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Chicago college football bar guide

Chicago’s NFL season is off to a rocky start, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have plenty of football fun. Bars throughout the city are welcoming college fans from schools from Alabama to Wisconsin to root for their team of choice while enjoying food and drink deals all season long.

Bar owners and alumni groups: Don’t see your bar included here? We’ll be adding to this guide throughout the season. Contact RedEye nightlife reporter Heather Schroering for consideration. RedEye’s college sports bar guide includes official partnerships with alumni associations in addition to bars owned by alumni and unofficial affiliations declared by bar management.

ALABAMA
Houndstooth Saloon in Lakeview: $13 Bud Light pitchers, $16 Goose Island pitchers, $5 ‘Bama bombs (house whiskey, peach schnapps and Red Bull Red), $7 22-ounce Smirnoff cocktails. The bar donates $1 from every pitcher sold during Alabama games to the Alabama Alumni Scholarship Fund.

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Cubby Bear in Wrigleyville: $20-$25 all-you-care-to-drink tall boy cans 30 minutes prior to game time and through the entire game

ARKANSAS
Joe’s Bar on Weed St. in Lincoln Park: $4 Fireball whiskey shots, $6 Jack Daniel’s cocktails, $8 build-your-own bloody mary bar, $8.50 domestic pitchers, $18 Coors Light/Bud Light buckets

AUBURN
Waterhouse in Lakeview: $6 Bud Light drafts ($1 from each is donated to The Auburn University Club), $6 Maker’s Mark cocktails and shots, $4 Sweetwater products, $7 Buffalo chicken rolls, $6 corn nuggets, weekly raffles

BAYLOR
HVAC Pub in Wrigleyville: $4 Shiner Bock, $4 Deep Eddy vodka cocktails

BUTLER
Gaslight in Lincoln Park: $5 Coors Light stadium cups

CINCINNATI
O’Leary’s Public House in River North: $3 Miller Lite drafts, $10 Miller Lite pitchers

CLEMSON
Full Shilling in Wrigleyville: $5 22-ounce domestic stadium cups, $10 domestic pitchers, $4 Four Loko shots, $5 Tiger bombs (orange vodka with Red Bull)

EAST CAROLINA
A.J. Hudson’s Public House in Lakeview: $5 Carlsberg and beer of the week, $7 nachos and wings, $4 Fireball whiskey shots

FLORIDA
Sully’s House in Old Town: $16 buckets, $4 stadium cups, $5 Fireball whiskey shots, $10 pitchers of Miller Lite, Coors Light and Bud Light

FLORIDA STATE
The Country Club in Wrigleyville: $5 food menu, $4 22-ounce Bud Light stadium cups, $5 22-ounce Green Line stadium cups, 20 percent tab discount for FSU alumni (full-priced items only)

GEORGIA
Highline Bar & Lounge in River North: $6 Svedka mixed drink stadium cups, $4 Bud/Bud Light cans, $5 Miller/Coors stadium cups, $8 boneless wings, $10 mini-burgers, $6 craft/import stadium cups

ILLINOIS
HVAC Pub in Wrigleyville: $4 Shiner Bock, $4 Deep Eddy vodka cocktails

Joe’s Bar on Weed St. in Lincoln Park: $4 Fireball whiskey shots, $6 Jack Daniel’s cocktails, $8 build-your-own bloody mary bar, $8.50 domestic pitchers, $18 Coors Light/Bud Light buckets

Schoolyard Tavern & Grill in Lakeview: $5 Coors Light and Miller Lite stadium cups, $20 fishbowls, $10 mini-burgers (five burgers plus a side), $5 Oskee Wow-Wow bombs (O bomb with a splash of orange juice)

WhirlyBall in Bucktown: $5 20-ounce Bud Light stadium cups, $4 Budweiser and Bud Light, $7 Not Your Father’s Vanilla Cream ale, $5 Founder’s All Day IPA drafts, $2.50 wings, $2 sliders, $3 tacos

ILLINOIS STATE
Flagship in Lakeview: $5 Fireball whiskey shots, $5 mimosas, $5 6-ounce bloody marys, $15 Miller/Coors buckets, $5 22-ounce Miller/Coors stadium cups

