Purdue at Chicago

Saturday, October 17, 1936

Purdue beat Chicago 35–⁠7. It was their 42nd meeting; Chicago leads the series 27–⁠14–⁠1.

AwayPurdue5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1936
35
HomeChicago2–⁠5–⁠1 in 1936
7

FinalAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Purdue Tests Minnesota.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 19, 1936, page 12 (results column)

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    Purdue Tests Minnesota. Purdue Tests Minnesota. THE intersectional slate includes Columbia Michigan, Centre-West Virginia. Syracuse Maryland and Man. hattan-Detroit pairings ADMINISTRATIONS now in 20 con. secutive games as a result of the 26-G rout of Michigan, Minnesota’s Gopher, will be given a thorough testing BY Purdue’s high-scoring Boilermakers who trounced Chicago, 35–⁠7. Northwestern’s Wildcats. who noseo out Ohio State. 14–⁠13, in a sensational fray, face Illinois, which played Iowa to scoreless draw. Indiana unbeaten in the conference, but trip. ped, 1873, by Nebraska’s late rally. meets Ohio State. Marquette and Michigan State clash in q game OF undefeated and united teams at Mil waukee. In the Big Six, Nebraska and Okla homa. the leaders, collide at Norman in the game that may decide the title. Kansas, whipped, 14-o, by Oklahoma last week, plays Kansas State, while Missouri faces Iowa State In still another conference engage. ment. Southwest-Texas A. and M, which scored its second successive confer ence triumph at Texas Christians ex. pense, 1877, tackles Baylor’s Bears. who rallied for three touchdowns In the fourth quarter to nip Texas. 2l-Is. Texas plays Rice, which spilled oeor. gia, 1876. Christian entertains Mis-. sissippi State. Share Conference Lead. SOUTH-Despite the 1875 reverse at Dukes hands, Georgia Tech shares the Southeastern Conference lead with Louisiana State, each with two victories and no defeats. Ala bama, Tulane and Auburn trail with a victory and tie apiece. Tech plays Vanderbilt, beaten. 1910. by Southern Methodist, and Auburn, SO winner over Detroit, meets Georgia, but the other leaders will be engaged outside the conference. Louisiana plays Ar kansas, Tulane tackles North Carolima, and Alabama, held to a scoreless tie by Tennessee, faces Loyola OF New Orleans. Kentucky and Florida are matched in the only other conference test. Duke, with three victories, and North Carolina with two, are the lead ers in the Southern Conference. Dukes foe this week will be Tennessee. Five conference games will send North Carolina State against Virginia Tech, Richmond against Virginia Military, (see BARKER. Page A-l4)

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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Chicago leads 27–⁠14–⁠1 in 42 meetings.

Recent meetings
1936Purdue 35, Chicago 7
1935Purdue 19, Chicago 0
1934Purdue 26, Chicago 20
1933Purdue 14, Chicago 0
1932Purdue 37, Chicago 0
1931Purdue 14, Chicago 6

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