Notre Dame at Purdue
Saturday, November 23, 1918 Share
Notre Dame beat Purdue 26–6. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 4–3–2 as played.
FinalHigh 36°F, low 26°FAttendance 7,000
In the newspapers

South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., November 24, 1918, page 8
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ROCKNE’ s SQUAD Gets MARGIN IN STATE STRUGGLE Gold and Blue Rolls Up BIG Score Against Lafayette Final, rs to s. News 7 ImrH special Service. LAFAYETTE. Ind. Nov 2a.- Notre Dame completely outclassed Purdue here this afternoon and the ngnting boilernakers fell 26 to s in q contest featured By Gipp’s line plunging and end running. and the general open field playing Of the Catholics. Purdue scored in the opening quarter by placing the ball on Notro Danes one-yard line by a series Of clever passes and runs. and then Quarterback Murphy carried the ball across the line for Purdue’s only point. In the second period Gipp passed 10 Kirk for a 24-yard gain and then the end scored. Gipp fail cd TO kick goal Gipp scored on a criss-cross play but failed 20 kick goal Later in the game Gipp scored from the 12-yard line on an Off tackle play and then kicked goal Notre Danes other score was made when Quasi punted 20 Mohn. who raced 73 Yards for a touchdown AMI Isameau kicked goal II was a great uame but Purdue failed to show the stuff exhibited by the old gold and blue wearers in previous games this season. and the line, usually impreEnable. was like a sieve this after noon 1000 Witness Game. The weather was ideal and 1000 people, the largest crowd Of the season. witnessed the contest The lineup: Notrc Dame (25) Purdue (6) Kirk .............-. ....... Quasi Left el Stein NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Birk Left tackle. IT, Anderson ............ Hargrave Left guard. Larson .....- ....... Mitchell Center. Smith ....-.--.-. .-...... Phillips Right guard |trOWley ............- Bartlett Right tackle. / r. Anderson .......... Bendixen Right end. |Lockard ......-.......... Murphy Quarterback |Gipp ..-............. Waters Left halfback. Barr Observation-Disclosures. DAILY Right halfback. Lam beau .............. Markley Fullback Substitutions-Pur Roth for |Daly; Mcintosh for Roth; Whipkus flor Lewis: Rate for Murphy: Lewis for Hargrave; Stanwood for Mitchell: IMeeker for Mcintosh. Notre Dame, Mohn for Lockard, Donovan for Kirk; Mohardt for Berry. Touchdowns – Purdue. Murphy INOtre Dame. Gipp. 2; Kirk. Mohn. E Goal after touchdown, Gipp, 1: Lam beau. /. Referee. Gordon. Harhard; umpire. Lipski, Chicago: head |linesman. Davis. Princeton. Score by periods: Notre Dame. ,...O 10 : 6–26 Purdue -. -.6 o o. g

The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., November 25, 1918, page 1 (results column)
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Football Results INDIANA. Notre Dame, 26; Purdue, 6. DePauw, 26; Wabash, 6. Franklin, II: Hanover, 6. Miami, SO; Butler, O. BIG TEN. Illinois, 90; Chicago, 0. Wisconsin, IA; Ohio State, 8. Iowa, %; Northwestern, Z. WEST. Western Reserve. 10; Oberlin. z. Case, o; Akron, 0; Naval Reserves, IA; Camp Grant, 6. Michigan, 81: Michigan Aggies, 6. st. Louisville University, 80; Rose Poly, 0. Washington University, 4e; Scott Field, a. Chicago Naval Reserves, 20; Mime sofa. 6. Camp Dodge. %; Nebraska, Z. Ohio Wesleyan, 38; Ohio North ern, 0. Kenyon, SO; Otterbein, 0. Cincinnati, 20; Georgetown, Z. Xaviers, 3; Pennsylvania. 0. Oklahoma, IA; Phillips, Z. Camp Pike, Z; Camp Funston 3. Baker University, 6; Kansas, 2. Omaha Army Balloon School, IA; Fort Riley. IA. Kansas Aggies, IL; Ames, 0. Denver g.; University of Colorado, 0. Washington, 6; Oregon Aggies, 0. California, 6; Oregon, 0. EAST. Harvard, IA; Boston College, 6. Brown, %; Dartmouth, 0. Pittsburg, 80; Georgia Tech, 0. Pennsylvania, 10; Swarthmore, Z. Lehigh, IT; Lafayette, O. Princeton Aviators, 90; Harvard Radios, 0. United States Receiving Ship Gran lite State, z; Newport Naval Training Station, g.. Great Lakes, Z; Navy, 6. Holy Cross, 81; Tufts, Z. Maine, 90; New Hampshire Col lego, 0. Columbia, IL; New York University, 0. Camp Merritt, q; Fordham, o. Bucknell, At; Susquehanna, z. Marines, “a; Georgetown, z. SOUTH. University of Tennessee, “a; Mill. gan, 0. Clemson, IS; Furman. Z.
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)
Notre Dame 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–Purdue gameOfficially, Notre Dame leads 60–26–2; as played, 62–26–2 in 90 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.
| 2026 | Notre Dame 49, Purdue 10 | |
| 2025 | Notre Dame 56, Purdue 30 | |
| 2024 | Notre Dame 66, Purdue 7 | |
| 2021 | Notre Dame 27, Purdue 13 | |
| 2014 | Notre Dame 30, Purdue 14 | |
| 2013 | Notre Dame 31, Purdue 24 |
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gameat NebraskaNov. 28, 1918
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1918
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
Purdue
- Next gameat Great Lakes NavyNov. 30, 1918
- SeasonPurdue in 1918
- ProgramPurdue history and records

