Purdue at Minnesota

Saturday, October 27, 1894

Minnesota beat Purdue 24–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayPurdue9–⁠1 in 1894
0
HomeMinnesota3–⁠1 in 1894
24

FinalHigh 62°F, low 38°FAttendance 2,500

In the newspapers

  • The St. Paul daily globe's story

    St. Paul daily globe, Saint Paul, Minn., October 28, 1894, page 6

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    man and downs him. Adams secures the ball, and Minnesota gains five yards. Award takes the ball for Purdue and gains ten yards, and Jamison goes through Jack Dial for ten yards. The battle is fought hard by both teams, but Minnesota muscle is tougher, aud tn e ball is pushed steadily toward the Indlana goal, when Cutler is pushed across the line for the fourth touchdown. Cut. Ter kicks the goal. The crowd shout ont: “24–⁠0.” Harding calls. rs. s, 9, TO-” and Cut Ter goes through for ten years. The ball is lost on downs, and Purdue gains eleven yards. The time is nearly I’D. and the champions of Indiana are get ting more and more discouraged. It is no use to try any more, and they simply struggle to keep the ball from advancing with as little gain as possible. Time Is called with the ball on Purdue’s forty-yard line. The work OF the local team was SUI perb. Southworth, Cutler, Harding and Van Camper did the work for .he’varsity team, while Smith, Fulkerson and Ger Der did the hohOrs for Purdue,

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)

Minnesota 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Minnesota leads 42–⁠36–⁠3 in 81 meetings, counting the 80 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Purdue 41, Minnesota 13
2025Minnesota 27, Purdue 20
2023Purdue 49, Minnesota 30
2022Purdue 20, Minnesota 10
2021Minnesota 20, Purdue 13
2020Minnesota 34, Purdue 31

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