Lake Forest at Indiana

Saturday, October 16, 1909

Indiana beat Lake Forest 27–⁠5. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayLake Forest0–⁠1 in 1909
5
HomeIndiana4–⁠3 in 1909
27

FinalHigh 59°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Indiana smothers Lake Forest.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 17, 1909, page 1

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    Indiana smothers Lake Forest. BLOOMINGTON, Ind, october 16.-The Indiana University foot ball eleven had little difficulty in defeating Lake Forest today, q to 5. although Indiana played ragged ball in the first half, and In the second half had a team composed ~. most entirely Of substitutes.

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story: Heesiers score at WIn.

    The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, October 17, 1909, page 13

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    Heesiers score at WIn. Bloomington. Ind. Oct. 1s.--Indiana University football eleven had little iificulty in defeating Lake Forest to- day by score of 27 to 5. Indiana played ragged ball in the first half and in the second half the team was com. posed almost entirely of substitutes.

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 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Indiana leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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