Indiana at Purdue

Saturday, November 24, 1917

Indiana beat Purdue 37–⁠0. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 11–⁠7–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayIndiana5–⁠2 in 1917
37
HomePurdue3–⁠4 in 1917
0

FinalHigh 34°F, low 24°F

In the newspapers

  • The South Bend news-times's story: INDIANA HuMBLES PURDUE CLAN $40 Cream and Crimson, With Two Stars Out, 0utpIayS BoilermakerS.

    South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., November 25, 1917, page 1

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    INDIANA HuMBLES PURDUE CLAN $40 Cream and Crimson, With Two Stars Out, 0utpIayS BoilermakerS. Associated Press Service: BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Nov “a Indiana handed Purdue a big sur prise here today closing the conference season with a victory over the Boilermakers 81 to O. After the upstate athletic board had sue cessfully protested Howard and Ewert, the two stars on the Grim son eleven, the Lafayette team was picked to win but Purdue could not stop the determined Indiana attack and never made a first down until near the end of the first quarter. Indiana thrilled the crowd of s. 600 persons time and again with its brilliantly executed forward passes, many of which were for gains of as much as 90 yards. Stiehm’s men also fooled Lafayette with many trick plays. Purdue at no the Indiana goal line and held In diana only in the third quarter. Lineup. Indiana (37) Purdue COZ RiSley .............. Mcdonald Left end. Hathaway (Capt) (CaptO Berns Left tackle. julius ...-......... BoSonltz Left guard. Pierce ............. Cooley Center. Minton ........ Morriss Right guard. Ingles .................. Bartlett Right tackle. CraVenS ............. Hume Quarterback. BOwser OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Markley Left halfback. Huering OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Allen Right halfback. Keever ................ Huffine Fullback. Score by periods: Indiana .......9 10 o lo-5t Purdue .-.O o o. D Referee – Schommer, Chicago. Umpire-Gardner, Cornell. Field judge-Hoffman. Chicago. Head linesman-Davis, Princeton. Scoring. Indiana touchdowns: MintOn, %: Hess. Bowser, Huering. Goals from touchdown: Hathaway, 4.

  • The The Alaska daily empire's story: FOOTBALL

    The Alaska daily empire, November 26, 1917, page 1

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    FOOTBALL Indianapolis-Indiana 37; Purdue, 0. SEATTLE Northwestern 21; Michigan. 12. ST. Minnesota. 27; Illi- nois 63 CAMP LEWlS-Hundred and Six ty-First Infantry 13; Fort Flagler. 6. DETROIT-Univers of Detroit. 20; University of Buffalo, o. Army 13; Boston :. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania. 26; Carlisle o.

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 56% to win. Indiana won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Purdue leads 77–⁠44–⁠6; as played, 75–⁠44–⁠6 in the 125 games on file; the official count covers all 127 meetings, counting the 105 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Indiana 56, Purdue 3
2024Indiana 66, Purdue 0
2023Purdue 35, Indiana 31
2022Purdue 30, Indiana 16
2021Purdue 44, Indiana 7
2019Indiana 44, Purdue 41

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