Chicago vs. Notre Dame

Chicago and Notre Dame have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1893; Chicago leads the series 4–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Chicago 4–⁠0, and Chicago has won the last 4.

Chicago wins
4
Notre Dame wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1893
Longest streak
4 Chicago
Current streak
4 Chicago
Last 10 meetings
Chicago 4–⁠0
Most recent
1899

The series at a glance

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

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Chicago and Notre Dame, 1893 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 Wood County reporter's story of the 1897 game: GRIDIRON CONTESTS PENNSYLVANIA WINS FROM THE WIRY RED MEN CHICAGO'S GREAT VICTORY Stages Men Defeat Notre Dame by Score of "a to 5-Cleyeland Team Has an Exciting Experience Princeton Walks Right Through La Fayette-Other Games.

    1897 · Wood County reporter, Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis., Nov 11, 1897

  • The The Indianapolis journal's story of the 1899 game: NOTRE DAME DEFEATED CHICAGO BEAT HER 23 TO AT MAR SHALL FIELD. Long Runs by the Maroons Were the Notable Features-Other Football Games Of the Day.

    1899 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 5, 1899

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

Oct 4, 1899Chicago 23, Notre Dame 6at Chicago
Nov 6, 1897Chicago 34, Notre Dame 5at Chicago
Oct 14, 1896Chicago 18, Notre Dame 0at Notre Dame
Jan 1, 1894Chicago 8, Notre Dame 0at Chicago

Every game is listed as played on the field.