Indiana at Ohio State
Saturday, November 1, 1947 Share
Indiana beat Ohio State 7–0. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 17–9–3 as played.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 48°FAttendance 75,882
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 2, 1947, page 44
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Indiana–Ohio State gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 81–13–5; as played, 82–13–5 in 100 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.
| 2026 | Ohio State 19, Indiana 15 | |
| 2025 | Indiana 13, Ohio State 10 | Big Ten Championship |
| 2024 | Ohio State 38, Indiana 15 | |
| 2023 | Ohio State 23, Indiana 3 | |
| 2022 | Ohio State 56, Indiana 14 | |
| 2021 | Ohio State 54, Indiana 7 |
Around this game
Indiana
- Next gameat MichiganNov. 8, 1947
- SeasonIndiana in 1947
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. NorthwesternNov. 8, 1947
- SeasonOhio State in 1947
- ProgramOhio State history and records