INDIANA
Joe’s Bar on Weed St. in Lincoln Park: $18 Coors Light/Bud Light buckets, $8.50 domestic pitchers, $8 build-your-own bloody mary bar, $6 Jack Daniel’s cocktails, $4 Fireball whiskey shots

Kirkwood Bar & Grill in Lakeview: $10 grilled bone-in wings, $5 Husker bombs (Bacardi Razz, cranberry juice and Red Bull), $5 Miller/Coors stadium cups, $7 glasses of Elks Creek (vodka, gin, Sprite, soda water, lime and orange juice), $25 Big Red (vodka, Minute Maid fruit punch and soda water) or Elks Creek fishbowls

IOWA
Clover Sports & Leisure in West Town: $5 22-ounce domestic stadium cups, $4 Four Loko shots, $5 Hawkeye bombs (citrus vodka with Red Bull)

Cortland’s Garage in Bucktown: $15 Coors Light and Miller Lite buckets, $5 mimosas and build-your-own bloody marys, $3 Fireball whiskey and El Jimador tequila shots

Crossroads Public House in Lincoln Park: $7 32-ounce Bud Light loyalty mugs (keep the mug), $12 PBR buckets, $18 Coors Light buckets, $4 Fireball whiskey shots, $4 mimosas, $6 bloody marys, $25 100-ounce Bud Light supertubes

Four Shadows in Lincoln Park: $5 22-ounce domestic stadium cups, $10 domestic pitchers, $4 Four Loko shots, $5 Hawkeye bombs (citrus vodka with Red Bull)

Highline Bar & Lounge in River North: $6 Svedka mixed drink stadium cups, $4 Bud and Bud Light cans, $5 Miller/Coors stadium cups, $8 boneless wings, $10 mini-burgers, $6 craft/import stadium cups

Ironside Bar and Galley in River North: $4 12-ounce Busch Light cans, $5 16-ounce Miller High Life drafts, $5 Cold Spell whiskey shots, $5 Fireball whiskey shots, $6 Dr. McGillicuddy’s blackberry and peach whiskey bombs, $6 grilled cheese, $7 gyros, $9 turkey legs

John Barleycorn Wrigleyville: $30 package includes six cocktails and a buffet

Kick in North Center: $11 pork tenderloin sandwich, $9 Cajun garlic mac ‘n’ cheese, $8 beer brats, $11 wings, $20 Goose Island buckets, $25 mimosa buckets (a bottle of sparkling wine and two types of juice), $10 Baderbrau, Avery White, Ale Syndicate, Ciderboys and Bell’s Brewery seasonal stadium mugs with $5 refills

Merkle’s Bar & Grill in Wrigleyville: $2 tacos, $3 domestic cans, $4 Fireball whiskey shots, $5 bombs, $15 mimosa package (half hour before kickoff to end of fourth quarter)

Redmond’s in Wrigleyville: $5 22-ounce Bud Light stadium cups, $2 Busch Light and Natural Light cans, $4 Fireball whiskey shots, $5 Jameson shots

Tavern on Little Fort in North Center: $8 Miller Lite pitchers, $5 Miller Lite stadium cups, $5 Jack Daniel’s and Coke, $5 vodka lemonade, $5 Hawkeye bombs (citrus vodka with tropical Red Bull)

Theory in River North: $6 Miller Lite, Coors Light and Blue Moon stadium cups

KANSAS
Kincade’s Bar & Grill in Lincoln Park

Lotties Pub in Bucktown: $4 22-ounce Miller/Coors cups, $6 Miller/Coors schooners, $8 Boulevard schooners, $8 pizzas

KENTUCKY
The Pony Inn in Lakeview: $4 John Wall shots (cherry vodka and blue raspberry drink mix), $5 Miller/Coors souvenir cups, $5 Wildcat Pony punch (vodka and blue raspberry drink mix), $5 Old Forester

LOUISVILLE
Finley Dunne’s Tavern in Roscoe Village: $5 22-ounce Bud Light stadium cups, $5 UV bombs, $3 whiskey shots

MARYLAND
Dark Horse Tap & Grille in Wrigleyville: $4 Maryland-style Old Bay fries, $5 Terp bombs (whiskey, peach schnapps, cranberry juice and Red Bull), $4 22-ounce Bud Light stadium cups, $6 22-ounce Smirnoff vodka stadium cups

