Chicago vs. Purdue

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

1. Chicago’s biggest win1907: Chicago 56, Purdue 0by 56 points
2. Purdue’s biggest win1928: Purdue 40, Chicago 0by 40 points
3. Upset1926: Purdue 6, Chicago 0Purdue had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Chicago’s side (Stagg 0–⁠2–⁠1 against Balliet). 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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  1893 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 26, 1893

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  1898 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 6, 1898

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  1899 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Nov 5, 1899

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  1901 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 13, 1901

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  1902 · The Indianapolis journal, Oct 13, 1902

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. Wisconsin40 meetings, Chicago 16–⁠19–⁠5
• Chicago vs. Northwestern37 meetings, Chicago 26–⁠8–⁠3
• Chicago vs. Michigan26 meetings, Chicago 7–⁠19
• Purdue vs. Indiana125 meetings, Purdue 75–⁠44–⁠6
• Purdue vs. Illinois101 meetings, Purdue 48–⁠47–⁠6
• Purdue vs. Iowa94 meetings, Purdue 50–⁠41–⁠3
• Purdue vs. Wisconsin91 meetings, Purdue 29–⁠54–⁠8