Wabash at Purdue

Saturday, November 17, 1917

Purdue beat Wabash 28–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 11–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayWabash0–⁠2 in 1917
0
HomePurdue3–⁠4 in 1917
28

FinalHigh 66°F, low 35°F

In the newspapers

  • The South Bend news-times's story: Purdue Wallops Wabash % to o

    South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., November 18, 1917, page 8

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    Purdue Wallops Wabash % to o Associated Press Service: LAFAYETTE. Ind, Nov. lin one sided game Purdue defeated Wabash ON Stuart field here this afternoon by a score of IS to o. O’DonRell played the regular line up in the first half. but when Purdue had a safe lead large numbers of substitutes were sent in. Huhn, Wabash quarterback. was the par ucular star for the Wabash team, while Allen. HuHne Markley, and Church were Purdue’s stellar play ers. Purdue played only straigh; football, saving plays for the In diana game next week Lineup and summary: Purdue (2Sl Wabash (0D Macdonald .-........-. Madison Left end. Berns ..... ............. Larson Left tackle. Jordan ..,...-.............. Neal Left guard. Olmstead .......-....... Nabor Center. MOrrlSn ..-.-..-.-.-.. .-.-..... t1a5ls Right guard Bartlett ............ HannickeI Right tackle Bosonitz .....-........... Johnson Right end. Hume .....-.. .....-.... Hunn, Quarterback Allen ......--... .....--...,. Cav Left halfback Markiey ...--.-........... kine Right halfback. HUfine ....--...---. Thomps3r Fullhack Score oy periods. Purdue -...--.t p u--‘ Wabash .....H % o. Referee Neitble- Illinois I’m. ,.rc- Graham 1flcL.raa Field K.t,I- Cornell lIeld lines man -i82ge1r Colgate Time o -r.oGs. % rtlr.t-- each. scor.u= PEr6u- touchi,V1-. Huhuc. a. Goals f.om touch .-.-..- -.-..ca ior Alien

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)

Purdue 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Purdue leads 16–⁠8–⁠2 in 26 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
1928Purdue 14, Wabash 0
1926Purdue 21, Wabash 14
1925Wabash 13, Purdue 7
1924Purdue 21, Wabash 7
1923Wabash 7, Purdue 7
1922Wabash 7, Purdue 6

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