Chicago vs. Ohio State

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

1. Chicago’s biggest win1923: Chicago 17, Ohio State 3by 14 points
2. Ohio State’s biggest win1939: Ohio State 61, Chicago 0by 61 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Chicago’s side (Stagg 2–⁠4–⁠2 against Wilce). 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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  1920 · The New York herald, New York, N.Y., Oct 31, 1920

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  1921 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 6, 1921

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  1922 · Albuquerque morning journal, Nov 12, 1922

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  1923 · Evening star, Nov 18, 1923

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  1924 · New Britain herald, Connecticut, Oct 31, 1924

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
• Ohio State vs. Michigan121 meetings, Ohio State 53–⁠62–⁠6
• Ohio State vs. Illinois105 meetings, Ohio State 71–⁠30–⁠4
• Ohio State vs. Indiana100 meetings, Ohio State 82–⁠13–⁠5
• Ohio State vs. Wisconsin87 meetings, Ohio State 64–⁠18–⁠5