Indiana at Ohio State

Saturday, November 6, 1915

Ohio State beat Indiana 10–⁠9. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 5–⁠2–⁠1 as played.

AwayIndiana3–⁠3–⁠1 in 1915
9
HomeOhio State5–⁠1–⁠1 in 1915
10

FinalHigh 57°F, low 36°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: OHIO STATE winner Noses Out Indiana in Game Full of Thrills, 10 to 9. HoosIERs HAVE WEIGHT Silent Signals and Frequent Changes Fail to Wear Down Columbus g Team.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 7, 1915, page 60

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    OHIO STATE winner Noses Out Indiana in Game Full of Thrills, 10 to 9. HoosIERs HAVE WEIGHT Silent Signals and Frequent Changes Fail to Wear Down Columbus g Team. COLUMBUS. Ohio. November g. Ohio State defeated Indiana by one point here today in a foot ball game full of thrills. The final score was 10 to 3. 1ndiana’s greater weight, silent signals and frequent change of players could not wear down the Ohioans In the first period Ohio State, chiefly by end runs, rushed the ball to within one foot of Indiana’s goal line, but lacked the punch to put 1t over. After an exchange of punts. Ohio State reach ed the visitors 30-yard line. from which Winters kicked goal from placement. A series of line plunges and Whit aker’s 16-yard run round end in the second period resulted in Indiana’s first score, a touchdown by Erehart. Soon after the start of the second half the Ohioans attempted the forward passing game, but did not have much success until Norton replaced Winters at left half. Another forward pass failed, but the second landed in Norton’s arms and he ran 81 yards for Ohios second score. In the third quarter Erehart missed a dropkick, the ball rolling to Ohio’s goal line, where Sorenson picked it up and was downed behind his goal line for safety. Indiana was on the offensive most of the last quarter and frequently used the forward pass Shortly before the contest ended the visitors “ ere held for downs within Ohios 5-yard line.

  • The The Sunday telegram's story: INDIANA DEFEATED BY BUT ONE POINT BY the Ohio State in a Game Full of Thrills from Start tosFinish.

    The Sunday telegram, Clarksburg, W. Va., November 7, 1915, page 13

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    INDIANA DEFEATED BY BUT ONE POINT BY the Ohio State in a Game Full of Thrills from Start tosFinish. COLUMBUS, Nov. 6-The Ohio State defeated Indiana by one point here today in football game full of thrills. The final, score was 10 to 8. A series Of line plunges and Whitaker’s sixteen yard run around the end in the second period result ed in Indiana’s s first score. a touchdown by Erehart. Norton grabbed forward pass and ran thirty-one yard for ohio’s second score. In the third quarter, Erehart missed a drop kick, the ball rolling to Ohto’s goal line where Sorenson picked 1t up and was downed behind his goal line for a safety. Lineup and summary: Ohio state-1o. Indian.a soien -; Allen :. :. Courtney Lett ;.ss,s: frashsr Left guard d. !” s’‘aha ‘l Center iat.a:..... s,......’.... vo.s Riris guard. :, Aeamoaa Boughton tcaptl ..:.........,.. Murchis Right end. ss,Ass’ $500 i;iaii;ai; Z A’‘nAst seaps.’ AA airat i;slii;i;eiI. scott avot 5000. =. =. ~. .......s Erehaft s0Fsnsen ..Fi;nIiiibasi:.; “ Aclntosh Score by periods: 1 fad,sa sat- s.s9 Referee-Gardner. Z Illinois. Umpire Reid, Michigan. Field indRe-DAyenn0rtL Dartmouth. Head linesman- Knight. Nich. igan. Time Of perioda15 minutes each. Ohio scoring: T0uchdowns Norton. Coal from placement Winters. Coal from toeh- Aeoyinf: Tgufiid Bfehart. Goal IRON tpnehdoHH- Mlil6keE, IS !. s. ~

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: Ohio State Defeats Indiana by a Point

    Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], November 7, 1915, page 39

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    Ohio State Defeats Indiana by a Point COLUMBUS. o.. Nov. G-ohio State defeated Indiana BY one point here today In a foot ball game full Of thrills. The final score was 10 10 .. Iudianas weight. silent signals and frequent change OF players could not wear down the ohioans.

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

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Our ratings (scores only)

Ohio State 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ohio State leads 81–⁠13–⁠5; as played, 82–⁠13–⁠5 in 100 meetings, counting the 92 since this game.

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2023Ohio State 23, Indiana 3
2022Ohio State 56, Indiana 14
2021Ohio State 54, Indiana 7

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