Ohio State at Northwestern

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  St. Paul recorder, St. Paul, Minn., October 18, 1940, page 4

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  SIrugg&. II MINNESOTA IL dDie W defeat the onrush Of Orleans, they still must face Northwestern, the team that last week defeated Ohio State 6–⁠3. Northwestern has al ways been MinnesOta’s jinx even in the good old days. However, Iowa will invade the Memorial Stadium three weeks before the GOphers move to Columbus. Iowa, accord ing to last weeks results, must be plenty good. They only defeated Wisconsin 1912, so all in all the Gopher schedule from now on is definitely tough. Now, in order to keep our fOOtball-lOving fans minds refreshed with some of the common expressions one is liable to hear over brOadcasts and what their definitions are, we quote: TackIinU iS tho leOa1 uSe nv a

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 13, 1940, page 1

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  Northwestern 6–⁠3 EVANSTON, ILL.,, Oct. 12.-P- Bill De Correvont, All-American football bust of 1889, led North western to a surprising 6–⁠3 victory over Ohio State today, dimming the Buckeyes hopes of another Western Conference champion ship. A crowd of AZ, 1000 saw the 2l-yearsold blonde halfback come through at the start Of the fourth period with a touchdown gallop that brought joy to the hearts of his Northwestern admirers. It was no long run, but a bull-like thrust through the line from the five-yard stripe, after a sensation al pass interception.

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.

Ohio State leads 66–⁠14–⁠1 in 81 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.