Ohio State at Northwestern
Saturday, October 17, 1936 Share
Northwestern beat Ohio State 14–13. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 10–5.
FinalAttendance 35,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 18, 1936, page 29
Read the text
Northwestern, Battling From Rear Twice, Beats Ohio State tumble by Heap. that might have made the blond halfback the goat” of the game, gave Ohio its opening. Heap fumbled Mike Kabealo’s quick kick and Inwood Smith, husky Buckeye guard, recovered on the Wildcat 19-yard mark A try at the line failed, but Nick WaSylik, sub for Ohio’s quarterback. William Harrison (Tippy) Dye. fired a pass to Kabealo for the touchdown.
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 56% to win. Northwestern won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Ohio State–Northwestern gameOhio State leads 66–14–1 in 81 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.
| 2024 | Ohio State 31, Northwestern 7 | |
| 2022 | Ohio State 21, Northwestern 7 | |
| 2020 | Ohio State 22, Northwestern 10 | Big Ten Championship Game |
| 2019 | Ohio State 52, Northwestern 3 | |
| 2018 | Ohio State 45, Northwestern 24 | Big Ten Championship Game |
| 2016 | Ohio State 24, Northwestern 20 |
Around this game
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. IndianaOct. 24, 1936
- SeasonOhio State in 1936
- ProgramOhio State history and records
Northwestern
- Next gameat IllinoisOct. 24, 1936
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1936
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

