Ohio State at Northwestern
Saturday, November 2, 1946 Share
Ohio State beat No. 6 Northwestern 39–27. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 15–8–1.
FinalAttendance 46,000
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, November 4, 1946, page 3 (results column)
Read the text
FOOTBALL SCORES me louoWlng are football galle’ played over the weekend. Army 19; West Virginia [. Temple ‘; Syracuse 28. Georgit Tech IA; Duke U. Notre Dame 28; Navy O. Princeton IT; Penn l4 Rutgers 13; Harvard 0. Alabama 0; Georgia IA. Cornell l2; Columbia 0. North Carolina IA; Tenn 20. Fordham 0; Penn State 6S. Brown 19; Holy Cross 2l. Vermont 20; Mass, State 28. Northeastern 0; New Hamp. 26. Boston College 72; NYU 6. Oklahoma IA; Texas Christian l. Illinois ‘; Iowa O. Michigan 2l; Minnesota C. Colgate 39; LaFayette 0. Washington-Jeff 4S; Carne gie Tech 0. Virginia ‘; Richmond l9. Maryland T; Williams Mary Al Missouri 21; Nebrasga 20. Indiana 20; Pittsburgh 6. Wisconsin 24; Purdue 2C Kentucky 39; Mich. State l4. ss Cincinnati 0; Tulsa 20. Southern Methodist 3; Texa 19. -@ Arkansas T; Texas Aggies 0. m Texas Tech G. Rice Al. II Ohio State 39; Northwestern 27.
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.
On the newsreel
- OHIO STATE HALTS N'WESTERNThe rampaging Buckeyes score in every period and topple the touted Wildcats, 39-27, before 46,000 home-coming crowd. Tied at the half, Ohio State goes on to win in thrilling finale
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Northwestern 52% to win. Ohio State pulled the upset.
The series
Every Ohio State–Northwestern gameOhio State leads 66–14–1 in 81 meetings, counting the 57 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
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. PittsburghNov. 9, 1946
- SeasonOhio State in 1946
- ProgramOhio State history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. IndianaNov. 9, 1946
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1946
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records