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Indiana at Purdue

Saturday, November 24, 1934. Indiana took the Old Oaken Bucket from Purdue

Indiana beat Purdue 17–⁠6. It was their 37th meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 19–⁠12–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayIndiana3–⁠3–⁠2 in 1934
17
HomePurdue5–⁠3 in 1934
6

FinalHigh 45°F, low 29°FAttendance 24,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: Indiana Sums Up Season and Finds It's Success RejuNenated HoosierS Lauded for Chaking Up Three Victories, Especially That Big One Over Purdue.

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 28, 1934, page 12

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    Indiana Sums Up Season and Finds It’s Success RejuNenated HoosierS Lauded for Chaking Up Three Victories, Especially That Big One Over Purdue. BLOOMINGTON Ind football of 1884 until last Saturday. of the del7–⁠6 rva-Purdue.

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 85% to win. Indiana pulled the upset.

The series

Every Indiana–Purdue game

Officially, 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 90 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Indiana 56, Purdue 3
2024Indiana 66, Purdue 0
2023Purdue 35, Indiana 31
2022Purdue 30, Indiana 16
2021Purdue 44, Indiana 7
2019Indiana 44, Purdue 41

Around this game

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