Indiana at Northwestern
Saturday, October 26, 1940 Share
No. 7 Northwestern beat Indiana 20–7. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 14–8.
FinalAttendance 40,000
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 28, 1940, page 5
Read the text
NORTHWESTERN TRIMS INDIANA, SATURDAY GAME EVANSTON, Oct. 28. - North westerns Wildcats, scenting the Western Conference championship, came from behind Saturday after noon in a desperate fourth period splurge to conquer Indiana 20 to ‘. Forty thousand spectators saw Northwestern remain the Nations undefeated, united football eleven
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)
Northwestern 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Indiana–Northwestern gameNorthwestern leads 47–37–1 in 85 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.
Around this game
Indiana
- Next gameat Ohio StateNov. 2, 1940
- SeasonIndiana in 1940
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. MinnesotaNov. 2, 1940
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1940
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records