Purdue at Northwestern

Saturday, October 16, 1937

Northwestern beat Purdue 14–⁠7. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 12–⁠11–⁠1.

AwayPurdue4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1937
7
HomeNorthwestern4–⁠4 in 1937
14

FinalAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Stars Saturday

    Evening star, October 18, 1937, page 14 (results column)

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    Stars Saturday Koppy Kopcsak. Carnegie Tech-HiS 16-vard field goal beat Notre Dame, 81. Bob Davis. Kentucky-Scored nVe touchdowns. including two on runs ol 100 and so yards. in conquest OIL Fred Vanzo. Northwestern-lntercepted pass to set up winning touch down against Purdue. Billy Patterson. ylor-ThreW three touchdown passes for 2, Al and ) yards Ambrose SCHNEIDER, Southern Call fornia-Scored four touchdowns in 34-l4 rout of oregon: John Wysocki VillanovaLScored three touchdowns and extra point and was defensive star in 200 win over MIhaassa”‘ maTty Glickman. syracuse-Ran back punt A. yards for touchdown climaxineg long drive. in upset of Ken Mills. