Indiana at Ohio State
Thursday, November 30, 1905 Share
Indiana beat Ohio State 11–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 4–0–1 as played.
FinalHigh 28°F, low 20°F
In the newspapers

The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, December 1, 1905, page 12
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VICTORY FOR INDIANA. Ohio State University Goes Down in nefeat. Columbus, O., Nov 30.--The football team of the University of Indiana to- day defeated Ohio State University on the State field in an interesting and stubborn game by the score of II to o. The game ended in wrangle and al- most a riot, as a result Of which Dr. C. E. Harris of Bloomington. Ind. head linesman had to be escorted to his hotel under police protection. With but few minutes to play, and the score II to 0 against them, Ohio State sent in two of her reserve stars, Scori at full back and Mcdonald at left half. The Ohio men then began a march across the field that Indiana could not stop. Mcdonald finally got arouna the end with a 20-yard run and was downed on Indiana’s three-yard line. Before another play could be made, Harris called time for the end of the game. Assistant Coach Bingham of ohio State, who had been keeping time on his own account, ran out on the field and claimed there was four minutes n play. A wrangle ensued and many of the spectators rushed onto the field. Harris was hit on the head with Q cane in the hands of some person Two police were then called upon to protect Dr Harris and escorted him to his hotel.
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 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Indiana–Ohio State gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 81–13–5; as played, 82–13–5 in 100 meetings, counting the 95 since this game.
| 2026 | Ohio State 19, Indiana 15 | |
| 2025 | Indiana 13, Ohio State 10 | Big Ten Championship |
| 2024 | Ohio State 38, Indiana 15 | |
| 2023 | Ohio State 23, Indiana 3 | |
| 2022 | Ohio State 56, Indiana 14 | |
| 2021 | Ohio State 54, Indiana 7 |
Around this game
Indiana
- Next gamevs. Indiana AlumniOct. 13, 1906
- SeasonIndiana in 1905
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. MichiganOct. 20, 1906
- SeasonOhio State in 1905
- ProgramOhio State history and records

