Indiana at Northwestern

Saturday, November 13, 1915

Indiana beat Northwestern 14–⁠6. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 4–⁠3.

AwayIndiana3–⁠3–⁠1 in 1915
14
HomeNorthwestern2–⁠5 in 1915
6

FinalHigh 52°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: INDIANA IN THE VAN. Downs Northwestern in Hard Con. test. IA to 6.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 14, 1915, page 62

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    INDIANA IN THE VAN. Downs Northwestern in Hard Con. test. IA to 6. , EVANSTON, ILL.,, November 13.-Two long runs made possible two Indiana touchdowns today. and the Hoosiers downed NoTthwestern. IA to 6. In the second period, after Northwestern had pfoughed its way to touchdown and failed to add the one point because of a poor kick-out, Scott Of Indiana In tercepted a Purple forward pass, dash ed As yards, stopping just outside the line. Whitaker plunged OFF tackle for a touchdown and kicked goal. In the final period Whitaker tore OFF 40-yard run, and a 2S-yard forward pass, Whitaker to Erehaft, brought the Ball to the line. Whitaker again went over and kicked goal.

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)

Northwestern 51% to win. Indiana won as Elo’s underdog.

Northwestern leads 47–⁠37–⁠1 in 85 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.

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2026Indiana 29, Northwestern 23
2024Indiana 41, Northwestern 24
2019Indiana 34, Northwestern 3
2016Northwestern 24, Indiana 14
2012Northwestern 44, Indiana 29
2011Northwestern 59, Indiana 38

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