Ohio State at Northwestern
Saturday, November 4, 1950 Share
No. 4 Ohio State beat Northwestern 32–0. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 18–9–1.
FinalHigh 38°F, low 26°F, 1.1 in. of snowAttendance 50,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 5, 1950, page 44
Read the text
Beat Michigan TO- Ohio State Bitzes Northwestern $40 Wildcats Churn Up Plenty Of Yardage but FumbIes Bar Scoring EVANSTON, ILL.,. Nov. 4.-Ohio State fell off it’s 45-point pace today but still brushed aside Northwestern, $40. The Buckeyes, who have been touchdown crazy since an open ing 1927 loss to Southern Meth odist, moved to their fourth sue cessive Big Ten win after a 49, point blitz in the first 2::24 min utes of play. A homecoming crowd of $4,000 at Dyche Stadium saw the Wild
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 ROUTS N'WESTERNThe Ohio State Buckeyes roll on to another Big Ten triumph, this time over the hapless Wildcats of Northwestern. They score 13 points in the first three minutes, winning 32-0
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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Ohio State–Northwestern gameOhio State leads 66–14–1 in 81 meetings, counting the 53 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. WisconsinNov. 11, 1950
- SeasonOhio State in 1950
- ProgramOhio State history and records
Northwestern
- Next gameat PurdueNov. 11, 1950
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1950
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records