Indiana at Ohio State
Saturday, November 2, 1940 Share
Ohio State beat Indiana 21–6. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 15–7–3 as played.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 44°FAttendance 56,667
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Indiana–Ohio State gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 81–13–5; as played, 82–13–5 in 100 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.
| 2026 | Ohio State 19, Indiana 15 | |
| 2025 | Indiana 13, Ohio State 10 | Big Ten Championship |
| 2024 | Ohio State 38, Indiana 15 | |
| 2023 | Ohio State 23, Indiana 3 | |
| 2022 | Ohio State 56, Indiana 14 | |
| 2021 | Ohio State 54, Indiana 7 |
Around this game
Indiana
- Next gamevs. Michigan StateNov. 9, 1940
- SeasonIndiana in 1940
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Ohio State
- Next gameat IllinoisNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonOhio State in 1940
- ProgramOhio State history and records

