Chicago vs. Oberlin
Chicago and Oberlin first met in 1893 and have played 4 times; Chicago leads the series 3–1. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Chicago 3–1, and Chicago has won the last 3. Share
- Chicago wins
- 3
- Oberlin wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1893
- Longest streak
- 3 Chicago
- Current streak
- 3 Chicago
- Last 10 meetings
- Chicago 3–1
- Most recent
- 1939
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 33.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Chicago
- 3–1 Chicago’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
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., Oct 22, 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
| Nov 18, 1939 | Chicago 25, Oberlin 0 | at Chicago | ||
| Oct 21, 1899 | Chicago 58, Oberlin 0 | at Chicago | ||
| Oct 17, 1896 | Chicago 30, Oberlin 0 | at Chicago | ||
| Nov 4, 1893 | Oberlin 33, Chicago 12 | at Chicago |
Every game is listed as played on the field.