Indiana at Ohio State
Saturday, September 26, 1953 Share
No. 7 Ohio State beat Indiana 36–12. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 22–10–3 as played.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 62°FAttendance 75,898
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 1, 1953, page 71
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Buckeyes Expected To Trim California In TV Game Of Week BERKELEY, Calf, Oct. L. Ohio States potent Buckeyes fly in today. two-touchdown favor ties over a green California team in college footballs TV game of the week Saturday. The Ohioans will hold brief workouts tonight at San Fran cisco State College and tomorrow at California’s Memorial Stadium, scene of Saturdays battle. The Big Ten team won the 1850 Rose Bowl game from Cali fornia 17–14. with a field goal in the last 80 seconds. California beat Ohio State in the 1921 Rose Bowl. $50, in their only other meeting. Ohio State was ranked No. 6 nationally in this weeks Associated Press poll after whipping Indiana, 36–12. California sur prisingly was given % points to rank 26th. Berkeley has been shrouded in gloom since the once-powerful Bears lost, $50, to Baylor Sep tember IL. The Bears bounced back against Oregon State last week, 900. The telecast and a transit strike are expected to hold at tendance in the 81, ,0O0-seat sta dium to 50,000. California Coach Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf has spent the week drill ing his squad on defenses against the Ohioans’ effective split-T. He said grimly last night. “the defenSe was leaky and the play
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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Indiana–Ohio State gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 81–13–5; as played, 82–13–5 in 100 meetings, counting the 65 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 gameat USCOct. 2, 1953
- SeasonIndiana in 1953
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Ohio State
- Next gameat CaliforniaOct. 3, 1953
- SeasonOhio State in 1953
- ProgramOhio State history and records

