Wabash at Indiana

Saturday, October 6, 1917

Indiana beat Wabash 51–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 6–⁠1.

AwayWabash0–⁠2 in 1917
0
HomeIndiana5–⁠2 in 1917
51

FinalHigh 63°F, low 34°F

In the newspapers

  • The South Bend news-times's story: /. Il. WINS EASY ONE Cream and Crimson Defeats Wabash 51-0 in One Sided Game.

    South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., October 7, 1917, page 1

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    /. Il. WINS EASY ONE Cream and Crimson Defeats Wabash 51–⁠0 in One Sided Game. Associated Press Service. BLOOMINGTON Ind. oct g. Wabash proved easy for Indiana university football team today The final score of 81 10 o followed a game i’m when the state eleven clearly outclassed the visitors The Little Giants showed their mettle only once and that was in the arst period when they held the Crimson on the FIVE yard line. In the third quarter. many Indiana substitutes were used Wabash made first down only once during the game. Lineup and summary: Indiana C5O) Wabash (O) Risley ............ “ Thompson Left End Hathaway -....-...... ....... Neal Left Tackle. JULIUS Cash Left Guard Pierce ............--... .. TnOmaS Center. EWert ...-..-..-....- Shaver Right Guard Ingles ........--..... Hannicker Right Tackle. Minton “ Stonebraker Right End. Craven .................... Hufflne Quarterback. Keever ............ kreisher Left Half BoWSer Hackett- Right Half. Howard .......-..-.-.-. Bacon Full Back. Score by periods: Indiana .......... o 20 IA 17–⁠51 Wabash .......,. 0 0 0 o. 0 Referee-McKay, West Minister. Umpire – Pinneo, Northwestern. Head linesman- Berndt, Indiana. Time Of periods, 3 minutes each. Touch downs, Howard 8 Min ton, 2; Bowster; Craven. Goal from touch down-Risley, 8; missed one; Hathaway, 2. Goals from place ment, Risley. Substitutions: Nisner for Hackett; Madsen for Stonebraker; Heuring for Keever; Faust for Craven; Hess for Minton; Hiatt for Howard; King for Hackett; Dalsell for Keever.

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: ELEVEN AGAIN WINS EASILY

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 7, 1917, page 14

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    ELEVEN AGAIN WINS EASILY Bloomington Ind, October 6.-The h. diana university football team found Wabash easy today, and won the game 51 to 0. Only once, in the first period, was Wabash able to make showing, holding the university team to the five yard line. Indiana used many substi- tliteS

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Indiana leads 11–⁠2 in 13 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1943Indiana 52, Wabash 0
1929Indiana 19, Wabash 2
1928Indiana 14, Wabash 0
1924Indiana 21, Wabash 7
1923Wabash 29, Indiana 6
1919Indiana 20, Wabash 7

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