Iowa Pre-Flight at Ohio State

Saturday, November 28, 1942

No. 3 Ohio State beat Iowa Pre-Flight 41–⁠12. It was their first meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayIowa Pre-Flight7–⁠3 in 1942
12
Home3Ohio State9–⁠1 in 1942
41

FinalHigh 42°F, low 25°FAttendance 27,259

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 29, 1942, page 1 (results column)

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    season with a 1877 victory over Vanderbilt. Ohio State completed a good season with convincing 41–⁠12 win over Iowa Pre-Flight. Other scores: Notre Dame l3, Southern California 0; Fordham 6, North Carolina Pre-Flight 0; Georgia Pre-Flight IS, Alabama 10; Mich igan %, Iowa IA: Indiana 81, Fort Knox O; Illinois 20, Camp Grant O.; Michigan State I, Ore gon State 7 (tie); Oklahoma A. and M. 80, Detroit 6; Rice 20, Baylor 0: Texas Christian IA. Southern Methodist s; Villianova 20, Temple O; Auburn 81, Glenn son 13; Jacksonville Naval Is, Duke 0. Frank Sinkwich, Georgia’s ALL America halfback, was chosen the outstanding college football player Of the year and will receive the Heisman Memorial Trophy. (Full Detail In Sports Sectien.)

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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1943Iowa Pre-Flight 28, Ohio State 13
1942Ohio State 41, Iowa Pre-Flight 12

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