Tulsa at Indiana

Saturday, October 27, 1945

No. 8 Indiana beat No. 14 Tulsa 7–⁠2. It was their only meeting on record.

Away14Tulsa8–⁠3 in 1945
2
Home8Indiana9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1945
7

FinalHigh 71°F, low 32°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Alabama Hoosiers Take Tulsa With Straight Ball

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 28, 1945, page 1

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    Alabama Hoosiers Take Tulsa With Straight Ball BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct. II. -(P)-An indicated Indiana team that surprised everybody by stick ing to straight football all afternoon rocked and socked the wind out Of Tulsa’s Golden Hurricane today, 7 to 2. The Hoosiers, ranked eighth in the nation and showing only a tie to mar its record in six games, scored on 36-yard lateral play in the second period and smothered the heralded Tulsa attack through out. The Hoosiers limited Tulsa to three first downs and staged a scientillating lacking exhibition.

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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Indiana leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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