Indiana at Ohio State

Saturday, November 2, 1940

Ohio State beat Indiana 21–⁠6. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 15–⁠7–⁠3 as played.

AwayIndiana3–⁠5 in 1940
6
HomeOhio State4–⁠4 in 1940
21

FinalHigh 65°F, low 44°FAttendance 56,667

In the newspapers

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    The Daily Alaska empire, November 4, 1940, page 5 (results column)

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    1, }. ,,!ls sy;‘i;E’[| The following are final scores of important football played last Sat- urday afternoon: Notre Dame T; Army O. Navy 0; Pennsylvania 20 Colgate $; Holy Cross O. Dartmouth 26 SeWanee 0. Brown 6; Yale 2. Columbia 0; Cornell 27. Princeton 0; Harvard 0, score less. North Carolina 0; Fordham IA. Kansas State 0; Michigan State 32. Boston College 25; Manhattan 0. Indiana 6; Ohio State 21. Georgetown 28; Syracuse G. Georgia Tech ‘; Duke fl. Temple 10, Bucknell r Tulsa [; Detroit 0. Minnesota 13; Northwestern 12. Baylor 12; Texas Christian IA. Alabama 25; Kentucky 0. New York University 0; Missouri 33. Mississippi 13; Vanderbilt T.

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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ohio State leads 81–⁠13–⁠5; as played, 82–⁠13–⁠5 in 100 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ohio State 19, Indiana 15
2025Indiana 13, Ohio State 10Big Ten Championship
2024Ohio State 38, Indiana 15
2023Ohio State 23, Indiana 3
2022Ohio State 56, Indiana 14
2021Ohio State 54, Indiana 7

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