Early Era Year by Year Scores

1890s


1892 (1-4-2)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Northwestern               0- 0
at Northwestern            4- 6
Lake Forest               18-18
at Michigan               10-18
Illinois                  10- 4
at Purdue                  0-38
at Illinois               12-28 
1893 (6-4-2)  
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Lake Forest                0-10
Northwestern              12- 6
Michigan                  10- 6
at Purdue                 10-20
Cincinnati                26- 0
Oberlin                   12-33
at Northwestern            6- 6
Armour Institute          18- 6
Lake Forest               14-14
Michigan                  10-28
Northwestern              22-14
Notre Dame                 8- 0 
1894 (11-7-1) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Chicago A.A.               4-12
Northwestern              46- 0
Rush Medical College      16- 6
Beloit                    16- 0
Chicago A.A.              20- 0
Wisconsin                  0-30
Chicago A.A.               0-30
Iowa                      18-18
Prairie A.C.              26- 0
Purdue                     6-10
Englewood YMCA             4- 0
Lake Forest               28- 0
Illinois                  10- 6
at Northwestern           36- 0
Michigan                   4- 6
at Stanford               24- 4
at Stanford                0-12
at Reliance A.C.           0- 6
at Salt Lake YMCA         52- 0 
 
1895 (7-3)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Eureka                    28- 0
Chicago A.A.               8- 0
Lake Forest               52- 0
Northwestern               6-22
Armour Institute          24- 4
Minnesota                  6-10
Wisconsin                 22-12
at Western Reserve        14- 0
at Northwestern            6- 0
Michigan                   0-12 
1896 (11-2-1 overall, 3-2 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg   
Wheaton                   47- 0
Eureka                    46- 0
Monmouth                  43- 0
Hahneman Medical          34- 0
Iowa                       6- 0
at Notre Dame             18- 0
Oberlin                   30- 0
Armour Institute          36- 0
Northwestern               6-46
Illinois                  12- 0
at Wisconsin               0-24
Lake Forest                0- 0
at Northwestern           18- 6
Michigan                   7- 6 

1897 (8-1 overall, 3-1 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg   
Monmouth                  41- 4
Lake Forest               71- 0
Armour Institute          24- 0
Beloit                    39- 6
Northwestern              21- 6
at Illinois               18-12
Notre Dame                34- 5
Wisconsin                  8-23
Michigan                  21-12

1898 (9-2 overall, 3-1 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg   
Knox                      22- 0
Rush Medical               8- 0
Monmouth                  24- 0
Phys. & Surgeons          22- 0
Iowa                      38- 0
Beloit                    21- 0
Northwestern              34- 5
at Pennsylvania           11-23
Purdue                    17- 0
Wisconsin                  6- 0
Michigan                  11-12

1899 (12-0-2 overall, 4-0 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg   
Knox                      40- 0
Phys. & Surgeons          12- 0
Notre Dame                23- 6
Iowa                       5- 5
Dixon                     31- 0
Cornell (N.Y.)            17- 6
Oberlin                   58- 0
Pennsylvania               5- 5
Purdue                    44- 0
Northwestern              76- 0
Beloit                    35- 0
Minnesota                 29- 0
Brown                     17- 6
at Wisconsin              17- 0

            

1900s


1900 (7-5-1 overall, 2-3-1 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg   
Lombard                   24- 0
Monmouth                  29- 0
Knox                      16- 0
Dixon                     23- 5
Purdue                    17- 5
Rush Medical              40- 0
at Minnesota               6- 6
Brown                      6-11
at Pennsylvania            0-41
Iowa                       0-17
Northwestern               0- 5
Wisconsin                  5-39
Michigan                  15- 6

1901 (5-5-2 overall, 0-4-1 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Lombard                   38- 0
Monmouth                  23- 0
Milwaukee Medical         12- 0
Knox                       6- 0
Illinois Wesleyan         22- 0
Purdue                     5- 5
Illinois                   0-24
Pennsylvania               0-11
Beloit                    17-17
Northwestern               5- 6
at Michigan                0-22
Wisconsin                  0-35

1902 (11-1 overall, 5-1 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Lombard                   27- 6
Monmouth                  24- 0
Fort Sheridan             53- 0
Knox                       5- 0
Cornell (Iowa)            21- 0
Purdue                    33- 0
Northwestern              12- 0
Illinois                   6- 0
Beloit                    18- 0
Indiana                   39- 0
Michigan                   0-21
Wisconsin                 11- 0

1903 (10-2-1 overall, 4-1-1 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Lombard                   34- 0
Lawrence                  23- 0
Monmouth                 108- 0
Indiana                   34- 0
Cornell (Iowa)            23- 0
Purdue                    22- 0
Rush Medical              40- 0
Northwestern               0- 0
Illinois                  18- 6
at Wisconsin              15- 6
Haskell Indian            17-11
at Army                    6-10
Michigan                   0-28

