Purdue at Fordham

Saturday, November 7, 1936

No. 3 Fordham beat Purdue 15–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayPurdue5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1936
0
Home3Fordham5–⁠1–⁠2 in 1936
15

FinalAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: NAVY BEATS NOTRE DAME FORDHAM DEFEATS PURDUE

    Imperial Valley press, November 8, 1936, page 1

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    NAVY BEATS NOTRE DAME FORDHAM DEFEATS PURDUE Armchair quarterbacks alternated between smiles oil satisfaction and the aspirin bottle this afternoon ports came in from the nations gridirons. At Baltimore drop-kicked field goal from the 16vard line in fhn hird nerind hv

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: EOOT BALL 4s1REsULTs

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 9, 1936, page 5 (results column)

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    EOOT BALL 4s1REsULTs The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon, Washington IA Stanford IA, tie. Oregon State 16; Wa h n gton State G. Idaho T; St. Mary’s 26. California 13; Southern Califor- nia T. UCLA T; Oregon 0. Rice IA Arkansas 20. Nebraska 26; Kansas 0. Auburn 13; Georgia Tech 12. Texas A. M. Is; Southern Metho- dist 6. Western State 12; Brigh a m Young 26 Kentucky T; Manhattan 13. Purdue 0: Fordham 15. Boston University ‘; Rutgers 0. Virginia 0; Harvard 65. Wisconsin IS; Northwestern 26. Temple ‘; Michigan State 2, tie Columbia 13; Dartmouth 20. North Dakota 6; DePaul 19. Notre Dame 0; Navy 3. Cornell 13; Princeton fl. Carnegie Tech IA; New York Uni versity 6. Brown 6; Yale A. Chicago 0; Ohio State A Michigan ‘; Pennsylvania 27. Muhlenberg 2; Army 54. Iowa 0; Minnesota 52 Colgate 13; Holy Cross 20. Georgetown 28; West Virginia 0. Penn State ‘; Pittsburgh 34 Georgia 26; Florida 8. Syarcuse ‘; Indiana g. Marquette T; Creighton G.

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.

On the newsreel

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Fordham 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Fordham leads 5–⁠2–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Fordham 14, Purdue 7
1941Fordham 17, Purdue 0
1940Fordham 13, Purdue 7
1938Fordham 6, Purdue 6
1937Fordham 21, Purdue 3
1936Fordham 15, Purdue 0

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