Purdue at Minnesota

Saturday, October 24, 1936

No. 1 Minnesota beat No. 5 Purdue 33–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 5–⁠3–⁠1.

Away5Purdue5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1936
0
Home1Minnesota7–⁠1 in 1936
33

FinalHigh 61°F, low 25°FAttendance 47,780

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Old Miss CLIPS Cardinals Wings A. u Loses to Coast Guard l47 Minnesota Mqnpo,oer Surges Ouer Purdue for $50 Victory

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 25, 1936, page 25

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    Old Miss CLIPS Cardinals Wings A. u Loses to Coast Guard l47 Minnesota Mqnpo,oer Surges Ouer Purdue for $50 Victory perhaps to the national championship. in the knowledge that they have conquered one of the most-feared elevens on their 1885 schedule. The Boilermakers, with the brilliant Cecil Isbell as the spearhead of their attack. outgained the Gophers from scrimmage in the first half, piling up eight first downs to three for Minne-‘ sofa and amassing 185 yards to 80 for the Gophers. But In the second half the Minnesota secondary started snaring Isbell’s long passes. In the final accounting it was Andy Uram, Whitman Rork, Bill Matheny, Julie Alfonso and Larry Buhler who were accredited with Minnesota’s S touchdowns, three of them coming as the result Of intercepted passes by which the Boilermakers had hoped to offset the ruthless, desperate charging Of Minnesota’s power.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: EOOT BALL &0REsULTs

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 26, 1936, page 5 (results column)

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    EOOT BALL &0REsULTs The following are final scores of important football games played last Saturday afternoon: California 0; Washington 13. Washington State 3; Oregon 0. Southern California IA; Stanford ‘. Oregon State 13; UCLA g. Idaho 6; Nevada T. Nebraska IA; Oklahoma O. Michigan State T; Marquette 13. Providence 0; Boston College 26. Georgetown T. New York Univer- sity 2. Boston University 3; Villanova 25. Penn State ‘; Cornell IS. Detroit 20; Manhattan o. Purdue 0; Minnesota 33. St. Marys’ 6; Fordham ‘. Notre Dame 0; Pittsburgh 26. Northwestern 13; Illinois 9 Dartmouth 16; Harvard 2. Rutgers O; Yale 28. Brown 6; Penn 48. Springfield 0; Army B. Carnegie Tech 0; Holy Cross T. Indiana O.; Ohio State T. Navy 0; Princeton T. Tennessee Is; Duke 13. Auburn 20; Georgia 13. Georgia Tech 0; Vanderbilt 0. Mississippi IA; Catholic Univer- sity O. Michigan 13; Columbia O. Rice T; Texas 0. Mississippi State o; Texas Chris tian O.

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)

Minnesota 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Minnesota leads 42–⁠36–⁠3 in 81 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Purdue 41, Minnesota 13
2025Minnesota 27, Purdue 20
2023Purdue 49, Minnesota 30
2022Purdue 20, Minnesota 10
2021Minnesota 20, Purdue 13
2020Minnesota 34, Purdue 31

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