Franklin at Indiana
Saturday, October 14, 1911 Share
Indiana beat Franklin 42–0. It was their second meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 45°F, 0.14 in. of rain
Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide (1912) gives Indiana 33–0, as two scans of the guide read it (the scan on the Internet Archive).
In the newspapers

The Calumet news, Calumet, Mich., October 16, 1911, page 7 (results column)
Read the text
SATURDAYS FOOTBALL GAMES. Michigan Defeats Agricultural College by Score, IS TO 3. - ONSiSf ~ 70 D Lansing, Mich. oct. 16.-The Uni ycrsity Of Michigan defeated Michigan Agricultural college Saturday after noon by a score of Is To 3. The Yost athletes made all their scores In the second half. During the first two pc RODS the Wolverines twice carried the ball within five yards Of a touchdown. but each time the farmers held the visiting athletes for downs. Goals from the field also failed. In Che last two periods Michigan went into the game with a vengeance. Thomson and Wells both scored touch downs. Conklin also kicked a goal from the field, as well as two goals after touchdowns. The farmers scored three points when Hill negotiated a goal from the field. Thomson did great punting for the Wolverines. Twice he puntcd seventy yards. Other games played Saturday result cd as follows: Beloit. 50; Monmouth. s. Indiana, 42; Franklin. 0. Brown. 80; Boudoin. 0. Army, Is; Rutgers, 0. Ohio state, 0; Western Reserve. 0. Northwestern. 10; Wesleyan. 0. Chicago, Il; Purdue. 3. Yale, 80: Virginia Poly technic, 0. Detroit university, 0; Olivet. G. Princeton, 81; Colgate. O. Cornell, o; Pennsylvania State col lege, o. Harvard IS: williams. 0. Navy, lG; Washington and Jenerson, 0. Marquette university 81; williams and Vashti. 0. Wisconsin, “a; Ripon. 0. Carlisle, 2S; Georgetown. 2. Lafayette, 80; Gettysburg, 0. Dartmouth, g. Holy Cross, 0. Rochester. .; Syracuse. G. Trinity, -; Amhurst. 0.
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 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Franklin–Indiana gameIndiana leads 5–0 in five meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1921 | Indiana 47, Franklin 0 | |
| 1920 | Indiana 47, Franklin 0 | |
| 1917 | Indiana 50, Franklin 0 | |
| 1911 | Indiana 42, Franklin 0 | |
| 1901 | Indiana 76, Franklin 0 |
Around this game
Franklin
- SeasonFranklin in 1911
- ProgramFranklin history and records
Indiana
- Next gameat NorthwesternOct. 21, 1911
- SeasonIndiana in 1911
- ProgramIndiana history and records