MIAMI
Flagship in Lakeview: $5 Fireball whiskey shots, $5 mimosas, $5 6-ounce bloody marys, $15 Miller/Coors buckets, $5 22-ounce Miller/Coors stadium cups

MICHIGAN
Celtic Crown in North Center: $4 22-ounce domestic stadium cups, $9 domestic pitchers, $4 Four Loko shots, $5 HarBomb (citrus vodka with Red Bull)

Diag Bar & Grill in Lakeview: $7 bloody marys, $20 champagne bottles, $5 Bud Light stadium cups, $5 HarBombs (Smirnoff Ruby Red Grapefruit bomb), $5 Go Blue bombs (Smirnoff Blueberry bomb)

Duffy’s Tavern & Grill in Lincoln Park: $5 22-ounce Bud Light stadium cups, $7 22-ounce Bell’s Brewery stadium cups, $7 22-ounce Founders Brewing Co. stadium cups, $8 22-ounce vodka Red Bull stadium cups

Matilda in Lakeview: $4 craft beer drafts

Moe’s Cantina in Wrigleyville: $30 package includes six cocktails and a buffet

Rockit Bar & Grill in River North: $8 Absolut stadium cups, $25 beer buckets, $6 Jameson, $6 breakfast shots, $6 mimosas, $8 bloody marys

Rockit Burger Bar in Wrigleyville: $5 Bud Light, Goose Island Green Line and Founders All Day IPA stadium cups

WestEnd in the West Loop: $6 Miller Lite, Coors Light and Bell’s stadium cups, $25 Michigan beer buckets, $6 nachos, $8 goblets of sangria, $5 HarBombs (Deep Eddy grapefruit vodka, Red Bull and blue Powerade)

MICHIGAN STATE
Corcoran’s in Lincoln Park: $18 Coors Light buckets, $4 Miller Lite pints, $2 brisket or cheeseburger sliders, $7 wings platter, $6 bloody marys, mimosas and bombs

Higgins Tavern in Lakeview: $11 Coors Light or Miller Lite pitchers

Hopsmith Tavern in the Gold Coast: $7 bloody marys, $20 champagne bottles, $6 Bud Light stadium cups, $5 Sparty bombs (Smirnoff Orange, Blue Curacao, Tropical Red Bull)

Mahoney’s Pub & Grille in West Town: $4.75 22-ounce Coors Light stadium cups, $5 22-ounce Bud Light stadium cups

Old Crow Smokehouse in River North: $18 Bud and Bud Light buckets, $4 22-ounce Bud Light stadium cups, half-price small plates

Sedgwick’s Bar & Grill in Lincoln Park: $5 22-ounce Miller High Life stadium cups, $5 Powers Irish whiskey shots, $16 domestic buckets

The Anthem in Wicker Park: $4 22-ounce Coors Light stadium cups, $4 shots of Buffalo Trace bourbon

The Stretch in Wrigleyville: $30 brunch package includes mimosas, 22-ounce stadium cups, eggs, sausage and breakfast potatoes from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Wild Goose in North Center: $6 wings or nachos, $5 cans and bottles of Michigan beers, $13 Labatt Brewing Co. pitchers

MISSISSIPPI
Finley Dunne’s Tavern in Roscoe Village: $5 22-ounce Bud Light stadium cups, $5 UV bombs, $3 whiskey shots

MISSOURI
Derby in Lincoln Park: $7 bloody marys, $20 champagne bottles, $6 Bud Light stadium cups, $7 Boulevard Brewing Co. stadium cups, $5 Odom bombs (orange vodka with Red Bull)

Sedgwick’s Bar & Grill in Lincoln Park: $5 22-ounce Miller High Life stadium cups, $5 Powers Irish whiskey shots, $16 domestic buckets

NEBRASKA
Rockwood Place in Wrigleyville: $5 22-ounce Bud Light stadium cups, $5 Husker bombs (cherry vodka, Red Bull and cranberry juice), $25 Bud Light supertube tabletop beer dispensers, $6 Elk Creek glasses (vodka, gin, citrus soda and orange juice), $15 Elk Creek pitchers

Kirkwood Bar & Grill in Lakeview: $10 wings

NORTHWESTERN
Kincade’s Bar & Grill in Lincoln Park

Timothy O’Toole’s in Gold Coast:$17.50 Miller/Coors buckets, $5 22-ounce Miller Lite, Bud Light and Coors Light stadium cups

