Indiana at Ohio State
Saturday, October 20, 1951 Share
Indiana beat No. 17 Ohio State 32–10. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 20–10–3 as played.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 32°FAttendance 74,265
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 21, 1951, page 38
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First Period Assault By Indiana Upsets Ohio State, 81 10 10 COLUMBUS. Ohio, Octo. 90 Indiana’s undergo Hoosiers buried Ohio States Rose Bowl and Big Ten championship hopes deep in Buckeye Stadium today with a startling 32–10 upset victory before 74.265 fans. The Hoosiers, with Coach Clyde Smith under fire after losing one sided games to Notre Dame and Michigan, struck like lightning for three touchdowns in the OPEN ing period and then hung on to

The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 22, 1951, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES FAR WEST FAR WEST Illinois 27-Washington 20 Southern Cal 21-California IA Stanford 21-Santa Clara IA Washington State 26 - Oregon State 13 UCLA 41-Oregon 0 SOUTHWEST Texas Christian 20 - Texas A & M IA Oklahoma 33-Kansas 21 Rice 28-Southern Methodist 2 MIDWEST Northwestern 16-Navy 7 Michigan 21-Iowa 0 Notre Dame 33-Pittsburgh O Indiana 32-Ohio State 10. SOUTH LSU 7-Georgia 0 Kentucky 35-Villanova 13 Mississippi 25-Tulane 6 Virginia 34-VMI IA Duke 55-VPI 6 Georgia Tech 27-Auburn 2 EAST San Francisco 32-Fordham 26 Penn 28-Columbia 13 Princeton 60-Lafayette 7 Carnegie Tech 39-Allegheny O
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)
Ohio State 78% to win. Indiana pulled the upset.
The series
Every Indiana–Ohio State gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 81–13–5; as played, 82–13–5 in 100 meetings, counting the 67 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 gamevs. IllinoisOct. 27, 1951
- SeasonIndiana in 1951
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. IowaOct. 27, 1951
- SeasonOhio State in 1951
- ProgramOhio State history and records

