Ohio State at Northwestern
Saturday, October 24, 1942 Share
No. 1 Ohio State beat Northwestern 20–6. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 13–7–1.
FinalAttendance 40,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 26, 1942, page 5 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: California 19; University of Washington G.. Washington State 26; Oregon State 13. Southern California 6; Stanford A. Santa Clara 6; UCLA IA. Idaho 0; oregon 28. Creighton B; Drake IA. Corpus Christi Navy 6; Southern Methodist 21. North Carolina IA; Tulane 29. Denver l2; Utah 21. Texas A & M 0; Baylor 6. Iowa State 61; Missouri 45. Nebraska T. Oklahoma o. Kansas 19; Kansas State 2. North Dakota IA; North Dakota State 26. Carnegie Tech 27; Buffalo IA. Duke 28; Pitt 0. Cornell T; Syracuse 12. Susquehanna 6; City College 0. Waynesburg 0; West Virginia 27. Randolph Macon 0; Wofford 20. Wake Forest 0; Boston College 27. Holy Cross 28; North Carolina State 0. Bucknell 13; Boston University I7. Rutgers 10; Lehigh 28. | Ursinus o; Muhlenberg 41. Great Lakes 0; Michigan State IA Columbia 12; Penn 42. Colgate 10; Penn State 13. Georgia Tech 21; Navy O. Union 38; RPI 6. Duquesne T; Manhattan TO- Ohio Wesleyan IA; Ohio Uniyer, sity 26 Dartmouth 2; Yale IT. Western Maryland 0; Maryland 51. Army IA; Harvard O. Amherst 27; Wesleyan 0. Virginia 13; Lafayette 19. Lakehurst Naval 20; Penn Mili- tary T. John Hopkins o. Haverford “A. Trinity T; Coast Guard 35. Bates T. Maine g. Mississippi State 26; Florida l2 Delaware 20; Dickson O. Georgia 35 Cincinnati 13. Franklin Marshall 0; Gettysburg 20. Alabama IA; Kentucky O. Notre Dame 21; Illinois IA. Ohio State 20; Northwestern 6. Brown 13; Princeton 32 Minnesota Is; Michigan IA. George Washington 0; William and Mary -61. ‘i VMI 20; University of Richmond I6. Iowa IA; Indiana 13. Washington and Jefferson 25; Hobart 0. Wisconsin 13; Purdue 0. SUNDAY GAMES St. Mary’s IS; Loyola of Los Angeles 0. San Jose State 13; University of San Francisco 20.

The daily monitor leader, Mount Clemens, Mich., October 26, 1942, page 1 (results column)
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Paul Sarringhaus and Gene Fekete, Ohio State backs – Between them they gained 268 of Buckeyes 324 yards from scrimmage and did all the teams scoring in 20–6 victory over Northwestern. Bob Longacre, William and Mary quarterback – Scored two touchdowns, one on 30 yard punt return, and COM pleted 40-yard touchdown pass to lead Clio route of George Washington. Bob Perina, Princeton half back – He was big gun in 32–13 victory over Brown, scoring one touchdown, passing to another and keeping Bears in hole with his kicking. Bob Steuber, Missouri half back – Scored three touch downs, one on 57-yard run, passed for a fourth and aver aged 81 yards in Is tries as Tigers swamped Iowa State, 45–6. Chuck Taylor, Stanford guard – Stole ball from rival backfield ace and dashed 80 yards to touchdown in 1916 victory over Southern Cal. Bobby Williams, Penn State halfback – Playing in his first varsity game, completed 54yard pass for touchdown that beat Colgate, 1910. Joe Swan, Pennsylvania end – His blocking and tackling featured 42–12 rout of Columbia, in which Penn gained AT yards OH ground. Russ Mosley, Alabama half back – His running and pass ing set up both touchdowns, one of which he scored, in 14–0 win over Kentucky. Tom Farmer, Iowa quarter back – Passed to winning touchdown and kicked both i’m portant extra points in 1913 squeeze over Indiana. Eddie McCovern, Rose Poly halfback – Scored six touch downs and kicked seven extra points in 69–7 victory over Earlham.
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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Ohio State–Northwestern gameOhio State leads 66–14–1 in 81 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.
| 2024 | Ohio State 31, Northwestern 7 | |
| 2022 | Ohio State 21, Northwestern 7 | |
| 2020 | Ohio State 22, Northwestern 10 | Big Ten Championship Game |
| 2019 | Ohio State 52, Northwestern 3 | |
| 2018 | Ohio State 45, Northwestern 24 | Big Ten Championship Game |
| 2016 | Ohio State 24, Northwestern 20 |
Around this game
Ohio State
- Next gameat WisconsinOct. 31, 1942
- SeasonOhio State in 1942
- ProgramOhio State history and records
Northwestern
- Next gameat MinnesotaOct. 31, 1942
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1942
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

