Ohio State at Northwestern

Saturday, October 13, 1928

Ohio State beat Northwestern 10–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 6–⁠1.

AwayOhio State5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1928
10
HomeNorthwestern5–⁠3 in 1928
0

FinalAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: OHIO STATE WINS BY ITS ALERT PLAY Defeats Northwestern, 100, Close Following of Ball Telling.

    Evening star, October 14, 1928, page 91

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    OHIO STATE WINS BY ITS ALERT PLAY Defeats Northwestern, 100, Close Following of Ball Telling. EVANSTON, H., October ia tricky Ohio State eleven, following the ball consistently and taking advantage of Northwestern’s blunderS, opened its Western conference championship cam paign here today with 10-to-0 victory over the purple team. The defeat virtually knocked North western out of the title race. The game drew $4,000 of the gridiron fans. who flocked to the three major contests in The Chicago sector today. The Buckeyes. with their fast, elusive backfeld, scored touchdown in the second period and added goal from placement in the fourth for their points Earl Eby, stylish running left half, chalked up the first marker when he grabbed pass from Holman. a few seconds after the start of the second end for a touchdown. Barratt, the Ohio State center. kicked goal for the extra point. In the fourth period Barratt booted a place kick from the 22-yard line. Each time Coach Wilce’s warriors we’re placed within scoring distance by costly fumbles by Levison, Northwest ern halfback. and Holmer. Outside of the fumbles. Northwestern appeared to have the edge in general play. Coach Hanleys eleven, full of fight. twice carried the ball deep into Ohio territory. once they lost on downs on the l3-yard line after gaining 81 yards in march from midheld, and the sec ond time a pass over the Ohio goal line was incomplete. The Purple machine made eight first downs as compared to three for Ohio State, and also excelled in forward passing.

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

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 15, 1928, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Results Bismarck IS. Minot 0. New Rockford Il. Harvey Q. jamestown 0, Cakes 0. Hottineau 81, Wahpeton 0. Aberdeen %, Fargo 10. Devils Lake s. Valley City 0. Grafton 40. Hillsboro O.. Lennon. $. d., Is, Hettinger 6. Flasher IA, Elgin 0. La Moure 40. Enderlin 0. Linton IL, Hazelton 0. North Central North Dakota L. 25, Morningside Is. South Dakota State Is, Columbus y. n. d. a. G. Z. Wisconsin Il. 10. North Dakota U. frosh Is. n. D. A. T.. frOsh y Indiana 6. Michigan 0. Ohio State 10. Northwestern 0. Minnesota Is, Purdue D. Iowa Is, Chicago 0. Illinois Is. Coe 0. Wisconsin 40. Cornell (Iowa) o. West Notre Dame Z, Navy O. Augustana s, Yankton 0. Sioux Falls Is. Eastern Normal Z. River Falls Normal IL, Stout Insti- tute 0. Superior Teachers IS, Eau Claire Teachers ~. Nebraska Teachers 6, st. Louis U. 8. Drake 26, Marquette 7. We Wabash s, Milliken 6. Monmouth Is, Mt. Morris 0. Bradley 6, Knox 0. Luther IL, Buena Vista s. North Central z. Beloit .. Carroll college -, Lake Forest Q. Kansas Aggies -. Hays Teachers Z. Creighton 81, Oklahoma A. and NJ. 0. Depauw Is, Earlham 0. Denison Fl, Miami 0. Washington Z, Kansas Z. Western Reserve IS, Baldwin Wal lace 0. Detroit U. IS, Louisville u. o. Ohio Wesleyan ~, Cincinnati O. Missouri SO. Centre 0. Butler IS, Franklin 0. Haskell s, Lloyd (Chicago) 0. Nebraska 26, Montana State 6. Hibbing Junior Z. st. Cloud Teach Grinneil 3. Iowa State o. jamestown college 8. Dickinson Huron o, Aberdeen Normal Q. Spearfish Normal s, S. ID. Mines 0. Southern. Normal 8. Dakota Wcs- leyan O.. Yale 81, Georgia s. Carnegie Is, Thiel IS. Hamilton Is, Rochester Is. Princeton 0. Virginia U. Y. Cornell Is. Hampden Sidney 6. Columbia 81. Wesleyan Z. Holy Cross is, Rutgers Q: Colgate IS. Virginia Poly Il. Rhode Island 0, New Hampshire II. Boston rs, Vermont 0. Lafayette 28, George Washington Q. Dickinson 8, Muhlenberg 0. Gettysburg Z. Leigh .. Brown Is, Dayton Z. Dartmouth 81, Allegheny IL. villa Nova -. Catholic y. ). Bucknell s, Penn State 0. Harvard 20, North Carolina o. y. Y. Y: “a. Fordham Z. Penn. 81, Swarthmore o. Duauesne -. Washington and JEFF Haverford 20, Amherst Is. West Virginia .. Pittsburgh 8. Williams 20. Bowdoin s. Maine o, Connecticut Aggies o. Dasis-Elkins g, Biucfield 9. Florida “a, Auburn Q. “a Kentucky 6. Washington and Lee 0. v. NJ. j. 81, Roanoke IL. .f Tennessee Is, Mississippi IL. Alabama 46, Mississippi A. and NJ. 0. Southwestern -. Georgetown s. Birmingham Southern 8. Chattasouthern Methodist 8. simmons 0. Arkansas u. ~, Baylor o. South Carolina 81. Maryland Z. Loyola (New Orleans) 80. Ogle- thorpe Z. Georgia Tech IL. Tulane 0. Vanderbilt 13. Texas IL. 6 Rice Institute 20, Trinity u. 8. Stetson IL, Tampa 0. stanford -, California Z. s College of Idaho 80, Idaho u. (Southern branch) Z. California IL. Warrington state 8. Oregon state 4e. Pacific y. o. Arizona Is, Pomona 8. Southern CaIifornia 10, st. Mary’s g. Idaho 2e. Whitman ~. Washin&ton Is, Montana 0. h.

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 57% to win. Ohio State won as Elo’s underdog.

Ohio State leads 66–⁠14–⁠1 in 81 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Ohio State 31, Northwestern 7
2022Ohio State 21, Northwestern 7
2020Ohio State 22, Northwestern 10Big Ten Championship Game
2019Ohio State 52, Northwestern 3
2018Ohio State 45, Northwestern 24Big Ten Championship Game
2016Ohio State 24, Northwestern 20

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