8–⁠0
Most recent
1932

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s3–⁠0
1900s4–⁠0
1930s1–⁠0
Average margin
41.1 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Chicago
8–⁠0 Chicago’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Chicago’s biggest win1903: Chicago 108, Monmouth 0by 108 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Chicago and Monmouth, 1896 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 Minneapolis journal's story of the 1903 game: NEARLY TIE MINNESOTA Chicago: Players Roll Up 1oe Points on Monmouth COLLEGE,

    1903 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 1, 1903

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story of the 1932 game: CALIFORNIA; Golden Bear Goes Down to Stunning Defeat Before Santa Clara

    1932 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Sep 26, 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 24, 1932Chicago 41, Monmouth 0at Chicago
Sep 30, 1903Chicago 108, Monmouth 0at Chicago
Sep 27, 1902Chicago 24, Monmouth 0at Chicago
Sep 28, 1901Chicago 23, Monmouth 0at Chicago
Sep 26, 1900Chicago 29, Monmouth 0at Chicago
Oct 1, 1898Chicago 24, Monmouth 0at Chicago
Oct 2, 1897Chicago 41, Monmouth 4at Chicago
Oct 3, 1896Chicago 43, Monmouth 0at Chicago

Every game is listed as played on the field.