Indiana at Ohio State

Saturday, October 20, 1951

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.

AwayIndiana2–⁠7 in 1951
32
Home17Ohio State4–⁠3–⁠2 in 1951
10

FinalHigh 62°F, low 32°FAttendance 74,265

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: First Period Assault By Indiana Upsets Ohio State, 81 10 10

    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 The Nome nugget's story: FOOTBALL SCORES FAR WEST

    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.

Officially, Ohio State leads 81–⁠13–⁠5; as played, 82–⁠13–⁠5 in 100 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ohio State 19, Indiana 15
2025Indiana 13, Ohio State 10Big Ten Championship
2024Ohio State 38, Indiana 15
2023Ohio State 23, Indiana 3
2022Ohio State 56, Indiana 14
2021Ohio State 54, Indiana 7

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