Marquette at Indiana

Saturday, October 10, 1959

Indiana beat Marquette 33–⁠13. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayMarquette3–⁠7 in 1959
13
HomeIndiana4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1959
33

FinalHigh 78°F, low 41°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Indiana Uses Power, Depth To Rout Marquette, 1918

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 11, 1959, page 1

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    Indiana Uses Power, Depth To Rout Marquette, 1918 gertips of a Marquette defend err in the end zone. Ron Miller kicked three of four extra points and two field goals, for IS and 81 yards. A 35-yard pass from Hall to George Andre put the ball on the one and set up a touchdown plunge by Frank Mestnik to make it 1876 at the half. Hall passed % yards to Fred Hawkins in the fourth quarter for another touchdown. MARQUETTE ---- Q g @ la INDIANA ------- 10 10 T-33 Indiana-seott ~. pass interceptiOn Naturalization 4. run MILLER kick O.. Indiana-FG Miller 35. Marquette-Mestnik l, plunge Nun .IndianaGFaison e5, pass from Jack son MILLER. kick. Indiana-FG Miller, 81. Indiana-Smith ., miller. kick. MISUNDERSTANDING %, pass from Hall (Webster. kick.

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)

Indiana 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Indiana leads 6–⁠0 in six meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1960Indiana 34, Marquette 8
1959Indiana 33, Marquette 13
1956Indiana 19, Marquette 13
1953Indiana 21, Marquette 20
1950Indiana 18, Marquette 7
1947Indiana 48, Marquette 6

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