Knox vs. Northwestern
Knox and Northwestern first met in 1900 and have played 4 times; Northwestern leads the series 3–1. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Northwestern 3–1, and Northwestern has won the last 2. Share
- Knox wins
- 1
- Northwestern wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1900
- Longest streak
- 2 Northwestern
- Current streak
- 2 Northwestern
- Last 10 meetings
- Northwestern 3–1
- Most recent
- 1920
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 18.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Northwestern
- 3–1 Northwestern’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Both programs through the years
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
1902 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 26, 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
| Oct 2, 1920 | Northwestern 14, Knox 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Nov 9, 1918 | Northwestern 47, Knox 7 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 25, 1902 | Knox 15, Northwestern 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Nov 3, 1900 | Northwestern 11, Knox 5 | at Northwestern |
Every game is listed as played on the field.