Wisconsin at Purdue
Saturday, October 15, 1932 Share
Purdue beat Wisconsin 7–6. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 9–5–3.
FinalHigh 75°F, low 52°FAttendance 17,000
In the newspapers

The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 17, 1932, page 8 (results column)
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BY DICK MILLER Hoosier collegiate pigskin pas timers won four out of five games against competitors from other states Saturday, while struggles between state rivals resulted in close decisions. Purdue turned back Wisconsin, 7 to 6; Indiana bumped Iowa, IL to O.; Notre Dame massacred Drake, 81 to 0, and Valparaiso easily turned back Detroit City college, % to 0. Only Butler was unable to defeat an out-state foe, losing a hard fought encounter to James Millikin, 13 to 7. De Paw finally broke into the win column with a 10 to 7 win over Hanover, Wabash beat Evansville 10 to 0, Franklin captured a 10 to IL decision from Earlham and Man chester beat Central Normal 81 to n A webbing kick after touchdown that barely skinned over the up rights gave Purdue’s title bound Boilermakers their 7-to-6 edge over a bitter rival, Wisconsin. 1t was the fourteenth successful boot in fifteen attempts for Paul Pardon ner, the little Purdue field general “a single point that may mean an other undisputed or co-championship in the Big Ten for the Lafaycite eleven. Jim Carter, the elusive sophomore who largely was responsible for the game-winning touchdown against Minnesota the week previous, again provided the spark for the Boiler maker victory, his thirty Vineyard sprint paving the way for Roy Horstman’s two-yard 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)
Purdue 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Purdue gameWisconsin leads 54–29–8 in 91 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.
| 2024 | Wisconsin 52, Purdue 6 | |
| 2023 | Wisconsin 38, Purdue 17 | |
| 2022 | Wisconsin 35, Purdue 24 | |
| 2021 | Wisconsin 30, Purdue 13 | |
| 2019 | Wisconsin 45, Purdue 24 | |
| 2018 | Wisconsin 47, Purdue 44 |
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. CoeOct. 22, 1932
- SeasonWisconsin in 1932
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Purdue
- Next gameat NorthwesternOct. 22, 1932
- SeasonPurdue in 1932
- ProgramPurdue history and records

