Cornell (IA) at Indiana
Saturday, November 3, 1945 Share
No. 5 Indiana beat Cornell (IA) 46–6. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 37°FAttendance 6,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 5, 1945, page 14 (results column)
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Columbia scored It’s sixth IN row by beating Cornell, 1926. as feet Gene Rossides raced for all five of the Lions touchdowns Penn’s reg ulars engaged in only brief work out as they spilled Princeton, $50. Other important games of the week end pair Tulsa against Okla homa A. and NJ, Indiana VS.. Mime sofa, Iowa State VS.. Oklahoma, Ore gon State VS.. Washington, Califor- MIA VS.. Southern California, Utah VS.. New Mexico, Mississippi State vs. Louisiana State and Temple VS.. Penn State Outside of Mississippi States IA 13 licking by Tulane, few upsets oc- CURED over the week end and here is the way the sectional races stand: Temple, Holy Cross Unbeaten. Ranking behind Army, Navy. Co. lumbia and Pennsylvania, come Temple, Holy Cross and Penn State. Temple and Holy Cross remained unbeaten and united by beating La fayette t28–0) and the New London Sub Base t20–6), respectively. Penn States Nittany Lions, beaten only by Navy, walloped Syracuse, 800. In other games Yale nipped Dart mouth, 60; Brown trampled the Coast Guard. 1876. and Rochester whipped New York u. 1873. South-Alabama’s Red Elephants were ready for bowl bids after defeating Kentucky. 60–19. for their fourth Southeastern Conference VIC tory in as many games. Georgia Tech saw its bowl chances disappear after losing 14–6 to Duke and L, S. U. shellacked Mississippi 32–13. North Carolina was beaten, 20–6, by Ten nessee, and Clemson was nosed out by Miami of Florida, 7–6. William and Mary subdued Maryland, 1914. Virginia continued its all-winning ways by beating West Virginia, 1877. Indiana Still Leading. Midwest – Indiana bowled over Cornell Uowa) College, 46–6. in an outside game and still led the Big Ten with three wins and no defeats Ohio States Buckeyes, who rallied in the last quarter to beat Northwest ern, 1914, took over second with Al followed by Purdue, and Michigan each with 81. Purdue thumped Pittsburgh. $50. Wisconsin racked up its first conference triumph by betting Iowa, 27–7. In the Big Six, Oklahoma s Soon ers are tied for the lead with Missouri, at 80 while Iowa State, following its 40–13 victory, over Kansas State, is game behind at 81. Okla homa lost an inter-conference tilt with Texas Christian of the South west, 1877, and Missouri had its win ming streak halted by Michigan State, 14–7. The undefeated and united Okla homa Aggies put their bowl hopes on the line against once-beaten Tulsa in game that will decide the Missouri, Valley title. Both teams were idle Saturday. Southwest-Texas and Texas A. and M. each came Though with Southwest Conference wins to tie T. C. U. for the leadership with two wins and one loss for each. Texas came from behind to edge out Southern Methodist, 1877, and the Aggies trampled Arkansas, $40. In nontitle clashes, Rice beat Texas Tech, 1870, and Baylor blanked Southwestern, 1910. C.IopcL~ rnLH~ Y>~I Rocky Mountains-C Colorado lost 1875, to unbeaten and united New Mexico, an independent, but moved in front in the Big Seven as Utah defeated Denver, 1921. Colorado is first with 20, followed by Denver 81; Utah, 20; Utah State, IL, and Colorado A. and NJ, 0–3. Far West-St. Mary’s boosted its own bowl hopes while blasting Southern California’s Pasadena dreams by a $50 count. Only a Pa. cific Coast Conference team is eligi- BILE to represent the West in the Rose Bowl and Washington Huskies i’m proved their position by defeating Oregon, TO, for 5–1 conference slate. Southern California and U. c L. A. are tied for second with 81 league records followed by Washing. ton State, So; Oregon State, % California, 1–2; Oregon, “a, ane Idaho, 0–4. Washington State ane California tied, TT, and Oregon State whipped Idaho, $40. 4 -.

Detroit evening times, November 6, 1945, page 23 (results column)
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Indiana ~ Shifts Title CHICAGO, Nov. 5 QNS)- Indianas hopeful Hoosiers enter the stretch drive towards their first Big Ten football champion ship in history this week with only twice-beaten Minnesota and once defeated Purdue standing between them and the title. The HooSiers, who have never ! finished in even a tie for the title in the 45 years they have been playing Western Conference football, have won three games and tied one in league competitlon-this- season They opened the season by up setting Michigan, l3 TO z, battled Northwestern TO Z 10 z tie, beat Illinois, 6 10 0, and then trimmed Iowa, So TO ?. in their nonleague contests, they routed Nebraska, 81 TO Ia, and beat Tulsa, Z TO 2. PURDUE ALWAYS TOUGH But the task does not appear so overwhelming as it did before Saturdays games when their next opponent, the Minnesota Gophers, fell, 26 TO 0. before Michigan. But even If they can get by the Bernie Bierman team. they have the Boilermakers TO face. And form In a Purdue-Indiana game means nothing. Indiana had a practice session with Cornell. the Hoosiers walk ing over the little Iowa team, 46 to 6. After the Gopher game they will have two weeks in which to prepare for the finale Minnesota was a slight favor ite over u. NJ. but their defeat practically eliminated them from the race. They found Michigan too powerful on both the ground and in the air. The Wolverines netted 257 yards by rushing and i3f by passes against the Gophers 13i and 81. WIN BY GOAL Two other conference games were played Saturday. but only the Ohio State–Northwestern affair was OF Importance 10 the title race. The Buckeyes took a 16 10 IA victory over North western by booting field goal in the last 80 seconds Of play. Max Schnittker, 1S-year-old reserve tackle, kicked the three pointer from the 2l-yard line. Ohio State thus retained second place in the race with four VIC tories and one defeat. North western dropped 10 seventh. The other game saw Wisconsin win its first conference victory of the year at the expense Of Iowa. The score was u 10 7. II left Iowa at the bottom Of the league Purdue and Illinois engaged out-of-l e ague opponents. the BOllernakers having no trouble dispoSing Of Pittsburgh, e to O, but Illinois lost TO Great Lakes, 10 ~ s
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Indiana 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Cornell (IA)–Indiana gameIndiana leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
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