Butler at Purdue

Saturday, November 15, 1930

Purdue beat Butler 33–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayButler0–⁠3 in 1930
0
HomePurdue6–⁠2 in 1930
33

FinalHigh 65°F, low 57°F, 0.08 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: PURDUE'S RESERVES BEAT BUTLER, $50 Boilermakers Try Out Is as Backs While Making 20 First Downs to Bulldogs One.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 16, 1930, page 1

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    PURDUE’S RESERVES BEAT BUTLER, $50 Boilermakers Try Out Is as Backs While Making 20 First Downs to Bulldogs One. LAFAYETTE, Ind, November i6.-- Purdue substitutes were used today to defeat Buffers foot ball team, 50 to 0. The game was the first played between the schools since 1902. Thirteen Boilermakers were given turns in the backf1eld and they made % first downs, while the Biteless Bull dogs made but one. Hugenard, substituting at flilIback for Yunevich, scored two touchdowns. Pope, left halfback, crossed the goal once, as also did Yunevich and Ross. Butler held Purdue Scoreless in the first period, but the 1929 Western Conference champions scored one touch down In the second. another in the third and three more in the final pc Rod. Purdue win close its season next Sat urday against Indiana University here.

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: EATSFOR GREATEST CONTEST Of SEASON ! SOLD OUT WEEK AGO lichigan.C Chicago Game Is Only Other in Midwest Shar. ing Spotlight ;ADGERS TO MEET GOPHERS ,hio State and Iowa Add to Big Ten Lead Over Eastern Outfits ;ADcERS TO Meet GOPHERS

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 17, 1930, page 1 (results column)

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    EATSFOR GREATEST CONTEST Of SEASON ! SOLD OUT WEEK AGO lichigan.C Chicago Game Is Only Other in Midwest Shar. ing Spotlight ;ADGERS TO MEET GOPHERS ,hio State and Iowa Add to Big Ten Lead Over Eastern Outfits ;ADcERS TO Meet GOPHERS : Chicago, Nov 17.-P)-Northwestrms claim to Big Ten football honors las been registered and improved. low, all the Wildcats need for their reatest season is a victory over Notre Dame Saturday. Needing it is one thing, but getting | is something else and on paper and “ other equally futile methods OF iguring, the contest promises to be lot only the standout of the midwest IN season, but of the national schedlie as well. There is no sense in try ng to get seats for the battle at Evanston, every one OF the nearly g. 900 tickets having been sold 10 days go. Michigan Meets Chicago Northwestern and Notre Dame have snly one rival attraction this week, Aichigan meeting Chicago at Ann Arbor, in a game which will give the Wolverines, If they. are successful gainst old man Stages ill-assorted and, a half interest with the Wild ats in the Big Ten championship. Wisconsin and Minnesota will stage ne of their traditional fights at Mad son. but the contest will be of no i’m )ortance in the championship rating, md Indiana and Purdue will clash vt Lafayette, with the “old oaken bucket” as the stake. Ohio State will meet Illinois at Champaign, and Iowa viii close it’s season OF penance against Nebraska at Iowa City. Michigan’s chance of finishing It’s Gig Ten season undefeated amounts o a good. fat 100 per cent. No one suspects Chicago will do anything but ,erye as the other team on the field It Ann Arbor. and the Wolverine athletic department appears to be .unning no risk if it puts in an order or some of those little gold footballs which go to members Of champion ship elevens. !. Wisconsin was a better football cam than Northwestern two periods asst Saturday, but the Badgers folded 10 in the last half and were beaten 70 to 7, when the Wildcats ran through the fog for three touchdowns’ lotre Dame had q little trouble get ing started against Drake, but the .egulars took up the Job and the IN 4vitable was quickly accomplished BY % to Z. Wheeler Made Nice Run Michigan played its usual careful ya1ne to defeat Minnesota, Z to 0. The Eophers held the wolverines twice IN The first period, but Jack Wheeler grabbed a punt, ran As yards for q touchdown, and Michigan then spent he rest of the afternoon protecting It’s lead. Illinois accounted for It’s first Big Ten victory, swapping Chi ,ago, 2 to 0, and PurdueS reserves cook care of Butler, 33 to 0. Ohio State and Iowa increased the Big Tens lead over eastern opposlion. the Buckeyes committing an up. st in trouncing Pittsburgh, Is to Z while Iowa hammered out a 19 to I triumph over Penn State. AS usual Yves Fesler was Ohio States whole works, his passing, punting, general ship and defensive play figuring II every play. 1owa’s victory wa: achieved in the last two periods, after 4 listless first half.

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 98% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Purdue leads 8–⁠0 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1940Purdue 28, Butler 0
1938Purdue 21, Butler 6
1937Purdue 33, Butler 7
1930Purdue 33, Butler 0
1902Purdue 87, Butler 0
1894Purdue 30, Butler 0

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