Miami (OH) at Indiana
Saturday, September 30, 1933 Share
Indiana beat Miami (OH) 7–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 5–0.
FinalHigh 87°F, low 50°F
In the newspapers

The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 2, 1933, page 1
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The college footballers tuned in a lot of heat waves and boiled off a lot of poundage as they competed in half dozen games on Hoosier soil Saturday. The results were only Unsatisfactory, with one out of-state club going home in defeat, while another captured vic tory in our territory. Indiana warriors annexed nom conference game from Miami, 7 to 0, and should be in top form when they clash with Minnesota in the cooler climate of the Gopher district this week. Evansville upset a vaunted Franklin crew, while Purdue and Notre Dame each held final brush up sessions with games against frosh squads. Fans who saw Don Weller toss the pass to Wendell Walker that gave Indiana 7 to 0 win over Miami of Ohio, recall the days not long ago when these two lads were bitter rivals while playing with southern Indiana high schools, Don with Bicknell and Walker with Vincennes. With 10000 fans looking on and the game gradually nearing q 90 windup, Walker stole out to the sideline while the Ohio boys were occupied in bringing down Vercuski who had caught a pass for a twentyyard gain, and before they could cover Walker, weller lined up and shot a spiral to him for touch down. Dauer place kicked the extra point. Miami was the aggressor in the opening half, registering six first downs to one for the home boys. The HooSiers turned the tables in the second half and made nine to three. Sawicki slashed the visitor line all afternoon and Weller and Walker hung up several nice gains. Purdue, with Purvis, Carter, Hecker and Pardonner doing every thing expected of back field quartet, smothered the frosh beneath a $50 count. Andy Pilney, sophomore half back sensation at Notre Dame, injected

Evening star, October 1, 1933, page 69
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AERIAL SLEEPER WINS FOR indiana Miami Beaten, 10, on Play Made in Final Minute, Wendell Scoring. n LOOMINGTON, Ind, September * 80 up. - Indiana University seized an aerial opportunity in the final minute of play today to defeat Miami, rangy Buckeye Conference champions, 7 to o. in the initial foot ball game of the season. Two bullet-like passes, the second a sleeper” to Wendell Walker, turned the trick. The big sophomore tullback seized the ball and ran 80 yards to a touchdown virtually unn1ol- eSted. Ray Dduer, hGltbdck, place-kicked for the added point. During most of the, first half, a sturdy Miami line had turned back the Hoosier attack, and led by Larry Smith, substitute halfback from Columbus, Ohio. the visitors piled up big advantage in first downs.
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)
Indiana 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Miami (OH)–Indiana gameIndiana leads 9–3–1 in 13 meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 1996 | Indiana 21, Miami (OH) 14 | |
| 1994 | Indiana 35, Miami (OH) 14 | |
| 1992 | Indiana 16, Miami (OH) 0 | |
| 1977 | Miami (OH) 21, Indiana 20 | |
| 1966 | Miami (OH) 20, Indiana 10 | |
| 1958 | Indiana 12, Miami (OH) 7 |
Around this game
Miami (OH)
- Next gameat Carnegie MellonOct. 6, 1934
- SeasonMiami (OH) in 1933
- ProgramMiami (OH) history and records
Indiana
- Next gameat MinnesotaOct. 7, 1933
- SeasonIndiana in 1933
- ProgramIndiana history and records

