Marquette at Indiana
Saturday, October 10, 1953 Share
Indiana beat Marquette 21–20. It was their third meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 75°F, low 42°FAttendance 27,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 11, 1953, page 68
Read the text
Score in Last Minute Ends Hoosier Streak OF Seven Defeats BLOOMINGTON. Ind, Oct. 10.-Indiana broke seven game losing streak today with a 21–20 victory over Marquette which came in the last 40 seconds on Dave Rogers touchdown plunge and Florian Helsinki’s third exira point kick. The Hoosiers. beaten by Ohio State and Southern California
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)
Marquette 59% to win. Indiana won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Marquette–Indiana gameIndiana leads 6–0 in six meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1960 | Indiana 34, Marquette 8 | |
| 1959 | Indiana 33, Marquette 13 | |
| 1956 | Indiana 19, Marquette 13 | |
| 1953 | Indiana 21, Marquette 20 | |
| 1950 | Indiana 18, Marquette 7 | |
| 1947 | Indiana 48, Marquette 6 |
Around this game
Marquette
- Next gameat ArizonaOct. 17, 1953
- SeasonMarquette in 1953
- ProgramMarquette history and records
Indiana
- Next gameat Michigan StateOct. 17, 1953
- SeasonIndiana in 1953
- ProgramIndiana history and records