Indiana at Ohio State

Saturday, November 1, 1947

Indiana beat Ohio State 7–⁠0. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 17–⁠9–⁠3 as played.

AwayIndiana5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1947
7
HomeOhio State2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1947
0

FinalHigh 59°F, low 48°FAttendance 75,882

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 2, 1947, page 44

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    COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. In diana’s Hoosiers, paced by rambling deadeye George Taliaferro, struck suddenly in the first period and then held off an embattled Ohio State eleven in the final half before emerging with a 7 to 0 triumph IN today’s Big Nine conference battle of tail-end football teams before 1882 spectators. The Hoosiers went into the game a one-touchdown favorite to dump Ohio State into the Big Nine cellar, spot Indiana held before the kick off. When the tilt ended, Coach Alvin N. (Bo) McMillin’s pore little

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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ohio State leads 81–⁠13–⁠5; as played, 82–⁠13–⁠5 in 100 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ohio State 19, Indiana 15
2025Indiana 13, Ohio State 10Big Ten Championship
2024Ohio State 38, Indiana 15
2023Ohio State 23, Indiana 3
2022Ohio State 56, Indiana 14
2021Ohio State 54, Indiana 7

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