Purdue at Ohio State

Saturday, October 16, 1920

Ohio State beat Purdue 17–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 2–⁠0 as played.

AwayPurdue2–⁠5 in 1920
0
HomeOhio State7–⁠1 in 1920
17

FinalHigh 77°F, low 58°F

In the newspapers

  • The South Bend news-times's story: OHIO STATE WINS FROM PURDUE ITO Buckeyes Open Conference Season by Banking Boiler makers.

    South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., October 17, 1920, page 8

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    OHIO STATE WINS FROM PURDUE ITO Buckeyes Open Conference Season by Banking Boiler makers. COLUMBUS, o., Oct I6.-Ohio State won its 1rsr western confer ence game OF the season here this afternoon, defeating Purdue uni versity II 70 0. The Buckeyes solved the much Wanted “BoiIermalzers % shift in the first period and led by q clever Is yard pass. crossed Purdues goal two minutes before the period ended. Ohio States other touchdown in the fourth quarter, was preceded by an aerial attack that carried the Buckeyes 10 the two yard line where Weaver buck ed over. Purdue at times fought the Buck eyes to a stand5tin but lacked the necessary punch TO climax their efforts. Score by periods: Ohio state .......7 0 ; Id Purdue ..........0 0 0 c. 0 Lineup and summary: Ohio State Position Purdue Myers .......-...... BendiXer Huffman (Capt.) ..... Birk Capt Left tackle. Taylor ...-....... Cooley Left guard. NeTneck .........s StanWoOo center. ..-. 4EQLL - ‘-WdIlh Right guard. Spiers .-............... Claypoo Right tackle. sucker ........-. GARNER Right end. II. Workman ......... Don Field Quarterback. oLlnCuCOInD W dlSOI Left halfback. Henderson .....-.... wagner Right halfback. Q. A. Taylor ... Meekel F’ullback. Touchdowns-Ohi State-Work man. Weaver. Goals from placement Workman. Goals from touchdown -Stinchcomb. Workman. Substi tutes-Weaver for Taylor. Ofhcia scorers-Referee Hackett, Yves Point. Umpire, Leon Gardner, Cor nell. Head linesman. Henry, Ken yon. Time of periods II minutes.

  • The Evening star's story: OHIO STATE is VICTOR OVER PURDUE, II TO 0

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 17, 1920, page 28

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    OHIO STATE is VICTOR OVER PURDUE, II TO 0 COLUMBUS, Ohio. October 16.- Ohio state won it’s first Western Conference game of the season here this afternoon, defeating Purdue University II to O. The Buckeyes solved the much Wanted “Bo.iernlakers shift in the first period and. led by clever 10 yard pass, crossed Purdue’s goal two minutes before the period ended. Ohio States other touchdown, IN the fourth quarter, was preceded by an aerial attack that carried the Huon ewes to the 2-yard line. Workman kicked a placement goal from the 2O-yard line in the third period.

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)

Ohio State 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ohio State leads 43–⁠15–⁠2; as played, 44–⁠15–⁠2 in 61 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Ohio State 34, Purdue 10
2024Ohio State 45, Purdue 0
2023Ohio State 41, Purdue 7
2021Ohio State 59, Purdue 31
2018Purdue 49, Ohio State 20
2013Ohio State 56, Purdue 0

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