Chicago vs. Vanderbilt

Chicago and Vanderbilt first met in 1917 and have played 3 times; Vanderbilt leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Vanderbilt 2–⁠1, and Vanderbilt has won the last 2.

Chicago wins
1
Vanderbilt wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1917
Longest streak
2 Vanderbilt
Current streak
2 Vanderbilt
Last 10 meetings
Vanderbilt 2–⁠1
Most recent
1937

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠0
1930s0–⁠2
Average margin
34.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Chicago
1–⁠1 Chicago’s record at home
At Vanderbilt
1–⁠0 Vanderbilt’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 Vanderbilt, 1917 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current's story of the 1917 game: Vanderbilt Loses to Chicago.

    1917 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Oct 14, 1917

  • The The Nome daily nugget's story of the 1936 game: U. S. FOOTBALL SCORES

    1936 · The Nome daily nugget, Oct 5, 1936

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 2, 1937Vanderbilt 18, Chicago 0at Vanderbilt
Oct 3, 1936Vanderbilt 37, Chicago 0at Chicago
Oct 13, 1917Chicago 48, Vanderbilt 0at Chicago

Every game is listed as played on the field.