Northwestern at Ohio State

Saturday, October 23, 1943

No. 17 Northwestern beat Ohio State 13–⁠0. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 13–⁠8–⁠1.

Away17Northwestern6–⁠2 in 1943
13
HomeOhio State3–⁠6 in 1943
0

FinalHigh 53°F, low 43°FAttendance 37,243

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Graham S Passes Rout Buckeyes Wildcats Score Third Of Season, Is 70 0

    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 The Wilmington morning star's story: Versatile Northwestern Whips Ohio State, 1910

    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.

Ohio State leads 66–⁠14–⁠1 in 81 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Ohio State 31, Northwestern 7
2022Ohio State 21, Northwestern 7
2020Ohio State 22, Northwestern 10Big Ten Championship Game
2019Ohio State 52, Northwestern 3
2018Ohio State 45, Northwestern 24Big Ten Championship Game
2016Ohio State 24, Northwestern 20

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