Chicago vs. Princeton

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

1. Chicago’s biggest win1921: Chicago 9, Princeton 0by 9 points
2. Princeton’s biggest win1937: Princeton 16, Chicago 7by 9 points
3. Upset1929: Chicago 15, Princeton 7Chicago had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1921: Chicago 9, Princeton 0Chicago 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 2–⁠1–⁠1 against Roper). 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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  1921 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 23, 1921

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  1922 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Oct 29, 1922

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  1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 3, 1929

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
• Princeton vs. Yale126 meetings, Princeton 45–⁠71–⁠10
• Princeton vs. Pennsylvania95 meetings, Princeton 63–⁠31–⁠1
• Princeton vs. Harvard95 meetings, Princeton 51–⁠37–⁠7
• Princeton vs. Cornell86 meetings, Princeton 54–⁠30–⁠2