NOTRE DAME
Commonwealth Tavern in Roscoe Village: $4 Miller Lite stadium cups, $5 Guinness, $10 Irish nachos, $5 Jameson shots

Crossing in Lincoln Park: $8 nachos, $5 mini-cheeseburgers, $5 Irish car bombs, $5 22-ounce Boulevard Brewing Co. Wheat, Miller Lite and Coors Light stadium cups

D4 Irish Pub & Cafe in Streeterville: $7 small plates (Buffalo wings, pulled pork quesadillas, parmesan truffle fries, onion rings and reuben flatbread)

Emerald Loop in the Loop: $18 Coors Light buckets, $4 Miller Lite pints, $5 beer of the month, $2 brisket or cheeseburger sliders, $7 wing platter

High Noon Saloon in Wicker Park: $4 Modelo Especial drafts, $3 Fireball whiskey shots, $3 Tequila Exotico shots

Lion Head Pub in Lincoln Park: $3 20-ounce Miller Lite and Coors Light drafts, $5 Absolut bloody marys

Racine Plumbing Bar & Grill in Lincoln Park: $5 Guinness drafts, $5 Jameson shots, $15 Miller Lite pitchers

The Irish Oak in Wrigleyville: $7 bloody marys, $20 champagne bottles, $6 22-ounce Bud/Bud Light stadium cups, $5 mimosa bombs

The Kerryman in River North: $3 Miller Lite bottles, $5 bloody marys, $5 mimosas, $10 All American burgers (two patties, American cheese, bacon, egg, garlic aioli and fries)

Vaughan’s Pub Northwest in Jefferson Park: $13 domestic buckets, $5 bloody marys and mimosas, $4 beer of the month, $4 Paddy and Powers Irish whiskey shots, $6 jumbo wings, $2 smoked brisket or cheeseburger sliders

OHIO STATE
Gaslight in Lincoln Park: $5 Coors Light stadium cups

O’Donovan’s in North Center: $17 Coors buckets, $6 Tito’s vodka drinks

Old Crow Smokehouse in Lakeview: $18 domestic buckets

She-nannigans in the Gold Coast: $6 22-ounce Bud Light stadium cups

The Butcher’s Tap in Lakeview: $5 22-ounce domestic stadium cups, $4 Four Loko shots, $5 Buckeye bombs (cherry vodka with Red Bull)

Vaughan’s Pub in Lakeview: $15 Coors Light buckets, $3.50 Miller Lite drafts, $4.50 Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold, $5 bloody marys and mimosas, $5 bombs, $6 for a pound of wings, $2 tacos

Woodie’s Flat in Old Town: $7 bloody marys, $20 champagne bottles, $6 Bud Light stadium cups, $5 Brutus bombs (Smirnoff Cherry with Red Bull)

OKLAHOMA
Barn & Company in Lincoln Park: $4 22-ounce Bud Light stadium cups, $4 vodka lemonade

PENN STATE
A.J. Hudson’s Public House in Lakeview: $5 Carlsberg and beer of the week, $7 nachos and wings, $4 Fireball whiskey shots

Durkin’s Tavern in Lakeview: $5 22-ounce Bud Light and Rolling Rock drafts, $8 any other 22-ounce draft, $4 Mind Erasers, Crown Apple shots and Fireball whiskey shots, $8 Bongwater Monkey Boys (similar to a Long Island iced tea), $3 bloody marys and mimosas for morning and afternoon games

PURDUE
Waterhouse in Lakeview: $6 Bud Light stadium cups ($1 from each goes to the Purdue Alumni Club), $5 bombs, 20 percent discount for all Purdue Alumni Club cardholders, $15 60-ounce Green Dragons and Baltimore Zoos

STANFORD
The Anthem in Wicker Park: $4 22-ounce Coors Light stadium cups, $4 shots of Buffalo Trace bourbon

SYRACUSE
Crossroads Public House in Lincoln Park: $7 32-ounce Bud Light loyalty mugs (keep the mug), $12 PBR buckets, $18 Coors Light buckets, $4 Fireball whiskey shots, $4 mimosas, $6 bloody marys, $25 100-ounce Bud Light supertubes

