Northwestern at Ohio State
Saturday, October 29, 1949 Share
No. 18 Ohio State beat Northwestern 24–7. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 17–9–1.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 50°FAttendance 81,872
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 30, 1949, page 46
Read the text
Ohio State Keeps Title Hopes Alive, Trips Northwestern, 24–7 fullback, counted a pair Of touch downs on four and one yard plunges. Halfback Jerry Krall got the other on a yard plunge in the closing minutes and Jimmy Hague contributed three extra points and an eight-yard field goal. The Bucks had a 1879 edge in first downs, rolled up 226 yards to Northwestern 118 on the ground, and added 1873 yards to 90 for the Wildcats through the air. Ohio State 7 3 7 “a Northwestern scoring: Touchdown – Murakowski. Point after touchdown Nemeth tplacekick) Ohio State scoring: Touchdowns-Morrison 2: krall. Points after touchdown- Hague 3 tplacement). Field goal-Hasue placement
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 TOPS N'WESTERNOutpunching the Wildcats on the ground and in the air, the Ohio State Buckeyes score a bitterly-fought 24-7 victory that keeps them in the race for the Big Ten title and a Rose Bowl bid
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Ohio State 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Northwestern–Ohio State gameOhio State leads 66–14–1 in 81 meetings, counting the 54 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 gamevs. WisconsinNov. 5, 1949
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1949
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
Ohio State
- Next gameat PittsburghNov. 5, 1949
- SeasonOhio State in 1949
- ProgramOhio State history and records