Indiana at Northwestern

Saturday, October 16, 1926

Northwestern beat Indiana 20–⁠0. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 9–⁠5.

AwayIndiana3–⁠5 in 1926
0
HomeNorthwestern7–⁠1 in 1926
20

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Douglas daily dispatch's story: HOOSIERS DEFEAT THE INDIANA TEAM, 20 TO 0

    Douglas daily dispatch, October 17, 1926, page 6

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    HOOSIERS DEFEAT THE INDIANA TEAM, 20 TO 0 EVANSTON, Ills, Oct. IS (9-For three quarters today, Indiana uni versity matched with smart defense the strong attack of Northwestern, but in the fourth period rne Hoos, iers’ wall crumbled and the Wildcats romped to a touchdown victory, winning 20 to 0. Captain Moon Daker, “riny’‘ Lewis, Gustafson and Colin, made up TIE backfield which enabled Southwestern to hit it’s stride. Gustafson took Bakers pass for the first marker in the opening minutes of the final period. Baker went over soon arter the next kick off when runs by Lewis and Colin put the ball on the Hoosfet one yard line and Lewis found IL hole in the Indiana nne ro1 a so yard sprint to the finai touchdown. Baker kicked the extra point after the last two touchowns.

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: Football Results

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 18, 1926, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Results North Central S. u. u l2; N. d. U. 0. Creighton 32; John Carroll 12. Big Ten Wisconsin o; Purdue O. Michigan 20; Minnesota 0. Northwestern 20; Indiana 0. Ohio State SO; Columbia Z. Illinois 10; Iowa 6. Pennsylvania 81; Chicago 0. Minnesota Colleges Gustavus Adolphus 40; Concordia 0, st. Thomas IL; st. Mary’s 8. Manchester II; Hamline 0. st. Johns IL; Augsburg. ID. High Schools Grand Forks SO: Devils Lake O. Winona 9; Lacrosse O. Mandan 10; Dickinson 0. Minot 40; Bismarck 3. Mohall o.; Bottineau O. Watertown GO; Webster 0. West S. d. State 81: Bison 0. Moorhead 80; Fergus Falls O. Valley City Normal l6; jamestown Il. Northern Normal 10; Augustana o. Cornell college q; Ripon 2. Glendale Normal q; Park Region O. Wooster %; Ohio Wesleyan Z. Superior Normal 25; Northland col lege 0. Nebraska 20; Washington o. st. Xavier 20; Louisville Z. Notre Dame %; Penn State 0. Oklahoma II; Drake 0. Marquette %; st. Louis l.. O. River Falls Normal p; Stout In stitutc 6. Huron college %; Sioux Falls col. lcgc 0. Mankato Teachers 81; Rochcstc, Junior college 0. Wilmington IL; Morris Harvey @. Muskingun 8; Ohio Northern 0. Wittcnberg z; Miami o. De Pauw 81; Earlham Z. coe 35; Lawrence O. Carroll II; Lombard 0. Mt. Union Z; Case 3. Haskell 30; Dayton U. II. Milliken 40; Knox o. Galcsburg IL; Macomb O. Augastana q; Illinois Wesleyan G Butler z; Franklin 0. Mayville Teachers 13; CrookstoI Aggies 0. Shattuck II: Waldorf College G. St.NJohns ~; Platteville School Of Mines Z. Monmouth 20; Rcloit Z. Wabash SO; Terre Haute Normal G East Williams 20; Massachusetts A. C. 0 Navy 81; Princeton 10. Maine 81: Connecticut Aggies o. Brown q; BatesSl4. Muhlenber 6; Lebanon Valley O. Gettysburg 81; Roanoke e.. West Virginia 10; Georgetown 10. Holy Cross 81; Rutgers 0. Yale II; Dartmouth Z. Colby @; Lowell Textile 3. New York y. 81; Tulane o. Pittsburgh 10; Colgate is, Washington and jefferson II; Car negic’ Tech. 9. Geneva %; Canisius o. Clarkson 20; Buffalo 2. Army 81; Syracuse 81. Lafayette ~: Dickinson u. G. C. N. VT; Upsala 8. Cornell ~ Michigan State II. Providence ~: Vermont 0. New Hampshire Z: 4. !. State 6.

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)

Northwestern 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Northwestern leads 47–⁠37–⁠1 in 85 meetings, counting the 71 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
2011Northwestern 59, Indiana 38

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