Purdue at Northwestern

Saturday, October 18, 1924

Purdue beat Northwestern 7–⁠3. It was their 16th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 8–⁠8.

AwayPurdue5–⁠2 in 1924
7
HomeNorthwestern4–⁠4 in 1924
3

FinalHigh 80°F, low 57°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: 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,

    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.

Purdue leads 53–⁠36–⁠1 in 90 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Northwestern 19, Purdue 0
2024Northwestern 26, Purdue 20
2023Northwestern 23, Purdue 15
2022Purdue 17, Northwestern 9
2021Purdue 32, Northwestern 14
2020Northwestern 27, Purdue 20

Around this game

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