Wabash at Purdue

Saturday, October 1, 1921

Wabash beat Purdue 9–⁠0. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 13–⁠6–⁠1.

AwayWabash1–⁠0 in 1921
9
HomePurdue1–⁠6 in 1921
0

FinalHigh 71°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The Bisbee daily review's story: Wabash 9. Purdue o

    Bisbee daily review, Bisbee, Ariz., October 2, 1921, page 6

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    Wabash 9. Purdue o LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct. Taking advantage of fumbles. Wabash defeated Purdue at football today, 9 to 0. Quarterback Goldsberry, of Wa bash, scored touchdown in the first period after his team gained the ball on Purdue’s 20 yard line, where it rolled when Jones, Purdue center, threw pass over the back filed. A tumble in the fourth period left Wa bash with the ball on Purdue’s Is yard line and Singleton drop-kicked sue cessfully.

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 84% to win. Wabash pulled the upset.

Purdue leads 16–⁠8–⁠2 in 26 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1928Purdue 14, Wabash 0
1926Purdue 21, Wabash 14
1925Wabash 13, Purdue 7
1924Purdue 21, Wabash 7
1923Wabash 7, Purdue 7
1922Wabash 7, Purdue 6

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