Chicago at Ohio State

Saturday, October 29, 1927

Ohio State beat Chicago 13–⁠7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 4–⁠2–⁠2.

AwayChicago4–⁠4 in 1927
7
HomeOhio State4–⁠4 in 1927
13

FinalHigh 76°F, low 49°FAttendance 35,775

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: mails Nmised Marines So Ten Title Hopes Dashed Late Ohio State Touchdown Defeats Chicago by l3 to Z

    Evening star, October 30, 1927, page 83

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    mails Nmised Marines So Ten Title Hopes Dashed Late Ohio State Touchdown Defeats Chicago by l3 to Z BY the Associated Press ~OLIMBtS Ohio. October 20 Ohio state snatched victory away from Chicago here to- ~ day. 1% to :, on ~ yard for ward pass in the last per iod winning tn the tip of play with which the MarOOns constantly threatened the Buckeye goa! line. MeEdcnhaH. Maroon haifLack harassed the Buckeye defense with 10 long hcaVes goalWatd. one Of which was completed oVcI the line but was called back on a terhnicalitV. An other time. in the last few seconds of play, the Chicago passcr hurried the bail over the goal line. Just miesin. the receivers finger tips for a play which would have tied the count. ohio states victory, its second I’m the conference. tumbled Chicago out of the Zig Ten lead. The MaroOns were leading, { to 6 with eight minutes yet to PLAY, when Robin Re,,. OH” State end. droppei back. took n pass from Deb Rowan. fullback. and, standing on the Seward line. threw the ball into the hands of Howard kviss, h1lfback, who already stood on the goal line. Two Chicago PLAYERS covered Kriss, but failed to break the pass. The pass gained A. yards, but actually was thrown 80 yards. Almost immediately Mcndenhall be. gan passing in an effort to score lie

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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Ohio State leads 10–⁠2–⁠2 in 14 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1939Ohio State 61, Chicago 0
1938Ohio State 42, Chicago 7
1937Ohio State 39, Chicago 0
1936Ohio State 44, Chicago 0
1935Ohio State 20, Chicago 13
1934Ohio State 33, Chicago 0

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