Purdue at Iowa

Saturday, October 28, 1922

Iowa beat Purdue 56–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 5–⁠1.

AwayPurdue1–⁠5–⁠1 in 1922
0
HomeIowa7–⁠0 in 1922
56

FinalHigh 81°F, low 47°F

In the newspapers

  • The South Bend news-times's story: BOILER MAKERS ARE SWAMPED BY IOWA Locke Leads Attack on Purdue Which Results in 30 to 0 Win for Hawkeyes.

    South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., October 29, 1922, page 8

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    BOILER MAKERS ARE SWAMPED BY IOWA Locke Leads Attack on Purdue Which Results in 30 to 0 Win for Hawkeyes. IOWA CITY, Ia, Oct 2S.-(By A. P.)-Tearing great holes in Purdue S line with their smashing interior ence and hard hitting backs. Iowa’s Big Ten champions scored almost at Will on the BoiIermakers, swamp ing them under a 90 to 0 score In Iowa’s second conference same Of the season played on Iowa field here today. Capt. Gordon Locke. playing Par kins quarterback position, starred forthe Hawkeyes IN the first two periods, crumblinE the Purdue line for gain aftec gain. Locke was given a rest late in the second period and remained out for the rest of the game. P3rkins. who took the pilots position in the third quarter. and part Of the fourth, played UP to the form he showed at Yale and reeled off run after run for gains OF five to 80 yards Coach Jones early n the second half began sending IN his second string men, who kept up the scoring. Iowa $3.50 Position Purdue COZ Kades<y ................... Dye Left End Thompson ....-..... W. C1aypool Left Tackle Minnick ....-........ Fleischmann Left Guard HEIDI ............. X. ClaypoOl Center Meade ................ J. g. Murphy Right Guard kriz ............ ......-.... Swank Right Tackle Otte ........... ....-..-.... Morgan Right End Locke co ........-..... Bahr Quarterback SnulleWOrLn ................... Tickle Left Halfback Nugent ..........-... Murphy co Right Halfback Miller ..... Wellman Fullback Score by periods Iowa ...........-. p 10 1916 Purdue ......... O. o. Q Touchdowns-MiIIer. Locke az: Sell ing (Sub for LoCke): Kadesky; Rich (Sub for Yerkes): Barrett CSub for Otte); Parkin CSub for SelinE). Coal after touchdown – Shu-tleworth O. Goal from feld-Shuttleworth. Re feree-Masker. Northwestern. I’m pire – Knieht Dartmouth Field iudve-McCord Illinois Head lines man-Hedges. Dartmouth Time OF quarters Is minutes.

  • The The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram's story: VICTORY OF BUTLER AND NOTRE DAME GRIDIRON FEATURES

    The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., October 30, 1922, page 1

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    VICTORY OF BUTLER AND NOTRE DAME GRIDIRON FEATURES INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. So Buffers victory over Wabash and Notre Danefs sensational defeat OF the strong Georgia Tech eleven, stand out today as feature events OF last Saturdays football program among Indiana colleges Butler defeated Wabash by a score Of 9 to 7, while Notre Dame won from Georgia Tech Is to 8. The educated toe of Griggs Buffers rtght-half. was the big contributing fac tor of the teams victory He booted three field goals for the Butler goal, the first from the fifty-yard mark, the secnd from the firty-five yard line and The third from the firty-third yard mark. Wabash’s score came from a hard earned touchdown and a try for a point after touchdown. The Wabash team was within striking distance OF the Butler goal several times, but was put back. when they drew penal ties. During the contest, Wabash was penalized for total of 80 yards. Notre Dame Strategy A bit of strategy on the part of Knute Rockne combined with brill ant aerial attack led to Georgia Techs downfall. before the Notre Dame squad. Rockne started second string backfield which smashed into the Georgia team for the first quarter During the second quarter the second string backs were replaced by the fresh regulars who tore through the third Georgia defense for big gains Indiana university’s IA to defeat of the Michigan AggSes was marked by alEround Improvement in the NAV of the team. Many substitutes weie used by Coach Heron and Indiana was never in danger. The ball was kept in Aggie territory most of the time. Purdue was defeated by the over WIDENING score Of 56 to 0 at the hands of Iowa The Purdue line crumbIed before the crushing attack of the Iowans after the first few minutes of play and the later beam scored almost at will. Iowa used second string men during most of tho contest

  • The Albuquerque morning journal's story: HAWKEYE STEAM ROLLER CRUsHES PURDUE L., 56-0 Iowa Football Team Shows 10000 Fans That 1t Is Still in the Running for the Championship.

    Albuquerque morning journal, Albuquerque, N.M., October 29, 1922, page 1

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    HAWKEYE STEAM ROLLER CRUsHES PURDUE L., 56–⁠0 Iowa Football Team Shows 10000 Fans That 1t Is Still in the Running for the Championship. Iowa City, Iowa, Oct. 2S (by the Associated Pressl -The University of “a displaying q fieroe, attacis, shoSFed 12,000 football fans here this afternoon that 1t ts still very much in the running for the west ern championsh p when it steam rolled over Purdue University, Sc to 0. The Iowa offensive. swinging into action in the opening auarter when Miller scored the first touch down reached its greatest push IN the second Ieriod when II points were scored on three touchdowns. only at the beginning of the third quarter did PurdLe show any ability to gain, Three forward passes in that quarter had given the Boilermakers as n any first downs when Kadeslly dashed i’ll and intercepted their fourth aerial attempt and raced so yards for q touchdown. After that iowa continued to score at will. Due to the intense heat both sides substituted freely Leland Parkin, tho Iowah who scored against Yale, vas scnt into the game at the beginning of the second half for the benefit of his parents from Waterloo who had come to the game to SEQ rim play. After he had made touch r. down following several brilliant runs, he was taken out. Locke played a great game while he was at quarterback,

  • The Bisbee daily review's story: Iowa Defeats Purdue by Score of 56 to 0

    Bisbee daily review, October 29, 1922, page 4

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    Iowa Defeats Purdue by Score of 56 to 0 IOWA CITY, Iowa. Oct 2S.-CBy the Associated ress)-The University of Iowa, displaying fierce attack, show ed 12,000 football fans here this after noon that it is still very much in the running for the western championship when it steam rolled over Purdus University, 56 to 0. The Iowa offensive, swinging into action in the opening quarter when Miller scored the first touchdown reached it’s greatest push in the sec ond period when IS points were scored on thre tOuchdowns. Only at the be- ginning of the third did Purdue show any ability to gain. Three forward passes in that quarter had given the Boilermakers as many first downs as Kadesky dashed in interrupted their fourth aerial attempt and raced 30 yards for a touchdown.

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)

Iowa 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Purdue leads 50–⁠41–⁠3 in 94 meetings, counting the 88 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Iowa 20, Purdue 14
2022Iowa 24, Purdue 3
2021Purdue 24, Iowa 7
2020Purdue 24, Iowa 20
2019Iowa 26, Purdue 20
2018Purdue 38, Iowa 36

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