Northwestern at Indiana

Saturday, October 30, 1920

Indiana beat Northwestern 10–⁠7. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 6–⁠4.

AwayNorthwestern3–⁠4 in 1920
7
HomeIndiana5–⁠2 in 1920
10

FinalHigh 50°F, low 23°FAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The The New York herald's story: INDIANA ELEVEN WINS. 4 Field Goal by Risley Beats Northwestern, 10 TO Z.

    The New York herald, New York, N.Y., October 31, 1920, page 1

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    INDIANA ELEVEN WINS. 4 Field Goal by Risley Beats Northwestern, 10 TO Z. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. S0.---Indiana won lte second Conference football game Of tn, season here to-day: beating North . western. 10 TO 7. A place kick from the Is yard line in the third period b. Ilisley gave Indiana the edge. fumbic on the 20 yard line three minutes after the game started resulted In Northwestern scoring its touchdown. Grausnicle making It. Indiana evened the score soon after ward. however. when after n march down the field Mathys accepted a for wa rd pass behind Northwestern’s goal. The Northwestern goal was threat cned again in the final period. but the line held with Indiana on the yard Inc. The score by periods: Indiana ACKNOWLEDGEMENT o3 O--iO Northwestern ............. o o. Z

  • The The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram's story: Football Results

    The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., November 1, 1920, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Results INDIANA Indiana, 10; Northwestern, 7. Butler, SO; Georgetown, 0. Purdue, 10; Wabash. a. Hanover, “a; Kentucky Military Academy. 6. Franklin. 40: Rose Poly, T. INTERSECTiONAL Notre Dame. 81: Army. II. Harvard, “a; Virginia. 0. Princeton, 10; West Virginia, 8. Navy. At; Western Reserve, 0. Michigan, 81; Talane, 0. WEST Ohio State. Z: Chicago, 6. Illinois. II: Minnesota, I. Wittenberg, -; University of Gin cinnati. 7. Mi Union, %; Akron, 0. Oberlin, As; Hiram, 0. Drake, Z: Grinnell, I. Iowa State, “a; Washington, 7. Oklahoma, %: Missouri, T. University of Detroit. SO; Ford ham. 0. Haskell Indians, q; ST Louis Uni versity, 7. Michigan Aggies, 100; Olivet Col. lege. o. University of Dubuque, 10; Cornell, Morningside. s; South Dakota. 3. Stanford, 10: Oregon, 0. EAST Swarthmore, 0; Franklin and Mar shall. o. Cornell, “a: Rutgers. 0. st. Marys, Fl: st. Johns. O. Pittsburgh, IA; Lafayette, O. Columbia. 20: Williams, IA. Brown, s.; Vermont, O. Yale, 81; Colgate. Z. Holy Cross, 3: Syracuse, 0. Penn State, %: Penn = Ursinus, 8; Haverford, 0. Gettysburg, 81: Dickinson, 0. Maine, %; Colby, 0. Dartmouth, “a: Tufts, 7. Amherst 80; Hamilton. 0. Georgetown. %; Johns Hopkins, 7. SOUTH Georgia Tech. “a; Centre, 0. V, NJ. l., IA; North Carolina, 0. Vanderbilt, 20: Kentucky, 0. University of Georgia, I: Auburn, 0. University of North Carolina, 0: Western Maryland college, 13. Washington and Lee, 10; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 0.

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 text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Indiana 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Northwestern leads 47–⁠37–⁠1 in 85 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Indiana 29, Northwestern 23
2024Indiana 41, Northwestern 24
2019Indiana 34, Northwestern 3
2016Northwestern 24, Indiana 14
2012Northwestern 44, Indiana 29
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