Indiana at Northwestern
Saturday, November 13, 1954 Share
Indiana beat Northwestern 14–13. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 18–12–1.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 38°FAttendance 25,856
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 14, 1954, page 64
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Indiana–Northwestern gameNorthwestern leads 47–37–1 in 85 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.
Around this game
Indiana
- Next gameat PurdueNov. 20, 1954
- SeasonIndiana in 1954
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Northwestern
- Next gameat IllinoisNov. 20, 1954
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1954
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

