Indiana at Ohio State

Saturday, November 11, 1916

Ohio State beat Indiana 46–⁠7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 5–⁠3–⁠1 as played.

AwayIndiana2–⁠4–⁠1 in 1916
7
HomeOhio State7–⁠0 in 1916
46

FinalHigh 54°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The Bismarck daily tribune's story: Ohio State Downs Indiana.

    Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], November 12, 1916, page 6

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    Ohio State Downs Indiana. ~‘‘O ShoSS Twins “iN’SNSt0s Columbus, o., Nov. 1l.--Ohio State University defeated Indiana UNIVERSE ty on the Ohio field today, 4G TO Z, thus keeping clean record in the contest for the Western Conference championship. The Indiana defense was quickly solved by the Buckeyes and the Hoosiers’ only offensive was the forward pass. which won them their only touchdown. Ohio plays Northwestern here November %, to decide the West ern honors. 49, Shiverick’s Toe Wins For Cornell. Ithaca, n. Y, Nov. 1.-THE right foot Of Fritz Shiverick, Cornell quarterback, worked disaster for Michigan today, and was prominent factor in CornelIs defeat of the Wolverines, by a score Of % to 20. Not until the final period did the Red and White forge ahead of the westerners and il was Shiverick. a Chicago boy, who did it. Shiverick placed Cornell in the lead in the first period, by dropping two held goals from the is and 45-yard lines. respectively. In the second pc

  • The The sun's story: INDIANA IS SHOWED UNDER BY BUCKEYES Ohio State Eleven Wins by Overwhelming Score Of 46 to z.

    The sun, New York, November 12, 1916, page 1

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    INDIANA IS SHOWED UNDER BY BUCKEYES Ohio State Eleven Wins by Overwhelming Score Of 46 to z. CoLuMsrs, Ohio. Nov. 11.-Swamping Indiana University. 46 to 7,’here to-day the strong Ohio State foot ball team made the Western Conference football championship hinge on the game In which ohio nd Northwestern will clash ~ November IS. The game to-day was Ohio’ right from tho opening whistle. The Buckeyes started PATTERNS on the line and they tore the Indiana defence TO ribbons Alternating end run and passes with straight old fashioned line bucks Ohio dr’y” Indiana repeatedly down the field The same crew into an Ohio procession Fudiur il could do nothing with tho ohio line on the attack. indiana Eel back on the forward pass and It’s aeria’ attack won Indians. its only touchdown Thc lineup

  • The Bisbee daily review's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    Bisbee daily review, November 12, 1916, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS Bisbee High, 0; Tucson High, O. Hamilton. 19; University, Buffalo, O. South Dakota State, 24; North Da- kSta, 4. Stevens, 19; Connecticut Aggies, 3. Johns Hopkins, 21; Western Mary land, O., Hartford, l3; Dickinson, z. Missouri, $; Kansas Aggies, ‘. Kansas, 22; Washburn, 0. Northwestern, 20; Iowa, 13. Mount Union, ‘; Western Reserve, o. New York University, O; Colbq, g.. Columbia, q; Swathmore, Is. Rennsalaer. 6; Worcester Tehc., 6. Williams, o; Massachusetts Aggies O. Susquehanna. O; Syracuse, 42. Lafayette, 32; Albright, o. Holy Cross, 19; Bowdoin, 10. Gettysburg, 27; Villa Nova, 3. West Virginia, Wesleyan, O; George town, 47. Case, Al; Oberlin, 0. George Washington, 21; Eastern, 0 Union, g; Amherst, 6. Penn State, 10; Lehigh, :. Ohio State, 46; Indiana, 7 Navy, 50: North Carolina, Aggies. O.. Army, F; Maine, B. Michigan, 20; Cornell, 23. Notre Dame, 21; South Dakota, o. University of Pittsburg, 47; Wash ington and Jefferson, Q. Pennsylvania, z; Dartmouth, ‘. Yale, 6; Brown, 21. Harvard, 3; Princeton, o. Morningside, O; Ames, z. Maryland State, 13; Catholic Uni versity, g. Marquette, 66; St. Louis Univer- sity, 0. Pennsylvania, 13; Mississippi Uni versity, 3. University of University of Kentucky gave cancelled. Tenn, 10; Vanderbilt, 6. Georgia Tech, 13; Alabama, 0. Florida, O; Auburn, 20. Colorado College 5s; University of Colorado, c. Colorado Aggies, 0; Colorado School of Mines, 0. Ohio, 33; University of Cincin- nati,10. nr Wabash. 26; Depauw, 13. Haskell Institute, [; Emporia State Normal, 14. Baylor. 0; Texas A. and M., 3.

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)

Ohio State 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ohio State leads 81–⁠13–⁠5; as played, 82–⁠13–⁠5 in 100 meetings, counting the 91 since this game.

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2022Ohio State 56, Indiana 14
2021Ohio State 54, Indiana 7

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