Marquette at Indiana

Saturday, November 18, 1950

Indiana beat Marquette 18–⁠7. It was their second meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayMarquette5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1950
7
HomeIndiana3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1950
18

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Late Indiana Scores Nip Marquette, 1877

    Evening star, November 19, 1950, page 59

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    Late Indiana Scores Nip Marquette, 1877 BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Nov. 18 Indiana had to score a couple OF quick touchdowns in the final quarter today to beat a Marquette team it had pushed around most OF the afternoon, 1877. The crowd of 10000 included members of 112 high school bands, Marquette gained only Is yards net in the first half while Indiana was taking a 60 lead. Then Marquette’s offense clicked with a 68-yard touchdown march ON IL plays and Indiana had to for get about saving itself for the Old Oaken Bucket classic with Purdue next Saturday. Marquettes 7–⁠6 lead lasted 10 minutes of the third quarter and just one running play in the fourth. Bobby Robertson of In diana scored his second touch down of the game from the Mar quette 3 after a 23-yard run by Larry Fromhart. sophomore of Moundsville, w. Va. A Marquette tumble helped In diana ciinch the decision. Tackle Pete Russell recovered Pat Dill Ions bobble on the Marquette 20 Dick Olson scored from the two after carrying the ball on three Of the four plays to get it there

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)

Marquette 51% to win. Indiana won as Elo’s underdog.

Indiana leads 6–⁠0 in six meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1960Indiana 34, Marquette 8
1959Indiana 33, Marquette 13
1956Indiana 19, Marquette 13
1953Indiana 21, Marquette 20
1950Indiana 18, Marquette 7
1947Indiana 48, Marquette 6

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