Northwestern at Ohio State
Saturday, October 23, 1943 Share
No. 17 Northwestern beat Ohio State 13–0. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 13–8–1.
FinalHigh 53°F, low 43°FAttendance 37,243
In the newspapers

Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 24, 1943, page 1
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Graham S Passes Rout Buckeyes Wildcats Score Third Of Season, Is 70 0 COLUMBUS, Oct. % CUP)-I Northwestern’s Wildcats clawed their way to a 13 to 0 victory over Ohio States impotent Buckeyes today before 37,243 who braved threatening skies 10 see the Wild cats score their third victory of the season. The victory was Northwestern’s second conference triumph. The Wildcats previously had defeated Indiana and Great Lakes and lost to Michigan. The defeat was the fourth of the season for Ohio State. Northwestern scored its first touchdown late in the first pc Rod when Otto Graham’s running pass to Bob Wallis was good for 35 yards and first down on the Ohio 6. Then Graham spun over for the touchdown and Vince Schwall kicked the point. Northwestern got its second touchdown 2 minutes after the start of the final period when Lynn McNutt took another Ora ham pass on the 5 and raced over untouched. Ohio States only scoring chance came early in the first period when a long pass from Paul Davis TO Cecil Souders was completed deep in Northwestern territory but the Wildcats stiffened and took the ball on downs on their DUN

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 24, 1943, page 1
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Versatile Northwestern Whips Ohio State, 1910 COLUMBUS, o., Oct. % III Northwestern’s versatile an d powerful Wildcats. featuring eau tomato Otto’‘ Graham in the No. l offensive role, bounced on Ohio State University’s youthful Bucks today for a 1870 victory before 81, 243 fans. It was the fourth win five starts for the Cats, and the fourth loss in five games for the Bucks. The Zero” on the Ohio side Of the score board was the first ever seen there under Coach Paul Browns Ohio regime, and the first the Buckeye Mentor suffered in his last 80 games as high school and college football tutor.
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 67% to win. Northwestern won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Northwestern–Ohio State gameOhio State leads 66–14–1 in 81 meetings, counting the 59 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
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. MinnesotaOct. 30, 1943
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1943
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. IndianaOct. 30, 1943
- SeasonOhio State in 1943
- ProgramOhio State history and records

