Indiana at Ohio State

Thursday, November 30, 1905

Indiana beat Ohio State 11–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 4–⁠0–⁠1 as played.

AwayIndiana8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1905
11
HomeOhio State8–⁠2–⁠2 in 1905
0

FinalHigh 28°F, low 20°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story: VICTORY FOR INDIANA. Ohio State University Goes Down in nefeat.

    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.

Officially, Ohio State leads 81–⁠13–⁠5; as played, 82–⁠13–⁠5 in 100 meetings, counting the 95 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ohio State 19, Indiana 15
2025Indiana 13, Ohio State 10Big Ten Championship
2024Ohio State 38, Indiana 15
2023Ohio State 23, Indiana 3
2022Ohio State 56, Indiana 14
2021Ohio State 54, Indiana 7

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