Cincinnati vs. Indiana

Cincinnati and Indiana have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1899; Indiana leads the series 8–⁠5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Indiana 6–⁠4, and Cincinnati has won the last 2.

Cincinnati wins
5
Indiana wins
8
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1899
Longest streak
5 Indiana
Current streak
2 Cincinnati
Last 10 meetings
Indiana 6–⁠4
Most recent
2022

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠1
1900s0–⁠1
1930s1–⁠1
1940s1–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
1960s0–⁠2
1990s0–⁠2
2000s0–⁠1
2020s2–⁠0
Average margin
23.4 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cincinnati
2–⁠2 Cincinnati’s record at home
At Indiana
6–⁠3 Indiana’s record at home
Shutouts
4

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Cincinnati’s biggest win2022: Cincinnati 45, Indiana 24by 21 points
  2. Indiana’s biggest win1905: Indiana 47, Cincinnati 6by 41 points
  3. Upset1946: Cincinnati 15, Indiana 6Cincinnati had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1935: Cincinnati 7, Indiana 0Cincinnati had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cincinnati and Indiana, 1899 on13001500170019001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Ivan Pace Jr. Cincinnati15 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 4.5 for loss2022 Defense
Tyler Scott Cincinnati10 catches, 185 yards, 3 TD2022 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story of the 1935 game: Football Scores

    1935 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 21, 1935

  • The Evening star's story of the 1937 game: Vandy Serves Warning.

    1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 24, 1937

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1946 game: Cincinnati Eleven Upsets Indiana B, Score OF ISL.

    1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Sep 22, 1946

  • The Evening star's story of the 1957 game: Indiunu Bows To Cincinnati

    1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 10, 1957

  • The The Nome nugget's story of the 1963 game: { "The Sports Corner" Mig ghty Hath Fallen in Grid Scramble

    1963 · The Nome nugget, Oct 28, 1963

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 24, 2022Cincinnati 45, Indiana 24at Cincinnati
Sep 18, 20218Cincinnati 38, Indiana 24at Indiana
Sep 23, 2000Indiana 42, Cincinnati 6at Indiana
Sep 26, 1998Indiana 48, Cincinnati 14at Cincinnati
Sep 3, 1994Indiana 28, Cincinnati 3at Indiana
Oct 26, 1963Indiana 20, Cincinnati 6at Indiana
Sep 29, 1962Indiana 26, Cincinnati 6at Cincinnati
Nov 9, 1957Cincinnati 21, Indiana 0at Indiana
Sep 21, 1946Cincinnati 15, Indiana 6at Indiana
Oct 23, 1937Indiana 27, Cincinnati 0at Indiana
Oct 19, 1935Cincinnati 7, Indiana 0at Cincinnati
Nov 4, 1905Indiana 47, Cincinnati 6at Indiana
Nov 4, 1899Indiana 35, Cincinnati 0at Indiana

Every game is listed as played on the field.