Chicago vs. Pennsylvania

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

1. Chicago’s biggest win1927: Chicago 13, Pennsylvania 7by 6 points
2. Pennsylvania’s biggest win1900: Pennsylvania 41, Chicago 0by 41 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Chicago’s side (Stagg 0–⁠3–⁠1 against Woodruff). 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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  1898 · Richmond dispatch, Richmond, Va., Oct 30, 1898

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  1899 · The age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Oct 29, 1899

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  1900 · New-York tribune, Oct 29, 1900

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  1901 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 27, 1901

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  1925 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 26, 1925

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
• Pennsylvania vs. Cornell110 meetings, Pennsylvania 65–⁠40–⁠5
• Pennsylvania vs. Princeton95 meetings, Pennsylvania 31–⁠63–⁠1
• Pennsylvania vs. Columbia84 meetings, Pennsylvania 61–⁠22–⁠1
• Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette80 meetings, Pennsylvania 55–⁠21–⁠4