Indiana at Ohio State

Saturday, September 26, 1953

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.

AwayIndiana2–⁠7 in 1953
12
Home7Ohio State6–⁠3 in 1953
36

FinalHigh 81°F, low 62°FAttendance 75,898

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Buckeyes Expected To Trim California In TV Game Of Week

    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.

Officially, Ohio State leads 81–⁠13–⁠5; as played, 82–⁠13–⁠5 in 100 meetings, counting the 65 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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