Marquette at Indiana
Saturday, October 10, 1959 Share
Indiana beat Marquette 33–13. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 5–0.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 41°FAttendance 30,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Marquette–Indiana gameIndiana leads 6–0 in six meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1960 | Indiana 34, Marquette 8 | |
| 1959 | Indiana 33, Marquette 13 | |
| 1956 | Indiana 19, Marquette 13 | |
| 1953 | Indiana 21, Marquette 20 | |
| 1950 | Indiana 18, Marquette 7 | |
| 1947 | Indiana 48, Marquette 6 |
Around this game
Marquette
- Next gameat PacificOct. 17, 1959
- SeasonMarquette in 1959
- ProgramMarquette history and records
Indiana
- Next gameat NebraskaOct. 17, 1959
- SeasonIndiana in 1959
- ProgramIndiana history and records
