Purdue at Indiana
Saturday, November 19, 1927. Purdue kept the Old Oaken Bucket Share
Purdue beat Indiana 21–6. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 14–10–4 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 38°F, low 23°FAttendance 26,000
In the newspapers

The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 21, 1927, page 12
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Texas Welch Shines as Purdue Downs Indiana; Other Hoosier Eleuens Close Schedules nett and Harrell. For Purdue, Will son, Prentice, Hickman and Koran sky. Wabash ended up hectic season with victory over its ancient rivals, the De Paw Tigers, Is to z. After playing a scoreless first quarter and most of the second, long heave of forty yards, Bayer to Thornburg, was good for a Wabash touchdown. Bayer kicked the point giving the Scarlet to 0 edge at the half. In the third period, De Pauw made brilliant drive of sixty yards with Scott, Blake and Bran denburg carrying the ball. Brandon burg skirted end for a touchdown and Anderson booted the extra and tying point. After the Tigers had halted two Wabash drives inside the 5-yard zone in the last period, Continued on Page 49,

Seward daily gateway, Alaska, November 21, 1927, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES Stanford, B; California, 6. Southern California. P: Washington State, 0. Idaho. 12; Oregon State, 7. Yale, 14; Harvard, 0. Illinois. 13; Ohio State, 0. Army, 13; Ursinus, 0. Notre Dame, 32; Drake, 0. Minnesota, 13;i Michigan, 2. Lafayette, 4a; Lehigh, 0. Purdue, 21; Indiana, 6. Northwestern, 12; Iowa, 0. Chicago, 12; Wisconsin, 0. Navy, B; Loyola, 6, Colorado Aggies, 39; Colorado Uni versity, 2. Montana, $; Montana State, Q. Pittsburg,- IS; Hays, ‘.
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)
Purdue 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Purdue–Indiana gameOfficially, Purdue leads 77–44–6; as played, 75–44–6 in the 125 games on file; the official count covers all 127 meetings, counting the 97 since this game.
| 2025 | Indiana 56, Purdue 3 | |
| 2024 | Indiana 66, Purdue 0 | |
| 2023 | Purdue 35, Indiana 31 | |
| 2022 | Purdue 30, Indiana 16 | |
| 2021 | Purdue 44, Indiana 7 | |
| 2019 | Indiana 44, Purdue 41 |
Around this game
Purdue
- Next gamevs. DePauwOct. 6, 1928
- SeasonPurdue in 1927
- ProgramPurdue history and records
Indiana
- Next gamevs. WabashSept. 29, 1928
- SeasonIndiana in 1927
- ProgramIndiana history and records

