FOX Sports Indiana and FOX Sports Midwest will again televise the Monon Bell Classic between DePauw University and Wabash College when the football teams meet for the 126th time on November 16.
 
2019 marks the third consecutive year viewers around the nation will be able to see the action on FSI, and this year the game will also be televised nationally on FOX College Sports Atlantic, and streamed on FOX Sports GO.
 
The latest installment in the classic football series will be played at DePauw's Blackstock Field with kickoff slated for 1:07 p.m. (EST). Tickets for the game are now available.
 
"The partnership between Wabash College, DePauw University, and Fox Sports Indiana says so much about the tradition of the Monon Bell Classic," said Wabash head football coach Don Morel. "What a gift to end your regular season with the timeless tradition of the rivalry game between these two teams broadcast to fans around the country."
 
The game was first televised in 1977 by ABC on a regional basis; national telecasts began in 1984; and the game has been seen on ESPN2 and AXS-TV, among other outlets.
 
"Fall is always an exciting time on a college campus, and DePauw and Wabash are very pleased to extend our partnership with FOX Sports Indiana," Ken Owen, Special Assistant to the President of DePauw, said. "Not only do we reach alumni, parents, and friends of the two schools with coverage that has resulted in an Emmy nomination, but we make many others in living rooms and sports bars across America aware of how special the Monon Bell rivalry is."
 
DePauw and Wabash first met on the gridiron in 1890. In 1932, a locomotive bell from the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad Company, also known as the Monon Line, was donated and became the winner's trophy each year. In the all-time series, Wabash holds a 62-54-9 lead. Since the Monon Bell entered the rivalry in 1932, Wabash leads, 43-38-6.
 
"Blackstock Stadium will be sold out on game day, but our alumni, parents, and friends will be watching from coast to coast thanks to Fox Sports Indiana," said Wabash's Jim Amidon, who has assisted Owen with telecast details. "It's really an extraordinary opportunity for our players to compete on a stage this big. The national broadcast amps up the excitement for everyone and adds luster to the history of this terrific rivalry."
 
The Monon Bell was voted Indiana's best college sports rivalry by fans of ESPN, and is noted in the DVD collection, ESPNU Honor Roll: The Best of College Football, as one of the nation's best annual clashes. The DePauw-Wabash rivalry was also featured on CBS' Sunday Morning and has twice been spotlighted in Sports Illustrated. The annual DePauw-Wabash clash is also detailed in Rites of Autumn: The Story of College Football, a book by Richard Whittingham. Indianapolis Monthly listed experiencing the game among "50 Things Every Hoosier Must Do."
 
In 2013 and 2015, ESPN's College GameDay included the Monon Bell in a look at great college football rivalries.
 
Regional sports networks FOX Sports Indiana and FOX Sports Midwest are the television home of the Indiana Pacers, Indiana Fever, St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues, Kansas City Royals, IHSAA, Missouri Valley Conference and much more, producing more than 2,000 hours of live local programming each year. Nationally, FOX Sports' 22 owned-and-operated regional networks serve as the regional TV home to 44 MLB, NHL and NBA teams.
 
Twenty-three Monon Bell Games have been preserved on commercially produced DVDs and are available in the Wabash College Bookstore. Every game since 2000 is available, as well as special edition DVDs from the 1977, 1984, 1993, 1994 contests.
  
All 125 games to date are commemorated in video vignettes known as "Monon Memories." Created by Owen, the clips can be found on YouTube.