Chicago vs. Stanford

Chicago and Stanford have 2 meetings on file, the first in 1894; the series is tied 1–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 2 meetings it’s even at 1–⁠1.

Chicago wins
1
Stanford wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1894
Longest streak
1 Chicago
Current streak
1 Stanford
Last 10 meetings
even at 1–⁠1
Most recent
1894

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Chicago and Stanford, 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 Wichita daily eagle's story of the 1894 game: LEARN NEW TRICKS CHICAGO SHOWS STANFORD HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL Stanford Outplayed at all Points-Chi. Gags Dash and Energy an Eye Opener tn the Palo Alto People. Chicago's Plays Almost Too Easy to Be Called sport.

    1894 · The Wichita daily eagle, Wichita, Kan., Dec 26, 1894

  • The The daily morning journal and courier's story of the 1894 game: Desperate Football Game.

    1894 · The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, Dec 31, 1894

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

Dec 29, 1894Stanford 12, Chicago 0at Stanford
Dec 25, 1894Chicago 24, Stanford 4at Stanford

Every game is listed as played on the field.