Purdue at Chicago

Saturday, October 27, 1923

Chicago beat Purdue 20–⁠6. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 24–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayPurdue2–⁠5–⁠1 in 1923
6
HomeChicago7–⁠1 in 1923
20

FinalHigh 50°F, low 46°F, 0.04 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The 's story: STAGE ELEVEN BEATS PURDUE B~oilermakers Humbled By 20 to 6 When Line Breaks.

    , October 28, 1923

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    STAGE ELEVEN BEATS PURDUE B~oilermakers Humbled By 20 to 6 When Line Breaks. stage FIELD. CHICAGO, Oct. 27.OUnited Press.)EAfter outplay. ing Chicago in the first half here this afternoon. the Purdue Boiler makers down before Coach Stages eleven 20 to g.. 1t was straight football all through the game. Pyott. the Maroon captain. was the only man who showed marked ability to gain ground around the ends. Two Maroon passes went for good gains but neither was sensational. Aside from this. both teams fought hard for gains through the line in two and three yard blocks. Twice during the first quarter, the Purdue line held the Maroons back when the goal was threatened. When the whistle blew for the second period the Lafayette team began a fierce attack which re. suited in pushing the ball over for a touchdown. In the third quarter. Chicago re. peated Purdue’s performance of the second period and Cunningham scored on a pass over the line from Zorn. The Boilermaker’s line wen to pieces in the last quarter. The Hoosiers could not stop Mccarthy. Zorn and Pyott and Coach Stagg kept showing new men into the game while there was no relief from the Purdue bench. Pyott and Zorn counted for the Maroons In the final period. Lineup:

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story: GridirOn Results Saturday COLLEGE GAMES

    Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 29, 1923, page 1 (results column)

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    GridirOn Results Saturday COLLEGE GAMES Bates 10; Bowdoin 6. Colby Z; Maine O. Dartmouth 16; Harvard 0. Yale 81; Harvard 0. Princeton 3; Navy 3. Holy Cross 10: Boston Univ. 0. Tufts 6: Middlebury 3. Marquette Z; Boston College 6. Springfield 0; Syracuse Al. University of Detroit 0; Washing ton & jefferson 6. Vermont %; New Hampshire Z. West Va. Wesleyan IA; Carroll O. Pennsylvania “a; Centre O. Army 10; Lebanon 0. Univ. of Michigan; 81; Michigan AgSies 0. Union IA: Trinity o. Lehigh IA; Muhlenburg 8. Colgate 81; OhOio Wesleyan 0. Penn state 10; West Virginia 10. Gettysburg II; Villa Nova 0. Swarthmore 6; Franklin and Mar shall 6. Iowa 90; Ohio State o. Rensselaer, Poly 27: Stevens 0. Williams 10: Columbia 0. Butler 2; Wabash 0. Hamilton IA; st. Lawrence ~. Minnesota 0; Wisconsin 0. Rutgers 6; Lafayette 6. Hamilton IA; st, Lawrence IL. U. of Tennessee T; Mississippi A. and NJ. 3. Purdue 6: Chicago 20. Mississippi u. 3; st. Louis L. %. Depauw 20; Franklin 8. Illinois %; Northwestern 0. Syracuse Freshmen 10; Cornell Freshmen 0. Georgia Tech Z; Notre Dame 80. Desmoines u. Z; Creighton u. 6. Marietta IS; Kalamazoo 0. Heidelberg 10; Muskingum 81. University of Kansas Q; Kansas Aggies 0. Wittenberg 2S; Kenyon :. South Dakota State Z; University of South Dakota 0. Louisville U. 10; Rose Poly 0. Vanderbilt Il; Tulane 0. Hobart Z; City College Of New York o. Florida 16; Wake Forrest Z. Drake Al; Grinnell, 0. Norwich IS; Conn. Aggies 0. Ames ga; Washington Univ. I. Clarkson Tech Z; University of Buffalo Z. N. Y. University 81; Rhode Island State 0. Univ. of Kentucky ,35; George town ky.) College 0. ANOLlI DdhOld IllNSlSllN, lUt North Dakota Aggies, 8. Nebraska, Z; University of Missouri,, Z. Arkansas 20; Louisiana S. u, 10. University of Alabama, 60; Spring hill, 0. st. Johns College 10; Fordham 0. Carnegie Tech. Z: Pittsburgh 0. Virginia SO; Trinity O. Washington and Lee II; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 0. Furman, %: Richmond, Z. Virginia Military Institute, %; North Carolina State. Z. Marines. 40; George Washington University, 0. Colorado Aggies, &c; Utah Aggies Auburn. “a; Fort Benning. 0. Oglethorpe, 0; Shawnee. 10. Mass. Aggies, 13; Wesleyan, 0. University of Colorado, 81; University of Denver. Z. University of Wyoming, O; Colo RADIO School of Mines, 20. University of Utah, Is; Brigham Young University, 0. University of Texas, Al: South western. 0. School Games CCHN “, bScI lllS nigh, w. Portland High. 81; Bangor High. 0. Westbrook. AZ; South Portland. 6. Catholic High, 0; Lewiston High, 81. Haverhill High. IA; Rogers High, Lawrence High, IA; Newburyport, 2. Old Town High, ~; Brewer High, Portsmouth High Z: Concord High. Kennebunk High, 90; Trap Acad. IL. Abbott School, 81; Winslow High, Oak Grove, 1S: Hallowell High, 0. Camden High. 46: Fairfield High, 6. Portsmouth Alumni, 7: U. S. M. c., Dover High. 0: York High. 0. Wilton Acad. Z; Skowhegan High 6. Thornton Acad. 10; Gardiner High, 6. Biddeford High, 30: Brideton, s.