1904 (8-1-1 overall, 5-1-1 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Lombard                   40- 5
Lawrence                  29- 0
Indiana                   56- 0
Purdue                    20- 0
Iowa                      39- 0
Northwestern              32- 0
Illinois                   6- 6
Texas                     68- 0
at Michigan               12-22
Wisconsin                 18-11

1905 (10-0 overall, 7-0 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Lawrence                  33- 0
Wabash                    15- 0
Beloit                    38- 0
Iowa                      42- 0
Indiana                   16- 5
at Wisconsin               4- 0
at Northwestern           32- 0
Purdue                    19- 0
Illinois                  44- 0
Michigan                   2- 0

1906 (4-1 overall, 3-1 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Purdue                    39- 0
Indiana                   33- 8
Minnesota                  2- 4
Illinois                  63- 0
Nebraska                  38- 5

1907 (4-1 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Indiana                   27- 6
at Illinois               42- 6
at Minnesota              18-12
Purdue                    56- 0
Carlisle                   4-18

1908 (5-0-1 overall, 5-0 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Purdue                    39- 0
Indiana                   29- 6
Illinois                  11- 6
Minnesota                 29- 0
Cornell (N.Y.)             6- 6
at Wisconsin              18-12

1909 (4-1-2 overall, 4-1-1 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Purdue                    40- 0
Indiana                   21- 0
Illinois                  14- 8
at Minnesota               6-20
Northwestern              34- 0
at Cornell (N.Y.)          6- 6
Wisconsin                  6- 6

1910s


1910 (2-5 overall, 2-4 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Indiana                    0- 6
at Illinois                0- 3
Northwestern              10- 0
Minnesota                  0-24
Purdue                    14- 5
at Cornell (N.Y.)          0-18
at Wisconsin               0-10

1911 (6-1 overall, 5-1 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Indiana                   23- 6
Purdue                    11- 3
Illinois                  24- 0
at Minnesota               0-30
at Northwestern            9- 3
Cornell (N.Y.)             6- 0
Wisconsin                  5- 0

1912 (6-1 overall, 6-1 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Indiana                   13- 0
Iowa                      34-14
Purdue                     7- 0
at Wisconsin              12-30
Northwestern               3- 0
at Illinois               10- 0
Minnesota                  7- 0

1913 (7-0 overall, 7-0 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Indiana                   21- 7
Iowa                      23- 6
Purdue                     6- 0
Illinois                  28- 7
at Northwestern           14- 0
at Minnesota              13- 7
Wisconsin                 19- 0
 
1914 (4-2-1 overall, 4-2-1 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Indiana                   34- 0
Northwestern              28- 0
Iowa                       7- 0
Purdue                    21- 0
at Wisconsin               0- 0
at Illinois                7-21
Minnesota                  7-13

1915 (5-2 overall, 4-2 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
at Northwestern            7- 0
Indiana                   13- 7
Purdue                     7- 0
Wisconsin                 14-13
Haskell Indian            35- 0
at Minnesota               7-20
Illinois                   0-10

1916 (3-4 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Carleton                   0- 7
Indiana                   22- 0
Northwestern               0-10
at Wisconsin               7-30
Purdue                    16- 7
at Illinois               20- 7
Minnesota                  0-49

1917 (3-2-1 overall, 2-2-1 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Vanderbilt                48- 0
Purdue                    27- 0
Northwestern               7- 0
Illinois                   0- 0
at Minnesota               0-33
Wisconsin                  0-18

1918 (0-6 overall, 0-5 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Naval Reserve              7-14
at Purdue                  3- 7
Michigan                   0-13
at Northwestern            6-21
Illinois                   0-29
Minnesota                  0- 7

1919 (5-2 overall, 4-2 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg   
Great Lakes              123- 0
Purdue                    16- 0
Northwestern              41- 0
at Illinois                0-10
Michigan                  13- 0
Iowa                       9- 6
Wisconsin                  3-10

          

1920s


1920 (3-4 overall, 2-4 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg   
Purdue                    20- 0
Wabash                    41- 0
Iowa                      10- 0
Ohio State                 6- 7
Illinois                   0- 3
at Michigan                0-14
Wisconsin                  0- 3

1921 (6-1 overall, 4-1 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg   
Northwestern              41- 0
Purdue                     9- 0
at Princeton               9- 0
Colorado                  35- 0
Ohio State                 0- 7
at Illinois               14- 6
Wisconsin                  3- 0

1922 (5-1-1 overall, 4-0-1 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg   
Georgia                   20- 0
Northwestern              15- 7
Purdue                    12- 0
Princeton                 18-21
at Ohio State             14- 9
Illinois                   9- 0
Wisconsin                  0- 0

1923 (7-1 overall, 5-1 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg   
Michigan State            34- 0
Colorado State            10- 0
Northwestern              13- 0
Purdue                    20- 6
Illinois                   0- 7
Indiana                   27- 0
Ohio State                17- 3
Wisconsin                 13- 6

