Indiana at Nebraska

Saturday, October 18, 1941

Indiana beat No. 15 Nebraska 21–⁠13. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 3–⁠1–⁠2.

AwayIndiana2–⁠6 in 1941
21
Home15Nebraska4–⁠5 in 1941
13

FinalHigh 73°F, low 45°FAttendance 33,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Vastly Improved I||ini. Tackle 0verrated Notre Damers Interesting Game Seen; Wisconsin Worried Over Indionu Tilt

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 22, 1941, page 42

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    Vastly Improved I||ini. Tackle 0verrated Notre Damers Interesting Game Seen; Wisconsin Worried Over Indionu Tilt . CHICAGO. Oct. 22-Joe Pawlowski, tough right guard on the Illinois football team, gives the key note of the Illini’s outlook on Saturday’s clash with Notre Dame with an explosive, Boy, we’re out for blood next week” Tommy Mills, friend of Irish Coach Frank Leahy and the fellow who has secuted Illinois for Notre Dame, says Illinois has team which is vastly improved over 1940’s squad (Which lost to the Irish 800; Notre Dame has a team which generally is highly overrated. They should provide an interesting afternoon Saturday” Wisconsin’S Badgers, on the CHEEKY side once again after beat ing Iowa, 23–⁠0, nevertheless are apprehensive facing an Indiana squad which found itself with a 21–⁠13 VIC tory over Nebraska. To their twin threats of Billy Hillenbrand and Lou Sabin the Hoosiers have added Charles Jacoby, who did just about everything at running the ball against the HuSkers. Purdue may face Iowa Saturday without Halfback John Calvin, who suffered a facial fracture last week and possibly may not play again this season. The Hawkeyes counter with a similar case in snsppy Ben Trickey who broke his nose in the Wisconsin game. but stands q chance Of playing this week end. Minnesota Scout Sig Harris, who spied on the Michigan Wolverines last week, told Coach Bernie Bier man that Michigan had come fast every week and would be ready for the Gophers. They have more deception to their plays this year than

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)

Nebraska 83% to win. Indiana pulled the upset.

Indiana leads 12–⁠9–⁠3 in 24 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Indiana 20, Nebraska 17
2024Indiana 56, Nebraska 7
2022Nebraska 35, Indiana 21
2019Indiana 38, Nebraska 31
2016Nebraska 27, Indiana 22
1978Nebraska 69, Indiana 17

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