Texas at Indiana
Saturday, October 5, 1940 Share
Texas beat Indiana 13–6. It was their first meeting; after it, Texas led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 53°FAttendance 17,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 6, 1940, page 1
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Texas 1906 Victor As Indiana Passes Fooz|e in Pinch by the ASSOCldleu PRESS. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Oct. S. [ndiana’s aerial attack clicked every where except deep in enemy terri tory today and a more versatile University of Texas team, led by Jack Grain, handed the Hoosiers 13-to-6 setback in their football opener. Texas scored in the Sec ond quarter after Malcolm Kutner blocked Hal Hursh’s attempted quick kick and the Longhorns recovered on the Indiana Is. r. L. Harkins went over from the 2-yard line and Orval Sanders added the extra point by picking up his blocked place kick attempt and running across the goal. A 42-yard march brought Indiana its touchdown in the final quarter.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 7, 1940, page 2 (results column)
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;2;i|‘‘‘N1E{0 3024 The following are scores or lm- portant football games played last Saturday afternoon: Purdue IA: Ohio State IT. Colgate 0; Cornell 34. West Virginia T; Fordham 20. Northwestern 40; Syracuse o. Michigan 21; Michigan State l4 Navy IA; Cincinnati 0. Virginia 19; Yale IA. Missouri 13; Pittsburgh 19. Army 20; Williams 19. Princeton T; Vanderbilt 6. Harvard IS; Amherst 0. Minnesota l3; Nebraska 2. Texas 13; Indiana 6. Auburn 20; Tulane IA. Kentucky 47; Washington a n q Lee 12. Notre Dame 25; College of Pa cific 2. Maryland 0; Pennsylvania 5l. Kansas 0; Iowa State ‘. Wisconsin B; Marquette l9. Texas Christian 20; Arkansas O Duke 0; Tennessee 13. Penn State 9; Bucknell 0. Alabama 20; Mercer 0. University of Washington 2l; Idaho o. Montana 0; Washington State 13. Utah 12; Brigham Young 6. Lafayette 9; New fork Univer- sity T. Georgia 33; South Carolina 3. Pacific University 2; University of Portland 25. Oregon 0; Stanford l3 St. Marys 6; California 9. Oklahoma Aggies 27; Oklahoma %. Oregon State 0; University ol Southern California 0, tie.

The Nome nugget, October 7, 1940, page 1 (results column)
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Football Scores Saturday, October 5 l49 - Purdue l4-Ohio State IT Colgate 0-Cornell 34 Northwestern 40-Syracuse 0 West Virginia 7-Fordham 20 Navy 14-Cincinatti 0 Virginia 19-Yale II Missouri 14-PistSburgh 19 Army 20-Williams l9 Princeton 7-Vanderbilt 6 Harvard 13-Amherst Michigan 2l-Mich. State IA Minnesota l3-Nebraska ‘ Texas 13-Indiana 6. Washington 21-Idaho 0 Montana eWashington State 13. Utah 12-Brigham Young 6. Lafayette 9-New York Uni ‘. Georgia 33-South Carolina 2. Pacific University ‘ -Univer- sity of Portland 25. Oregon 0-Stanford 13. St. Mary’s 6-California g. Oklahoma Aggies 27 - Okla homa g. Oregon State 01Southern Cal. O. Auburn 20-Tulane IA Kentucky 47-Washington Lee 12 Notre Dame 25-College of the Pacific 2. Maryland 0-Pennsylvania 51 Kansas 0-Iowa State ‘. Wisconsin 33-Marquette 19 Texas Christian 20-Arkansas Duke 0-TenneSsee 13. Penn State 9-Bucknell 0 Alabama 20-Mercer 0.
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 51% to win. Texas won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Texas–Indiana gameTexas leads 3–0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1966 | Texas 35, Indiana 0 | |
| 1965 | Texas 27, Indiana 12 | |
| 1940 | Texas 13, Indiana 6 |
Around this game
Texas
- Next gamevs. OklahomaOct. 12, 1940
- SeasonTexas in 1940
- ProgramTexas history and records
Indiana
- Next gameat NebraskaOct. 12, 1940
- SeasonIndiana in 1940
- ProgramIndiana history and records

