Lake Forest vs. Northwestern
Lake Forest and Northwestern have 17 meetings on file, the first in 1892; Northwestern leads the series 14–1–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Northwestern 9–0, and Northwestern has won the last 6. Share
- Lake Forest wins
- 1
- Northwestern wins
- 14
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1892
- Longest streak
- 6 Northwestern
- Current streak
- 6 Northwestern
- Last 10 meetings
- Northwestern 9–0
- Most recent
- 1923
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 1–6–1 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 17.5 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Lake Forest
- 1–1 Lake Forest’s record at home
- At Northwestern
- 13–0–2 Northwestern’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 10
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Lake Forest’s biggest win1894: Lake Forest 24, Northwestern 6by 18 points
- Northwestern’s biggest win1917: Northwestern 48, Lake Forest 0by 48 points
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
1899 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 27, 1899
1913 · The San Francisco call, Oct 6, 1913
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
| Nov 10, 1923 | Northwestern 32, Lake Forest 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 6, 1917 | Northwestern 48, Lake Forest 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 7, 1916 | Northwestern 26, Lake Forest 7 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 2, 1915 | Northwestern 27, Lake Forest 6 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 3, 1914 | Northwestern 7, Lake Forest 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 4, 1913 | Northwestern 10, Lake Forest 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 5, 1912 | Northwestern 0, Lake Forest 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 4, 1902 | Northwestern 26, Lake Forest 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 5, 1901 | Northwestern 11, Lake Forest 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 25, 1899 | Northwestern 16, Lake Forest 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 29, 1898 | Northwestern 27, Lake Forest 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 31, 1895 | Northwestern 24, Lake Forest 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 26, 1894 | Northwestern 12, Lake Forest 8 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 13, 1894 | Lake Forest 24, Northwestern 6 | at Lake Forest | ||
| Nov 11, 1893 | Northwestern 38, Lake Forest 22 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 27, 1893 | Northwestern 12, Lake Forest 12 | at Northwestern | ||
| Nov 12, 1892 | Northwestern 18, Lake Forest 0 | at Lake Forest |
Every game is listed as played on the field.