Indiana at Michigan
Saturday, November 13, 1948 Share
No. 1 Michigan beat Indiana 54–0. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 12–4.
FinalHigh 44°F, low 34°F, 0.1 in. of rainAttendance 84,043
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 14, 1948, page 42
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Michigan 0verwheIms Indiana With Biggest Score Of Year, $40 ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. 13-An unbeaten Michigan opened up q land and air attack here today that pulverized defeat-groggy Indiana, $40, the Hoosiers’ worst beating since Michigan rocked them, $50, in 1925. A chill-nipped crowd OF $4,000 watched Coach Ben Oosterbaan’s Wolverines widen slim TO first period lead into their biggest vic tory margin in eight straight decisions this season. It was Michigan’s 22d successive triumph in three seasons. George Taliaferro, the Hoosiers’ slick triple -threater, provided a brief spark in the early action. But the Maize and Blue forces began to roll at the end of the first period and wound up with a flood of reserve talent pounding out five last half touchdowns. Michigan’s spinning fullback, Tom Peterson, broke the scoring ice after slightly more than five minutes OF play, plunging over from the 2. His defensive replacement, Dick Kemp thorn, touched off the second period with a similar score. Then Chuck Ortmann, Michigan’s passing ace, who completed eight of is aerials for the fancy total of 1913 yards. tipped a 13-yard touchdown pass to End Harry Allis for 21–0 lead before half time

The Daily Alaska empire, November 15, 1948, page 3 (results column)
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FOOTBALL :. SCORES tlnal scoles ot important col lege football games played over the weekend are as follows: OSC 20; Utah 20. Washington T; UCLA 32. Utah State 6; Denver 4l. Idaho 28; Portland 0. Wisconsin 26; Marquette 0. South Carolina 27; Tulsa 2. Oklahoma 41; Nebraska IA. Mississippi 16; Tennessee 13. Texas A and M 6; Rice 28. Texas Christian T; Texas IA. California A; WSC IA. Minnesota 2S; Iowa 2l. Colorado IS; Missouri 27. Northwestern T; Notre Dame 12 Pittsburgh 20; Purdue 13. Virginia 2; West Virginia 0. Duke 21; George Washington 0. Michigan State 48; Iowa s. 2. Southern Methodist IA; Arks l2. Indiana 0; Michigan 54. N. Carolina 49 Maryland 20. Dartmouth 26; Cornell 27. William Mary IA; Boston Col 14 Ohio State 34; Illinois ‘. Brown 19; Harvard 30. Temple 0; Penn State AT. Alabama IA Georgia Tech 12. Kansas 20 Kansas State ‘. Santa Clara l0 St. Mary’s 2. Detroit 27; St. Louis U. IA. Navy 0; Columbia IS. Ohio w. T: Lafayette 27. Colgate 20; Syracuse 13. Auburn IA; Georgia 42. Clemson 21; Wake Forest IA. Fordham 6; Holy Cross IS. Princeton 20; Yale IA. Army 26; Penn 20. Franklin and Marshall 2; Muh. 40. Carnegie Tech 0: Lehigh 20.
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)
Michigan 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Indiana–Michigan gameMichigan leads 62–11 in 73 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.
| 2024 | Indiana 20, Michigan 15 | |
| 2023 | Michigan 52, Indiana 7 | |
| 2022 | Michigan 31, Indiana 10 | |
| 2021 | Michigan 29, Indiana 7 | |
| 2020 | Indiana 38, Michigan 21 | |
| 2019 | Michigan 39, Indiana 14 |
Around this game
Indiana
- Next gameat PurdueNov. 20, 1948
- SeasonIndiana in 1948
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Michigan
- Next gameat Ohio StateNov. 20, 1948
- SeasonMichigan in 1948
- ProgramMichigan history and records

