Purdue at Northwestern
Saturday, November 13, 1920 Share
Northwestern beat Purdue 14–0. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 7–5.
FinalHigh 31°F, low 17°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Purdue–Northwestern gamePurdue leads 53–36–1 in 90 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.
| 2025 | Northwestern 19, Purdue 0 | |
| 2024 | Northwestern 26, Purdue 20 | |
| 2023 | Northwestern 23, Purdue 15 | |
| 2022 | Purdue 17, Northwestern 9 | |
| 2021 | Purdue 32, Northwestern 14 | |
| 2020 | Northwestern 27, Purdue 20 |
Around this game
Purdue
- Next gamevs. IndianaNov. 20, 1920
- SeasonPurdue in 1920
- ProgramPurdue history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. Notre DameNov. 20, 1920
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1920
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