  • The Evening star's story: FOOT BALL RESULTS

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 28, 1923, page 59 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL RESULTS LOCAL. Sd Army Corps, IA; Georgetown, 2. Maryland, IA; North Carolina, o. SOUTH ATLANTIC. Marines. 40; George Washington, o. Virginia. 33; Trinity, o. Washington and Lee, IL; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, o. F’urman, %; Richmond, z. Virginia Military Institute, %; North Carolina State, z. Johns Hopkins. o; Haverford, o. Elon. 9; Emery and Henry, o. Presbyterian, o; The Citadel. o. Providence College, 2; Catholic University. o. GalIaudet, Z; st. Joseph’s, g. FfncetOn. 3; Navy, 2. Dartmouth f6; Harvard, o., West yfrg MIA, 13; Penn State, Is. Union, II; Trinity, O. Hamilton, II; st. Lawrence, II. Rensselaer, Poly, 81; Stevens, o. Williams, 10; Columbia, o, Gettysburg, II; VillanOva. o. = Swarthmore, g; Franklin and Mar shall, g. Colgate, 81; Ohio Wesleyan, o. Lehigh. II; MuhlenberE, 3. Pennsylvania, “a; Centre, 0. Marquette, :; Boston College, @. Oherlin, IA; Amherst. 2. Clarkson, 2; Buffalo, 2. Yale, Fl; Brown. o. Carnegie Tech, Z, Pittsburgh, 2. New York University, Il; Rhode Island State,sO, , Hobart, :; City College of New York, %. Dickinson. IA; Albright, O. Ursinus, 81; Temple, O. ST. Johns, 13; FOrdham, o. Massachusetts Aggies. Is; Wesie!aH, - Delaware, o; st. Johns (AnnapO- Z Vanderbilt, IL; Tulane, o. Florida. 10; Wake Forest, :. Kentucky Wesleyan, IS; Morris Harvey, O. Tennessee, z; Missfssippf Aggies, & Louisville. I3; Rose Poly, o. Arkansas. 26; Louisiana State, 13. Baylor. I6; Quachita, 3. Alabama, 80; SpringhiIl, O. Centenary, 23; Texas Christian. o. kentucky. 35; Georgetown Col Iege, o. Rollins, 81, Piedmont, O. Union. o; Howard, o. Sewanee, Is, Oglcthorpe, o. Tennessee Medics, 2; Carson-Newman. o. Auburn, “a; Fort Bennfng, O. Mississippi College, 3; Louisiana College, o. Texas. A, Southwestern, o. MIDWEST. Wisconsin, o, Minnesota. O. Iowa, 20; Ohio State. o. Illinois, 20, Northwestern, 0. Chicago, 20; Purdue. 6. Michigan. 81, Michigan Aggfes, o. NOtre Dame, 35; Georgia Tech, 2. Washington and Jefferson, &; DetrOit, o. Butler, 2; Wabash, o. South Dakota State, z; South Dak0ta, o. Ames. “a; Washington University. 2. Wfttenberg, 2S; Kenyon. =. Des MOines, z; Creighton, O. Drake. IL, Grinneil, o. Marietta, SO; Kalamazoo, o. Ohio Northern, Fl; Baldwin Wal lace. Is. Heidelberg. 13, Muskingum. 10. Kansas, o; Kansas Aggies, o. Toledo, ~; Bowling Green, o. Wooster. 20; Cincinnati. Z. st. Louis, 2S; Mississippi. 3 . Hanover, 40; Earlham, 0. Eastern Illinois Normal, 10; Indiana State Normal. o. Defiance Is, Findlay, O.. West. Virginia Wesleyan, IA; Car North Dakota, 10; North Dakota Aggies, 3. Nebraska. z; Missouri, z. Depauw, 20; Franklin, 3. WEST. Colorado Aggies, 26; Utah Aggfes, 2. st. Mary’s, q; Arizona. 20. California. 8; Washington State, O. Idaho. 0; Oregon, O. Warrington. “a; Puget Sound, o. GOnxaga, 25; Montana, Nevada, 2; Santa Clara, 2. Southern California, IA; Stanford, z. Colorado, Fl; Denver, z. Colorado Mines. 20; Wyoming, o. Utah, Is; Brigham Young, o.

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)

Chicago 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Chicago leads 27–⁠14–⁠1 in 42 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
1936Purdue 35, Chicago 7
1935Purdue 19, Chicago 0
1934Purdue 26, Chicago 20
1933Purdue 14, Chicago 0
1932Purdue 37, Chicago 0
1931Purdue 14, Chicago 6

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