Purdue at Northwestern
Saturday, October 18, 1924 Share
Purdue beat Northwestern 7–3. It was their 16th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 8–8.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 57°F
In the newspapers

The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 20, 1924, page 1
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Dame and Purdue Eeuen Uphold osier College Football Prestige ROCKNE CREW DAZZLES STRONG ARMY PLA YERS Furious Game Is Staged Before Huge N, Y Crowd BoIermakerS Trim Northwestern in Thriller, Indiana college football teams did and didn’t Saturday Fine victories and disappointing defeats for others against ouoStae opposition the glad and sad told grdron Notre Danes defeat of the Army New York and Purdues Big Ten victory Northwestern Evanston glad tales Indiana Universys decisive feat Chicago and Buffers tough luck against Centenary in q 2-point loss were the gloom spreaders.
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 61% to win. Purdue won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Purdue–Northwestern gamePurdue leads 53–36–1 in 90 meetings, counting the 74 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 gameat ChicagoNov. 1, 1924
- SeasonPurdue in 1924
- ProgramPurdue history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. Michigan StateOct. 25, 1924
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1924
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

