Miami (OH) at Northwestern

Saturday, October 19, 1963

No. 10 Northwestern beat Miami (OH) 37–⁠6. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayMiami (OH)5–⁠3–⁠2 in 1963
6
Home10Northwestern5–⁠4 in 1963
37

FinalHigh 70°F, low 59°FAttendance 43,333

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Weekend Football

    The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 21, 1963, page 7 (results column)

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    Weekend Football Victory cheers are going up in college football for Wisconsin,, H. linois and Mississippi, but they are singing the blues for Georgia Tech. Second Wisconsin re- mained unbeaten and ran it’s win ming streak to four games by edg- ing Iowa 10 to ‘. Seventh-ranked Illinois beat Minnesota 16 to 6 after recovering four Minnesota fumbles. Mississippi, ranked fiji h, trounced winless Tulane 21 to c. Navy downed Virginia Military 2l to l2, with the help of Wierd touchdown in the second period. Northwestern whipped Miami of Ohio 37 to 6. Third-ranked Pitt had to com from behind to beat upset minded West Virginia 13 to 10. Eig th-ranked Georgia Tech Was an upset victim, losing to unde- icatcd Auburn 29 to 21. Nore Dame won it’s second straight game, beating UCLA 27 to I2. A touchdown pass and a touchdown run by Ron Digravio led Purdue to a g to 12 decision oyer M chigan. Michigan State scored three touchdoWns in the second half and beat Indiana 20–⁠3. Nebraska won it’s second straight game in the Big Eight, beating Kansas State 28 to 6. Sophomore quarterback Scotty Glacken threw four touchdown passes and led Duke to a 35 to 30 victory over Clemson.

  • The Evening star's story: Tide ROuts Vols

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1963, page 19 (results column)

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    Tide ROuts Vols Ninth-ranked Alabama, with Joe Namath passing for three touchdOwns, crushed Tennessee. $50, and Northwestern, tied for No. 10 with Navy. romped against Miami of Ohio, 37–⁠6. In games this week, Mississippi plays Vanderbilt, Okla homa takes on Kansas State, Illinois meets UCLA, Georgia Tech meets Tulane, Alabama encounters Houston and North western battles Michigan State. Princeton suddenly became an Eastern power with a 42-O romp against Colgate in a bat tie Of unbeatens that most everyone expected to be close. The Nassau Tigers, displaying q pile : driving fullback in Cosmo Iacavazzi, are unbeaten and united In four games. Their meeting on November % with Dartmouth, also 40, may decide the Ivy League championship.

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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Miami (OH) leads 7–⁠4 in 11 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Northwestern 13, Miami (OH) 6
2022Miami (OH) 17, Northwestern 14
2009Northwestern 16, Miami (OH) 6
2006Northwestern 21, Miami (OH) 3
2003Miami (OH) 44, Northwestern 14
1999Miami (OH) 28, Northwestern 3

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