Nebraska at Indiana

Saturday, October 13, 1945

No. 8 Indiana beat Nebraska 54–⁠14. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 5–⁠3–⁠2.

AwayNebraska4–⁠5 in 1945
14
Home8Indiana9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1945
54

FinalHigh 65°F, low 38°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Grid Sturs Saturday

    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.

Indiana leads 12–⁠9–⁠3 in 24 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Indiana 20, Nebraska 17
2024Indiana 56, Nebraska 7
2022Nebraska 35, Indiana 21
2019Indiana 38, Nebraska 31
2016Nebraska 27, Indiana 22
1978Nebraska 69, Indiana 17

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