Indiana at Ohio State

Saturday, November 10, 1956

No. 7 Ohio State beat Indiana 35–⁠14. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 25–⁠10–⁠3 as played.

AwayIndiana3–⁠6 in 1956
14
Home7Ohio State6–⁠3 in 1956
35

FinalHigh 47°F, low 34°FAttendance 82,073

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: IOWA y MINNESOTA - o, Ohio State Beots Indiana On Record Rushing, 35-14

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 11, 1956, page 72

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    IOWA y MINNESOTA – o, Ohio State Beots Indiana On Record Rushing, 35–⁠14 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 10 R.-Ohio States relentless in fantry attack ground out 465 yards against Indiana today as the Buckeyes defeated the Hoosiers. 1914, for their 18th straight Big Ten conquest. The ground assault set a new conference record, erasing the 454-yard rushing mark established by Purdue against Indiana in 1948. The one-sided victory left only Iowa and Michigan blocking the Buckeyes path to an unprecedenied third straight Big Ten title. Ohio States big guns were Fullback Galen Cisco and Half backs Jimmy Roseboro and Don Clark. who rushed for a total OF 429 yards. Cisco led the way with 160 in II tries. Roseboro had 157 in % attempts. Clark had 112 in 10. The Bucks in defeating In diana for the fifth straight time and ending a three-game Hoosier winning streak completed only one pass in three attempts. The 5-yard aerial. however, was good for the opening touchdown. climaking a 72-yard, 16-play drive, Ohio intercepted three passes

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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ohio State leads 81–⁠13–⁠5; as played, 82–⁠13–⁠5 in 100 meetings, counting the 62 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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