Ohio State at Northwestern

Saturday, October 17, 1936

Northwestern beat Ohio State 14–⁠13. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 10–⁠5.

AwayOhio State5–⁠3 in 1936
13
HomeNorthwestern7–⁠1 in 1936
14

FinalAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Northwestern, Battling From Rear Twice, Beats Ohio State

    Evening star, October 18, 1936, page 29

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    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.

Ohio State leads 66–⁠14–⁠1 in 81 meetings, counting the 66 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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