Northwestern at Indiana
Saturday, October 13, 1923 Share
Indiana beat Northwestern 7–6. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 6–5.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 40°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 14, 1923, page 81
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INDIANA Is VICTOR OVER NORTHWESTERN INDlANAPOLIS, Ind, October ls.- IN IN 1lana defeated Northwestern i’m n “ es’ern Conference foot ball game mere today. to 6. Marks, a sophmore was the individual star for In eedaha. scoring a touchdown after an oo-yard run. in which he outdistanced nus Interference and straight-armed tne northwestern safety man. Will kens drop-kicked goal. by series of line piunges and a successful forward pass Northwest ern carried the ball to Indiana’s over the Crimson goal line on the next next play. Bo Graham failed to All the scoring was in the first period. In the second. period Knolana held Northwestern for downs on the 1-foot line and kicked out OF danger. Northwestern frequently resorted to the forward pass, and most OF the play during the last two PERIODS was in Indiana’s territory. ihree attempts TO kick a field goal by Northwestern failed.

The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 14, 1923, page 11
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Indiana Wins Out Ouer Northeastern By 7–6 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 13.7- Indiana defeated Northwestern in a Western Conference football game today. to 6. Marks. sophomore, was the inditiduai start for Indiana. scoring touchdown, after an SO yard run in which he outdistanced his interference and straight-armeu the Northwestern safety man. VIII kens drop-kicked goal T9p Northwestern frequently resorted to inc forward pass and most of the ,Iav during the last two periods was Indiana’s territory. Three attempts to kick field goal bv Northwestern failed

Atlanta tri-weekly journal, Atlanta, Ga., October 16, 1923, page 6 (results column)
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TECH AND FLORIDA BATTLE IN I TO 7 TIE GAME Georgia Tech and Florida met Sat urday in the feature game of south ern football and battled to 7 to 7 tie. The Gators outplayed the Vel low Jackets by a wide margin in the first half, but the tables were turned in the second part. With the Flor idians slowed down by the gruelling battle Coach Alexander sent in his fresh pony backfield and they proved too fast for the visitors. Both teams battled with great determination and the score represents truly the merit of the play. Yale annihilated the University OF Georgia at New Haven; score 40 to O. The southerners were suffering from stage fright and allowed Yale to run up % points in the first pc riod. After this they steadied and actually outplayed their more ia nous opponent in the second period Finally they tired and Yale added II points more. Georgia’s backs rushed the ball nearly as far as Yale’s, but fumbles and poor covering of kicks proved fatal. Joe Bennett. Georgia leader, played the best game on the field. Vanderbilt lost to Michigan at Ann Arbor by 3 to 0, and had the big western team worried all through the game. The Colonies from Centre struck their stdie after two poor games and defeated Clemson impressively by q % to score. University of Alabama journeyed north and met Syracuse university. losing % to 0, but giving their bigger foes hard fight. Auburn defeated Howard handily, SO to o. North Carolina State beat South Carolina, 70 to o. Washington and V. NJ. l. defeated Roanoke. q 10 6. Other games: Furman, 20; Presbyterian Col lege, O. University of Mississippi, 33: Southwestern Presbyterian, 0. University of Chattanooga, 10; Cumberland University, 10, Emory and Henry, 0; Kentucky Wesleyan, 80. Mississippi A. & M, 6; Ouachita, 0. Arkansas, %; Rice, 0. Newberry, %; Lenoir, 0. Louisiana State. 33; Spring Hill, 0. Virginia, 80; st. Johns (Annapolis), z. Texas University, 80; Tulane, o. Mississippi College, 10; Birmingham Southern, 0. William and Mary, “A; Guilford college, 0. Notre Dame, 10; Army, o. Syracuse. IS; Alabama, 0. Lafayette, 33; F. and M, 0. Cornell, IS; Williams, 6. Nebraska, “a Oklahoma. 0. Northwestern, 6; Indiana, Z. Harvard, 6: Middlebury, 6. w. & j., u; Brown, Z. Penn State, 20; Gettysburg, 0. West Virginia University, 13 University of Pittsburg, 7. Brown, Z; Washington and JEFF ferson, u. Minnesota, 13; Haskell Indians, ~ Wisconsin, 81; Michigan Aggies, O. Indiana, 7; Northwestern, 6. Colgate, IS; Ohio State, %, tie. Columbia, 10; Wesleyan. 6. Pennsylvania, IS; Swarthmore, 10. Nebraska, “a; Oklahoma, 0. Illinois, 81; Butler, Z. Iowa, Z; Perdue, O. Wake Forest, 1S; Lynchburg, o. Davidson, Z; Citadel, 0. Rutgers, 10; Lehigh, O.. Navy. 81; West Virginia Wesley an, 7. y Third Corps Area, q; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, II. Cornell, %; Williams, 6. Colgate, %; Ohio State, 23. Dayton University, So; Transylvania, 0. Louisiana State university, SO; Spring Hill, 0. Missouri University. 0; Iowa State, 2. Kansas, 9; Oklahoma Aggies. o. Catholic university, 81; Randolph Macon, 0. .. S. Marines, Z; North Georgia
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 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Northwestern–Indiana gameNorthwestern leads 47–37–1 in 85 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.
Around this game
Northwestern
- Next gameat ChicagoOct. 20, 1923
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1923
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
Indiana
- Next gamevs. WisconsinOct. 20, 1923
- SeasonIndiana in 1923
- ProgramIndiana history and records

