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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 2–0 |
- 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
- Cincinnati’s biggest win2022: Cincinnati 45, Indiana 24by 21 points
- Indiana’s biggest win1905: Indiana 47, Cincinnati 6by 41 points
- Upset1946: Cincinnati 15, Indiana 6Cincinnati had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1935: Cincinnati 7, Indiana 0Cincinnati had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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. Cincinnati | 15 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 4.5 for loss | 2022 Defense | |
| Tyler Scott Cincinnati | 10 catches, 185 yards, 3 TD | 2022 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

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

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

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

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

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, 2022 | Cincinnati 45, Indiana 24 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Sep 18, 2021 | 8Cincinnati 38, Indiana 24 | at Indiana | ||
| Sep 23, 2000 | Indiana 42, Cincinnati 6 | at Indiana | ||
| Sep 26, 1998 | Indiana 48, Cincinnati 14 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Sep 3, 1994 | Indiana 28, Cincinnati 3 | at Indiana | ||
| Oct 26, 1963 | Indiana 20, Cincinnati 6 | at Indiana | ||
| Sep 29, 1962 | Indiana 26, Cincinnati 6 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 9, 1957 | Cincinnati 21, Indiana 0 | at Indiana | ||
| Sep 21, 1946 | Cincinnati 15, Indiana 6 | at Indiana | ||
| Oct 23, 1937 | Indiana 27, Cincinnati 0 | at Indiana | ||
| Oct 19, 1935 | Cincinnati 7, Indiana 0 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 4, 1905 | Indiana 47, Cincinnati 6 | at Indiana | ||
| Nov 4, 1899 | Indiana 35, Cincinnati 0 | at Indiana |
Every game is listed as played on the field.