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Western Reserve at Ohio State

Saturday, October 11, 1913

Ohio State beat Western Reserve 14–⁠8. It was their first meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayWestern Reserve0–⁠2 in 1913
8
HomeOhio State4–⁠2–⁠1 in 1913
14

FinalHigh 76°F, low 47°F, 0.27 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Bismarck daily tribune's story: FOOTBALL SCORES Princeton 23-5:cEaeii 6.

    Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], October 12, 1913, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Princeton 23–⁠5:cEaeii 6. Princeton 23–⁠5:cEaeii 6. Wisconsin iS-Mar1uette Q. A71? 29-Rutgers .. PENNSYLVANIA 20-STarthmo7e 0 Yale 27-LaFayette Q. Harvard 23-Nilllams 3. pennsylvania State, 16-Gettys’ Burg O. Illinois 24-Missouri Z. ~.g Easel Ohio State 14-Western Reserve 8. Purdue 34-Northwestern 0. Laredo, Texas Dartmouth 33-Vermont Z. . Carlisle 7-COrnell 0. Michigan l4-MOunt Union O..

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)

Western Reserve 59% to win. Ohio State won as Elo’s underdog.

The series

Every Western Reserve–Ohio State game

Ohio State leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1934Ohio State 76, Western Reserve 0
1913Ohio State 14, Western Reserve 8

Around this game

Western Reserve

Ohio State