Indiana at Nebraska
Saturday, October 18, 1941 Share
Indiana beat No. 15 Nebraska 21–13. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 3–1–2.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 45°FAttendance 33,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 22, 1941, page 42
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Indiana–Nebraska gameIndiana leads 12–9–3 in 24 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.
| 2026 | Indiana 20, Nebraska 17 | |
| 2024 | Indiana 56, Nebraska 7 | |
| 2022 | Nebraska 35, Indiana 21 | |
| 2019 | Indiana 38, Nebraska 31 | |
| 2016 | Nebraska 27, Indiana 22 | |
| 1978 | Nebraska 69, Indiana 17 |
Around this game
Indiana
- Next gameat WisconsinOct. 25, 1941
- SeasonIndiana in 1941
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Nebraska
- Next gameat MissouriOct. 25, 1941
- SeasonNebraska in 1941
- ProgramNebraska history and records

