Indiana at Northwestern

Saturday, November 13, 1954

Indiana beat Northwestern 14–⁠13. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 18–⁠12–⁠1.

AwayIndiana3–⁠6 in 1954
14
HomeNorthwestern2–⁠7 in 1954
13

FinalHigh 65°F, low 38°FAttendance 25,856

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Indiana Air Attack Beats Northwestern

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 14, 1954, page 64

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    Indiana Air Attack Beats Northwestern EVANSTON, ILL.,, Nov. 49, Indiana’s passing ace, Florian Helinski. set up a 13-yard touch down run by Milt Campbell late in the fourth quarter with a So yard heave and kicked the extra point for a 1913 victory over Northwestern today Trailing, 1877, the Hoosiers took the ball on their own g. yard line and marched for the touchdown behind Helinski’s brilliant craftsmanship. Northwestern earlier turned two Indiana fumbles into touch downs in the first period for a 1870 lead. The Hoosiers turned adpoor punt into a touchdown in the second period. George Gondeck, kicking from his end zone, booted outside on Northwestern’s 10. Helinski connected with q pass on the 6 and Fullback John Bartkiewicz belted over two plays later. Helinski added the extra point. NoTsn~estern snS1fHa I’d : g G1ss

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 55% to win. Indiana won as Elo’s underdog.

Northwestern leads 47–⁠37–⁠1 in 85 meetings, counting the 54 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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