Indiana at Ohio State

Saturday, October 4, 1930

Ohio State beat Indiana 23–⁠0. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 7–⁠6–⁠2 as played.

AwayIndiana2–⁠5–⁠1 in 1930
0
HomeOhio State5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1930
23

FinalHigh 68°F, low 42°FAttendance 24,716

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: OHIO STATE CRUSHES INDIANA u, 20 TO 0 Substitutes in Final Minutes Give Buckeyes Big Scoring Edge When Breaks Come.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 5, 1930, page 70

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    OHIO STATE CRUSHES INDIANA u, 20 TO 0 Substitutes in Final Minutes Give Buckeyes Big Scoring Edge When Breaks Come. by the A3&oClatSQ FresA. OHIO STADIUM, Columbus. october A.-Developing its latent scoring power with the infection of fresh, hard-runming substitutes late in the game, Ohip State shattered Indiana’s foot ball hopes with q. 23-to-0 victory today in the opening battle for the western Confer ence championship. It was q last-round knockout Of an opponent groggy from punishment, Slapped Of reserve strength by the ham, lnering Of the early play. Prevented by penalties, fumbles and a blocked punt from scoring any touch downs in the first half, the Buckeyes summoned their substitutes in the last period, marched half the length Of the field for their first touchdown and then capitalized perfectly on two serious plumbers BY the Hoosiers for two more, turning close game into a complete tout. with less than 10 minutes to play Ohio had only points to show for an immense margin in yardage.

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: Big Ten Elevens Begin Serious +. Effort This Week Purple Meets Ohio State, Pur. due Plays Michigan; Co. piers Face Stanford

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 6, 1930, page 1 (results column)

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    Big Ten Elevens Begin Serious +. Effort This Week Purple Meets Ohio State, Pur. due Plays Michigan; Co. piers Face Stanford Chicago, Oct. 6.-PeWarfare in Big Ten football will become general this week, and to stir the interest Of the harder-to-please fan, two intersectional games Of national interest are on the bill. Notre Dame and Northwestern again will share the spotlight. VIC torious over the Mustangs of South ern Methodist university In a sem sational contest Saturday, Notre Dame today turned its attention to sharpening up for navy which will collaborate with Rockne’s men in the formal dedication Of the brand new $780, 900 stadium at South Bend. Southern Methodist gave Notre Dame as thorough a. testing as even Rockne could desire, staving off a 20 to IA defeat until the closing min utes Of play. Northwestern will meet Ohio State in what stacks up as the most i’m portant Big Ten game. Northwest ern made an impressive start Saturday in turning back the green wave from Tulane, II to O. Ohio State had a little trouble getting In motion against Indiana. but scored 20 points in the final period for q 23 to 0 VIC tory. Purdue, the defending Big Ten | champion, will open its conference schedule against Michigan at Ann Arbor. Unless Michigan discovers | the scoring punch so lacking In Saturady’s 90 tie with Michigan State, the Boilermakers should win their second straight over the wolverines. Purdue did not operate as smoothly as expected, but trimmed Baylor, 20 to Z, Saturday. Minnesota’s 80 to Z defeat by Van derbilt took some of the interest from the Gophers’ battle with Stanford Saturday. Minnesota, however, was not at full strength, but will be In better shape this week. No time will be wasted by anyone visiting Memortal stadium at Minneapolis, fol- Pop Warner apparently has a Stan ford team worth seeing. following Its 20 to 0 victory over Santa Clara. The other Big Ten contest win occur at Madison, Wis, where the Badgers will meet Chicago. Chicago used passes almost exclusively in defeating Ripon. 10 to O., and Hillsdale Z to 6, Saturday, while Wisconsin presented q strong running game II defeating Carleton and Lawrence Carleton was beaten. % to 0, while Lawrence was submerged, SO to 6. Oklahoma Aggies. which scoret something OF an upset in beating Iowa, /. to O Saturday. will seek an other Big Ten victim at Indiana thl week. Iowa will meet Gentleman! college, and Butler will be at Illinois Illinois, green and inexperienced pulled out with q Z to O victory owe Iowa State Saturday.

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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ohio State leads 81–⁠13–⁠5; as played, 82–⁠13–⁠5 in 100 meetings, counting the 85 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ohio State 19, Indiana 15
2025Indiana 13, Ohio State 10Big Ten Championship
2024Ohio State 38, Indiana 15
2023Ohio State 23, Indiana 3
2022Ohio State 56, Indiana 14
2021Ohio State 54, Indiana 7

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