Nebraska at Indiana
Saturday, October 13, 1945 Share
No. 8 Indiana beat Nebraska 54–14. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 5–3–2.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 38°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 15, 1945, page 12 (results column)
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Grid Sturs Saturday 6S lne Associated ITeSS. Billy Garfield, Purdue-scored three touchdowns, one on a 41-yard run, anG carried ball 13 times for 131 yards in 400 rout of Iowa. toHchdown rms ms Of 81, s. sand and VI Yards di- to to lead the Blue Devils to 26–19 victory over Wake Forest Army-hccounted for most Of Army S yardage in 2S-7 triumph over Michigan with Blanchard scoring two touchdowns, sne on 6s-yard dash anG Davis running Gene Rossides. Columbia-Had hand IN all of Columhia’s tallies against Yale downs in leading Columbia to 27–13 Bob Evans, Pennsylvania-Passe for ers walloped North Carolina, 49–0. Charles Smith. Georgia–Ran for four et Georgia’ seven touchdown. one on “a an Fred Grant, Alabama--A second string South Carolina and made three touch downs in $50 drubbins of South Carolina. Johnny Rudan, Marquette-Swept end other and bucked for third as he led his team to a 55–13 victory over Kansas Byron Gillory and Hubert Bechtol, Tex. Both played big part in Texas 12–7 triumph over Oklahoma, Bechtol carrying o’ Bob Snf Fenimore. en- a s0uSRHw oRiahoma A. MA Friday night star. ALL American Fenimore scooted for sc&-ing runs OF 20 and 40 yards ss his team defeated Southern Meth odist 26–12. lob Miller. INDIANA – Carried kick .aCK 95 yards for q touchdown as the Hoosiers overwhelmed Nebraska, 54–14. Frank D?ncewicZ, Notre Dame-Heaved two touchdown passes in short workout against Dartmouth, the Irish winning $40. Dick Fisher and Paul Sarringhaus Ohio State–These two war veteran paced Ohio State to 1910 conquest of Wisconsin Fisher passed for the first goal and !Sarringhaus sma shed over for the second. Cal Rossi. U C. L. A.-Ran up 1O1 yards from scrimmage and Tailed both markers in 1870 defeat of California. Gordon Hungar Washington Inter; broke away for 41-yard scoring dash to upset Washington State, 80. Mel (Tommy Gum Tommervik, San downs and passed for two others to beat Southern California, 1915.
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)
Indiana 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Nebraska–Indiana gameIndiana leads 12–9–3 in 24 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.
| 2026 | Indiana 20, Nebraska 17 | |
| 2024 | Indiana 56, Nebraska 7 | |
| 2022 | Nebraska 35, Indiana 21 | |
| 2019 | Indiana 38, Nebraska 31 | |
| 2016 | Nebraska 27, Indiana 22 | |
| 1978 | Nebraska 69, Indiana 17 |
Around this game
Nebraska
- Next gameat Iowa StateOct. 20, 1945
- SeasonNebraska in 1945
- ProgramNebraska history and records
Indiana
- Next gameat IowaOct. 20, 1945
- SeasonIndiana in 1945
- ProgramIndiana history and records

