DePauw at Purdue

Saturday, October 26, 1918

DePauw beat Purdue 9–⁠7. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 16–⁠1.

AwayDePauw1–⁠1 in 1918
9
HomePurdue3–⁠3 in 1918
7

FinalHigh 63°F, low 53°F

In the newspapers

  • The South Bend news-times's story: DEPAUW DEFEATS PURDUE TEAM g TO 7

    South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., October 27, 1918, page 6

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    DEPAUW DEFEATS PURDUE TEAM g TO 7 Associated Press Service: LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct. 26.-In the last 10 minutes of the grst game of the season for the Camp Purdue team here this afternoon DePauw sprung a surprise and won by a score of 9 to 7. Forward passes be wildered the Boilermakers. Burton put Broh over the Purdue goal from the 15-yard line and a forward pass by O’Neill TO B. Guild gave the Meth odists six more points. Both scored for Purdue on a forward pass. Bar lett kicked goal. The game started at p. m.

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 85% to win. DePauw pulled the upset.

Purdue leads 23–⁠1 in 24 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1929Purdue 26, DePauw 7
1928Purdue 31, DePauw 0
1927Purdue 15, DePauw 0
1925Purdue 39, DePauw 0
1924Purdue 36, DePauw 0
1920Purdue 10, DePauw 0

Around this game

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