Indiana vs. Ohio

Indiana and Ohio have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1929; Indiana leads the series 4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Indiana 4–⁠1, and Indiana has won the last 4.

Indiana wins
4
Ohio wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1929
Longest streak
4 Indiana
Current streak
4 Indiana
Last 10 meetings
Indiana 4–⁠1
Most recent
1955

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠1
1930s3–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
Average margin
10.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Indiana
4–⁠1 Indiana’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Indiana’s biggest win1934: Indiana 27, Ohio 0by 27 points
  2. Ohio’s biggest win1929: Ohio 18, Indiana 0by 18 points
  3. Upset1929: Ohio 18, Indiana 0Ohio had a 6% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Indiana and Ohio, 1929 on130015001700190019401960198020002020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1931 game: OHIO'S STREAK BROKEN Defeated by Indiana Eleven, TO After Winning 10 Straight.

    1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 27, 1931

  • The The Indianapolis times's story of the 1932 game: Six Contests on HOOsier College Grid Card Today

    1932 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 1, 1932

  • The The Indianapolis times's story of the 1934 game

    1934 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 4, 1934

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

Oct 29, 1955Indiana 21, Ohio 14at Indiana
Sep 29, 1934Indiana 27, Ohio 0at Indiana
Oct 1, 1932Indiana 7, Ohio 6at Indiana
Sep 26, 1931Indiana 7, Ohio 6at Indiana
Sep 28, 1929Ohio 18, Indiana 0at Indiana

Every game is listed as played on the field.