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Butler at Northwestern

Saturday, October 5, 1929

Northwestern beat Butler 13–⁠0. It was their second meeting; Northwestern leads the series 2–⁠0.

AwayButler0–⁠2 in 1929
0
HomeNorthwestern6–⁠3 in 1929
13

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: NORTHWESTERN BEATS BUTLER, 1870, IN OPENER

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 6, 1929, page 97

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    NORTHWESTERN BEATS BUTLER, 1870, IN OPENER CHICAGO, October S (Pl.-Northwestern proved too powerful for Butler today, winning the seasons opener, 13 to O, before $4,000. Henry Bruder, Northwestern’s star halfback, scored both touchdowns. He added the extra point with place kick after scoring his second touchdown.

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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Butler–Northwestern game

Northwestern leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings.

Recent meetings
1929Northwestern 13, Butler 0
1928Northwestern 14, Butler 0

Around this game

Butler

Northwestern