Purdue at Northwestern

Saturday, November 13, 1920

Northwestern beat Purdue 14–⁠0. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 7–⁠5.

AwayPurdue2–⁠5 in 1920
0
HomeNorthwestern3–⁠4 in 1920
14

FinalHigh 31°F, low 17°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Northwestern Downs Purdue.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 14, 1920, page 1

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    Northwestern Downs Purdue. EVANSTON. ILL.,, November Ia Capt. G. Penf1eld’s scooping of the bail on a Purdue tumble in the last quarter and running sixty-flve yards for the second touchdown Of the game featured Northwestern’s 14-to-0 vic tory over the Boilermakers this aft ernoon. a Western conference foot ball game Lane. the PUPPIES left halfback, starred.

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)

Northwestern 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Purdue leads 53–⁠36–⁠1 in 90 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Northwestern 19, Purdue 0
2024Northwestern 26, Purdue 20
2023Northwestern 23, Purdue 15
2022Purdue 17, Northwestern 9
2021Purdue 32, Northwestern 14
2020Northwestern 27, Purdue 20

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