Ohio State at Northwestern
Saturday, October 30, 1954 Share
No. 1 Ohio State beat Northwestern 14–7. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 22–9–1.
FinalHigh 41°F, low 28°FAttendance 41,650
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 31, 1954, page 64
Read the text
OHIO STATE --14| NORTHWESTERN = II Vols Beat Tar Heels, $50, on Fu|Iback’ S Long Scoring Runs KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 30 Fullback Tom Tracy broke repeatedly through and around North Carolina’s line today to lead Tennessee to a free-scoring 1920 football victory. Tracy, 180-pounder from Birmingham, Mich, dashed 43 yards
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.
On the newsreel
- OHIO STATE vs NORTHWESTERNHomecoming day for Northwestern—pitted against favored Ohio State. It looks like an upset in store, at first but Buckeye power blasts the Wildcats' hopes, with a 14-7 final score for Ohio
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Ohio State 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Ohio State–Northwestern gameOhio State leads 66–14–1 in 81 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.
| 2024 | Ohio State 31, Northwestern 7 | |
| 2022 | Ohio State 21, Northwestern 7 | |
| 2020 | Ohio State 22, Northwestern 10 | Big Ten Championship Game |
| 2019 | Ohio State 52, Northwestern 3 | |
| 2018 | Ohio State 45, Northwestern 24 | Big Ten Championship Game |
| 2016 | Ohio State 24, Northwestern 20 |
Around this game
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. PittsburghNov. 6, 1954
- SeasonOhio State in 1954
- ProgramOhio State history and records
Northwestern
- Next gameat WisconsinNov. 6, 1954
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1954
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records