Indiana at Michigan
Saturday, September 22, 1945 Share
Indiana beat Michigan 13–7. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 9–4.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 46°FAttendance 27,536
In the newspapers

The Ypsilanti daily press, Ypsilanti, Mich., September 24, 1945, page 1
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Indiana Trims Wolverines It vas 1874 all over again today for the University Of Michigan Wolverines, who dropped their Big Ten football opener 70 Indiana 10 to Z last Saturday. lndiana’s Raimondi pitched a 49, yard touchdown toss TO veteran end Ted Kluszewski cllmaxing a 56.yard first period surge and connected on 54-yard scoring pitch to half back Melvin GroOmes before the first half ended. Kluszewskis con version attempt after the first score was wide but the second connected to give the Hoosiers a 10 to lead al halftlme. Michigan bounced back in the third to drive 40 yards and send fullback Dan Dworsky crashing through the middle TO score from the Indiana vineyard line. Joe Ponsetto’s kick was good TO put Michigan back in the game but the Wolverines couldn’t make anything OF two later opportunities. Freshman Pete Elliott and Henry Fonde a 1914 reserve. led a Michigan drive that carried into Hoosier territory and Elliott Tipped a 35yard pass to freshman end Bob Swanson for a first down on the Indiana 9 with only a minute to play. Elliotts tumble, recovered by tackle Gene Hinton, Melted a three yard gein and Ponsetto and Walt Teninga each added a yard 10 move to the Indiana 4 but the VOL. verines lost FIVE yards on a penalty for too many times out and Bob Nussbaumer lost two yards trying TO run from a fake placement for nation that fooled no one.

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, September 23, 1945, page 1
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Indiana Uses AenaIs To Beat Michigan, 1910 : ANN ARBoR, Mich, Sept. o. R)-Piling up a 1870 first half lead over Michigan on two touchdown passes-one covering 81 yards – Indiana university STAYED off desper” tc last minute drive today in the first Big Ten game of the 1915 football season. -
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)
Michigan 69% to win. Indiana pulled the upset.
The series
Every Indiana–Michigan gameMichigan leads 62–11 in 73 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.
| 2024 | Indiana 20, Michigan 15 | |
| 2023 | Michigan 52, Indiana 7 | |
| 2022 | Michigan 31, Indiana 10 | |
| 2021 | Michigan 29, Indiana 7 | |
| 2020 | Indiana 38, Michigan 21 | |
| 2019 | Michigan 39, Indiana 14 |
Around this game
Indiana
- Next gameat NorthwesternSept. 29, 1945
- SeasonIndiana in 1945
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Michigan
- Next gamevs. Michigan StateSept. 29, 1945
- SeasonMichigan in 1945
- ProgramMichigan history and records

