Indiana at Northwestern

Saturday, October 25, 1952

Northwestern beat Indiana 23–⁠13. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 18–⁠10–⁠1.

AwayIndiana2–⁠7 in 1952
13
HomeNorthwestern2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1952
23

FinalHigh 61°F, low 40°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Northwestern Finally Wins, Thomas Passes Upset Indiana, 1913

    Evening star, October 26, 1952, page 67

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    Northwestern Finally Wins, Thomas Passes Upset Indiana, 1913 EVANSTON, ILL.,. Oct. 25.- NorthWestern’s Dick Thomas took the passing play away from In diana’s famed Lou D’Achille today with three sparkling scoring heaveS that turned the Wildcats homecoming into their first VIC tory of the season, a 23-to-13 conquest of the favored Hoosiers D’Achille’s arm accounted for fourth-period score but generally the Indiana southpaw’s aerial efforts were effective only spas medically. The Hoosiers relied mainly on the power running of Fullback Gene Goldman and the slants of Jerry Ellis, Pete Fisher and fD’Achille himself. Meanwhile, Thomas-who has been off and on as a passer in three previous Northwestern losses and one tie-thrilled the home coming crowd of 10000 with brilliant clutch display. He hit his former Rock Island (IllD high school teammate, Joe Collier. with two scoring tossesone for IS yards-and also passed to Halfback Wally Jones for a touchdown. Thomas was indirectly respon- Sible for safety the Wildcats got in the fourth quarter when a Hoosier defender. Bill Holzbach, intercepted a Thomas pass in the end zone and was nailed there for two Wildcat points. Northwestern o r a-c3 Indiana 0 O 6–⁠13 Scoril g: Northwestern. touchdownS- Collier t2): Jones. Conversions-Kraghind goal by Young). Indiana, touch downs-;Gedman. Fisher. Conversions

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)

Northwestern 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Northwestern leads 47–⁠37–⁠1 in 85 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Indiana 29, Northwestern 23
2024Indiana 41, Northwestern 24
2019Indiana 34, Northwestern 3
2016Northwestern 24, Indiana 14
2012Northwestern 44, Indiana 29
2011Northwestern 59, Indiana 38

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