Villanova at Indiana
Saturday, October 26, 1957 Share
Indiana beat Villanova 14–7. It was their second meeting; Indiana leads the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 44°F, low 34°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 27, 1957, page 65
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Indiunu Tops Villunoyu in Bitter Fight BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Oct. 90 Rl.--Oft-beaten Indiana today won, q bruiSing. bitterly fought victory over villanova, 14–7. before 10000 fens. Defeated four times. the Hoosiers looked familiar in the first quarter as they yielded a touchdown TO the Wildcats in the usual pattern. but they rose up and took charge after that. When Villanova finally got GO ing again. Indiana held on the one-yard line as time ran out. A tumble on the FORWARD line opened the door for Indiana’s tying touchdown In the second quarter. Norm Mackin went over on the first play. Ken Hubbart dove the last yard for the clincher in the third period after q 27-yard pass from Tom Mcdonald to Dave Whit sell set up the score. villanova drove So yards to score the second time It got the ball. A pass from Jim Grazione to Rick Sapienza COW cred ~ yards. Jack Devereaux ran the rest. scoring from the 5. The Wildcats didn’t threaten seriously again until time was running out. They drove 80 yards. with Dave Parr and Dave Intrabartalo carrying most Of the time. but Indiana held. Sapienza and Jim Yore Of Indiana were elected from the game in the second quarter for personal fouls. Fifty high school bands and 5000 bandsmen played between halves. x Sna;ss” - Z 9 9 S,l villancva sccrinE Touchdown pevereaux Is. plungel. ccnverston-- Indiana scoring: Togehdevns-Mae- - nsaAk - - -
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)
Villanova 52% to win. Indiana won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Villanova–Indiana gameIndiana leads 2–0 in two meetings.
| 1957 | Indiana 14, Villanova 7 | |
| 1955 | Indiana 14, Villanova 7 |
Around this game
Villanova
- Next gameat MiamiNov. 1, 1957
- SeasonVillanova in 1957
- ProgramVillanova history and records
Indiana
- Next gameat MinnesotaNov. 2, 1957
- SeasonIndiana in 1957
- ProgramIndiana history and records

