Purdue at Northwestern

Saturday, October 5, 1935

Purdue beat Northwestern 7–⁠0. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, the series stood even at 11–⁠11–⁠1.

AwayPurdue4–⁠4 in 1935
7
HomeNorthwestern4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1935
0

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: College Football

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 7, 1935, page 13

    Read the text

    College Football Games Of Saturday, STATE COLLEGES Purdue, 7: Northwestern, 0. Indiana, IA: Centre. 0. Notre Dame, IA; Carnegie Tech, 3. De PAW s: Franklin 0. Wabash, 81. Earlham, 0. Indiana State IA: Hanover. 7. Valparaiso. 7. St. Viator. 7 (tie).

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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Purdue leads 53–⁠36–⁠1 in 90 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Northwestern 19, Purdue 0
2024Northwestern 26, Purdue 20
2023Northwestern 23, Purdue 15
2022Purdue 17, Northwestern 9
2021Purdue 32, Northwestern 14
2020Northwestern 27, Purdue 20

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