1924 (4-1-3 overall, 3-0-3 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg   
Missouri                   0- 3
Brown                     19- 7
Indiana                   23- 0
at Ohio State              3- 3
Purdue                    19- 6
Illinois                  21-21
Northwestern               3- 0
Wisconsin                  0- 0

1925 (3-4-1 overall, 2-2-1 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg   
Kentucky                   9- 0
Ohio State                 3- 3
Northwestern               6- 0
at Pennsylvania            0- 7
Purdue                     6- 0
at Illinois                6-13
Dartmouth                  7-33
Wisconsin                  7-20

1926 (2-6 overall, 0-5 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Florida                   12- 6
Maryland                  21- 0
at Pennsylvania            0-27
Purdue                     0- 6
Ohio State                 0-18
Illinois                   0- 7
at Northwestern            7-38
Wisconsin                  7-14

1927 (4-4 overall, 3-3 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Oklahoma                   7-13
Indiana                   13- 0
Purdue                     7- 6
Pennsylvania              13- 7
at Ohio State              7-13
Michigan                   0-14
at Illinois                6-15
Wisconsin                 12- 0

1928 (2-7 overall, 0-5 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
South Carolina             0- 6
Wyoming                   47- 0
Lake Forest                3- 0
Iowa                       0-13
at Minnesota               7-33
Purdue                     0-40
Pennsylvania              13-20
at Wisconsin               0-25
Illinois                   0-40

1929 (7-3 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Beloit                    27- 0
Lake Forest                9- 6
Indiana                   13- 7
Ripon                     10- 0
Indiana State             18- 0
Purdue                     0-26
at Princeton              15- 7
Wisconsin                  6-20
at Illinois                6-20
U. of Washington          26- 6

1930s


1930 (2-5-2 overall, 0-4 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Ripon                     19- 0
Hillsdale                  7- 6
at Wisconsin               0-34
Florida                    0-19
Mississippi                0- 0
Princeton                  0 -0
Purdue                     7-26
Illinois                   0-28
at Michigan                0-16

1931 (2-6-1 overall, 1-4 Big Ten) 
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Cornell (Iowa)            12- 0
Hillsdale                  0- 7
at Michigan                7-13
Yale                       0-27
Indiana                    6-32
Purdue                     6-14
Arkansas                  13-13
at Illinois               13- 6
Wisconsin                  7-12

1932 (3-4-1 overall, 1-4 Big Ten)
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg   
Monmouth                  41- 0
at Yale                    7- 7
Knox                      20- 0
Indiana                   13- 7
Illinois                   7-13
Purdue                     0-37
at Michigan                0-12
Wisconsin                  7-18

1933 (3-3-2 overall, 0-3-2 Big Ten)
Coach: Clark Shaughnessy
Cornell (Iowa)            32- 0
at Washington (Mo.)       40- 0
Purdue                     0-14
Michigan                   0-28
Wisconsin                  0- 0
Indiana                    7- 7
at Illinois                0- 7
Dartmouth                 39- 0

1934 (4-4 overall, 2-4 Big Ten)
Coach: Clark Shaughnessy   
Carroll                   19- 0
Michigan                  27- 0
Indiana                   21- 0
Missouri                  19- 6
Purdue                    20-26
at Ohio State              0-33
at Minnesota               7-35
Illinois                   0- 6

1935 (4-4 overall, 2-3 Big Ten)
Coach: Clark Shaughnessy   
at Nebraska                7-28
Carroll                   31- 0
Western Michigan          31- 6
Purdue                     0-19
Wisconsin                 13- 7
Ohio State                13-20
Indiana                    0-24
at Illinois                7- 6

1936 (2-5-1 overall, 1-4 Big Ten)
Coach: Clark Shaughnessy   
Lawrence                  34- 0
Vanderbilt                 0-37
Butler                     6- 6
Purdue                     7-35
at Wisconsin               7- 6
at Ohio State              0-44
Indiana                    7-20
Illinois                   7-18

1937 (1-6 overall, 0-4 Big Ten)
Coach: Clark Shaughnessy   
at Vanderbilt              0-18
Wisconsin                  0-27
Princeton                  7-16
Ohio State                 0-39
at Michigan               12-13
Beloit                    26- 9
at Illinois                0-21

1938 (1-6-1 overall, 0-4 Big Ten)
Coach: Clark Shaughnessy   
Bradley                    0- 0
at Michigan                7-45
Iowa                      14-27
at Ohio State              7-42
De Pauw                   34-14
at Harvard                13-47
Pacific                    0-32
Illinois                   0-34

1939 (2-6 overall, 0-3 Big Ten)
Coach: Clark Shaughnessy   
Beloit                     0- 6
Wabash                    12- 2
Harvard                    0-61
Michigan                   0-85
at Virginia                0-47
Ohio State                 0-61
Oberlin                   25- 0
Illinois                   0-46