Northwestern at Ohio State
Saturday, November 3, 1945 Share
No. 6 Ohio State beat No. 20 Northwestern 16–14. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 14–8–1.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 30°FAttendance 74,079
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1945, page 1 (results column)
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Lost-Second GooI-Line Stand Earns Navy sc Tie With Irish Michigan, Ohio State, Army, Columbia Win; MARYLAND Loses With Michigan trouncing Minnesota, 200, and Army routing Villanova, $40, the stage was set yesterday for next Saturdays big football games Notre Dame VS.. Army in New York and Michigan VS.. Navy in Baltimore. Army, Notre Dame and Navy have been rated one two-three among the Nations college teams. In other games yesterday, Ohio State gained stature in defense OF its Big Ten title by edging Northwestern. 16–14; unbeaten Columbia whipped Cor nell. 1926, with Gene Rossides scoring all five Lion touch downs, and Southern Califor- MAS Rose Bowl ambition yirtually died with its defeat by st. Mary’s Gaels, 800. Maryland blew an early lead and was beaten by william and Mary, S3-i4. at College Park.
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)
Ohio State 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Northwestern–Ohio State gameOhio State leads 66–14–1 in 81 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.
| 2024 | Ohio State 31, Northwestern 7 | |
| 2022 | Ohio State 21, Northwestern 7 | |
| 2020 | Ohio State 22, Northwestern 10 | Big Ten Championship Game |
| 2019 | Ohio State 52, Northwestern 3 | |
| 2018 | Ohio State 45, Northwestern 24 | Big Ten Championship Game |
| 2016 | Ohio State 24, Northwestern 20 |
Around this game
Northwestern
- Next gameat WisconsinNov. 10, 1945
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1945
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
Ohio State
- Next gameat PittsburghNov. 10, 1945
- SeasonOhio State in 1945
- ProgramOhio State history and records

