Indiana at Purdue

Saturday, November 21, 1936. Indiana kept the Old Oaken Bucket after a tie

Indiana and Purdue tied 20–⁠20. It was their 39th meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 19–⁠13–⁠5 in the games on file.

AwayIndiana5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1936
20
HomePurdue5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1936
20

FinalHigh 55°F, low 36°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome daily nugget's story: More Football

    The Nome daily nugget, Alaska, November 21, 1936, page 1 (results column)

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    More Football s w Louisiana 0 Louis. State g. Minnesota “A Wisconsin 0 Oregon State IS Oregon 0 Gonzaga 8 College Pug. Snd. 0 Frisco ‘ Montana 24 N. Dakota State l2 Idaho l3 Stanford California 20 Florida IA Georgia Tech 38 Sewanee Tulane 53 Illinois Is Chicago 2 Indiana 20 Purdue 20 tie So. Methodist 2 Baylour 13 Texas 0 Centenary Wyoming Brigham Young 32 Kansas State 0 Nebraska 40

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 59% to win.

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 88 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

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