Purdue at Chicago

Saturday, October 31, 1925

Chicago beat Purdue 6–⁠0. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 26–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayPurdue3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1925
0
HomeChicago3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1925
6

FinalHigh 43°F, low 28°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: McCARTHY'S 25.YARD RUN GETS CHICAGO VICTORY

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 1, 1925, page 97

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    McCARTHY’S 25.YARD RUN GETS CHICAGO VICTORY CHICAGO, October 81 R.-Chicago scored its customary victory over Purdue today, the count being 6 to 0. Mccarthy made run of 25 yards through the entire Purdue team for the lone touchdown in the second period.

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: Football Finals

    Imperial Valley press, California, October 31, 1925, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Finals At Berkeley: California FroSh -; lgnatius Reserves o. At Stanford: Stamford Frosh Is; Modesto Junior college ID. Bowdoin s; Bates ;. Syracuse :; Penn State 0. Wesleyan 0; Trinity I. Fordham %; New York University 6. Pitt 81; Hopkins 0. Colby 6; Main 20. Ohio State II; Wooster 0. Notre Dame 13; Georgia Teen O.. Franklin and Marshall :; Haverford 6. Harrisburg Tech, %; Cedar Rap ids Q. George town 81; King 0. Springfield 30; Boston University 0. Lafayette 20; st. Bonaventure 6. Conn. Aggies 10; Manhattan 0. West Virginia 81; Washington and Lee 0. Princeton 10; Swathmore Z. Boston College 81, Providence 0. Brown 0; Dartmouth II. Lehigh Z; Meuhlenburg 9. New Hampshire 9; Tufts 6. Chicago6 Purdue 0. Harvard IA; William and Mary Holy Cross %; Bucknell Z. Columbia IA; Cornell II. Yale %; Army I. Illinois “a; Pennsylvania 4, Continued on Page .

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 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Chicago leads 27–⁠14–⁠1 in 42 meetings, counting the 11 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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