Chicago vs. Northwestern

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

1. Chicago’s biggest win1899: Chicago 76, Northwestern 0by 76 points
2. Northwestern’s biggest win1896: Northwestern 46, Chicago 6by 40 points
3. Upset1916: Northwestern 10, Chicago 0Northwestern had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1900: Northwestern 5, Chicago 0Northwestern had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1893: Chicago 12, Northwestern 6Chicago had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Chicago’s side (Stagg 2–⁠0–⁠1 against Noyes). 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 Wichita daily eagle, Wichita, Kan., Nov 17, 1895

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  1897 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 24, 1897

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  1899 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Nov 12, 1899

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  1900 · Virginian-pilot, Norfolk, Va., Nov 11, 1900

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  1901 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Nov 10, 1901

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. Michigan26 meetings, Chicago 7–⁠19
• Northwestern vs. Illinois119 meetings, Northwestern 55–⁠59–⁠5
• Northwestern vs. Wisconsin103 meetings, Northwestern 37–⁠62–⁠4
• Northwestern vs. Minnesota99 meetings, Northwestern 38–⁠56–⁠5
• Northwestern vs. Purdue90 meetings, Northwestern 36–⁠53–⁠1