Chicago vs. Rush Medical

Chicago and Rush Medical have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1894; Chicago leads the series 4–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Chicago 4–⁠0, and Chicago has won the last 4.

Chicago wins
4
Rush Medical wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1894
Longest streak
4 Chicago
Current streak
4 Chicago
Last 10 meetings
Chicago 4–⁠0
Most recent
1903

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s2–⁠0
1900s2–⁠0
Average margin
24.5 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Chicago
4–⁠0 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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Chicago and Rush Medical, 1894 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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

  • The The St. Louis Republic's story of the 1900 game: COTbett said: CHICAGO UNIVERSITY WOW. Rush Medical College Was Defeated by n Score of 10 to a.

    1900 · The St. Louis Republic, St. Louis, Mo., Oct 10, 1900

  • The Rock Island Argus's story of the 1903 game

    1903 · Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., Oct 15, 1903

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

Oct 14, 1903Chicago 40, Rush Medical 0at Chicago
Oct 9, 1900Chicago 40, Rush Medical 0at Chicago
Sep 28, 1898Chicago 8, Rush Medical 0at Chicago
Oct 10, 1894Chicago 16, Rush Medical 6at Chicago

Every game is listed as played on the field.