Indiana at Northwestern
Saturday, October 21, 1911 Share
Northwestern beat Indiana 5–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 52°F, low 44°F, 0.71 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, October 22, 1911, page 12
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TWO MINOR INJURIES IN INDIANA GAME Northwestern Team Won Close Game, 5 to o, outwelshins the Hoosiers. [Gate City Leased Wire Service. EVANSTON, H.. Oct. 21-Northwestern won hard fought battle this afternoon over Indiana, to 0. The Hoosiers were outweighed, but played good football. Half Back Scanlon. of the purple eleven, was carried from the field with the ligaments in his leg twisted. Right Half Back BurShart, of Northwestern, was also in. jured slightly.

The Washburn leader, Washburn, McLean County, N.D., October 27, 1911, page 1 (results column)
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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Jubilation over their victory for equal suffrage in California and Wash ington marked the opening sessions Of the forty.third annual convention Of the National Woman’s Suffrage asso. citation at Louisville, Ky. Bitterness over defeats Of other years appeared to be wiped out by the recent sue. cesses. Twenty corpses from the petty Off. GERS quarters and berth deck of the battleship Maine were removed from the wreck to Cabanas fortress at Ha. vana. About forty five bodies have now been recovered since the work OF raising the sunken craft began. Saturdays football games: Mime. sofa %, Nebraska 3; Chicago “a, I’LL nofs 0; Wisconsin 26, Colorado 0; Michigan 10. Ohio 0; Northwestern 5 Indiana 0; Army g., Yale 0; Harvard IL. Amherst o.; Dartmouth %, Will, Jams 5; Navy 0. Princeton 0. Mrs. Ida Won Claussen, who first came into prominence through a con. troversy with the United States min lister to Sweden and later with Presi. dent Roosevelt, has been committed to the Bloomingdale IN. W insane asylum, ,. ~

Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], October 23, 1911, page 2 (results column)
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. $e%@$$$e@$%@@%%% = SATURDAYS FOOTBALL : :: :: = :. : = I: : =: = :: : = : :: = WEST Minnesota, 81; Nebraska, g. Chicago, “a; Illinois, 0. Northwestern, 5; Indiana, 0. Michigan, 10; Ohio State, 0. Wisconsin, 26; Colorado College, 0. Marquette II; Wabash, 9. Drake, IS, Coe, 6. Case, 26; Kenyon, S. Cornell College, 8; Iowa, O. Oberlin, 8; Denison, @. Ames 6; Missouri, 3. Ohio Wesleyan, z; Western Reserve, o. St. Louis, 0; Depauw, 0. Denver, 5; Baker University, 0. Washington University, 70; West minster,0. Hamline, II; North Dakota, 0. North Dakota A. c., SO; Aberdeen Normal, 0. Kansas g.; Aggles, 0. Culver, II; Franklin, 0. Carleton, %; Deaf Mutes, s. Enderlin High, 3; Valley City High Notre Dame q; Butler 0. EAST. Army, 6; Yale, 0. Navy, 0; Princeton, 0. Brown 6; Pennsylvania, 0. Dartmouth, %; Williams, 5. Lafayette, 10; Syracuse, 0. Cornell, 6; Washington and Jefferson, 0. Lehigh, 5; Ursenus, 0. Pennsylvania state 18: Villa Nova 0. Harvard II: Amherst, @. Carlisle Indians, II; University of Pittsburg, @.
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 52% to win. Northwestern won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Indiana–Northwestern gameNorthwestern leads 47–37–1 in 85 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.
Around this game
Indiana
- Next gamevs. Washington St. LouisOct. 28, 1911
- SeasonIndiana in 1911
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. WisconsinOct. 28, 1911
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1911
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

