Columbia at Ohio State

Saturday, October 17, 1925

Ohio State beat Columbia 9–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayColumbia6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1925
0
HomeOhio State4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1925
9

FinalHigh 57°F, low 46°F, 0.01 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 19, 1925, page 1 (results column)

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    scored all Of his teams II points to defeat the Illini, II to 10. Kutsch is playing his first year Of Conference football and probably will give further demonstrations Of power with ripening experience. Another star that threatens to push Grange out of the limelight Is Benny Friedman, Michigan’s great back, who took the heart out of Wis consin in the first ten minutes Of play Saturday. Benny hurled a long forward pass that brought the VOL verines their first touchdown, then received the next kickoff and ran for the goal. From that moment the Badgers were a beaten team. Fielding Yost, Michigan veteran coach, showed he has lost none Of his cunning. The team that beat Indiana, So to 0, and Wisconsin, 81 to 0, is going a long way toward the title. The Wolverines should have little trouble in beating Illinois this week. Chicago’s Maroons stayed in the ulllllIlS u6SplJ6 llI6 ldCI LlldL Lu6y have not yet crossed a Big Ten goal line this season. Bob Curly booted two field goals for a 6 to victory over Northwestern. The Maroons showed no variety of attack and will have to do better if they hope to beat Penn or win another conference title. Indiana showed some improve ment by holding Syracuse to IA to 0 score. The Hoosiers had been expected to suffer a more crushing defeat. Ohio State gave a good exhibition in defeating the powerful Columbia team. 9 to 0. Minnesota rolled over Wabash, 92 to 6, and Purdue beat Rose Poly, “A to O.. These two teams have yet to meet conference opponent.

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)

Ohio State 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Ohio State leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1926Ohio State 32, Columbia 7
1925Ohio State 9, Columbia 0

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