TEXAS
Stanley’s Kitchen & Tap in Lincoln Park: $4 Shiner Bock and Shiner Ruby Redbird cans, $6 Tito’s vodka cocktails, $4 Lone Star, $4 Coors Light, $4 Shiner Strawberry Blonde drafts, $7 Casamigos shots, $10 Shiner drafts with a shot of Casamigos, $6 Texas Tea (Tito’s vodka, Sailor Jerry rum, Smirnoff peach, simple syrup, lemonade, iced tea, mint, orange and lemon juices), $9 Texas mules (Tito’s vodka and ginger beer), $15 brunch buffet and $10 bloody marys and mimosas for early games

TEXAS A&M
The Pony in Lakeview: $5 Tito’s vodka cocktails, $5 Fireball whiskey shots, $6 Shiner cups, $15 Lone Star buckets, $10 Aggie pizza (meatball, red onion and barbecue drizzle), $25 Pony gift cards raffled off every game day

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
Joe’s Bar in Old Town: $4 Fireball whiskey shots, $6 Jack Daniel’s cocktails, $8 build-your-own bloody mary bar, $8.50 domestic pitchers, $18 Coors Light/Bud Light buckets

UCLA
Glascott’s Saloon in Lincoln Park: $15 domestic buckets, $12 Miller Lite pitchers

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Highline Bar & Lounge in River North: $6 Svedka cocktail stadium cups, $4 Fireball whiskey shots, $8 fish or steak tacos, $10 mini-burgers with a side, $6 hummus and guacamole, $5 Miller/Coors stadium cups

WISCONSIN
Deuce’s & the Diamond Club in Lakeview: $15 Miller Lite buckets, $5 Jameson and Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey bombs, $25 meal package includes Miller Lite and Corona Light drafts and your choice of wings or nachos

Fatpour Tap Works in Wicker Park: $7 bloody marys, $20 champagne bottles, $6 Bud/Bud Light stadium cups, $5 mimosa bombs, $5 Wisco bombs (Cherry Smirnoff with Red Bull)

Kroll’s South Loop: $15 35-ounce glasses of Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest, $9 bloody marys

Lotties Pub in Bucktown: $4 22-ounce Miller/Coors cups, $6 Wisconsin beer cups, $8 cheese curd pizza, $5 Bucky bombs (red cherry vodka and Monster energy drink)

Moe’s Cantina River North: half-price small plates, $18 domestic buckets

Monty Gaels in North Center: $14 domestic buckets, $3.50 Coors Light pints, $3 PBR tallboy cans, $5 Fireball and Jameson whiskey shots, $6 Wisconsin cheese curds, $7 wing platters

Ranalli’s in Lincoln Park: $4 Fireball whiskey shots, $9 12-inch two-topping pizzas, $8 Death’s Door bloody marys, $40 mega Moscow mules, $6 Miller, Coors and Leinenkugel’s stadium cups

Stout Barrel House & Galley in River North: $5 brats, $5 cheese curd baskets, $5 SoCo lime shots, $5 Jameson whiskey shots, $6 22-ounce Miller Lite drafts, $8 22-ounce bloody marys

WhirlyBall in Bucktown: $5 20-ounce Bud Light stadium cups, $4 Budweiser and Bud Light, $7 Not Your Father’s Vanilla Cream ale, $5 Founder’s All Day IPA drafts, 20-cent smoked chicken wings, $1 sliders and tacos

Will’s Northwoods Inn in Lakeview: $3 burgers, brats and hot dogs, $7.95 cheese curds, $8 32-ounce Miller Lite, Coors Light or Leinenkugel’s original in a souvenir cup with $6 refills

BIG TEN
Mac’s Wood Grilled in Wicker Park: $9 PBR pitchers, $14 IPA pitchers

The Tankard in Wicker Park: $15 domestic buckets, $20 Carlsberg buckets, $5 tater tot nachos

Tuman’s Tap & Grill in Ukrainian Village: $14 Founders All Day IPA pitchers and $9 PBR pitchers every Saturday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

UNAFFILIATED BARS

Benchmark in Old Town: $25 domestic aluminum buckets, $10 mini-burgers (five burgers plus a side)

Pitchfork in Albany Park: $15 bottomless mimosas, $15 Tecate buckets, $29.99 Mega BBQ platter

The Fifty/50 in Ukrainian Village: $16 domestic buckets, $20 select craft beer buckets, $12 mimosa buckets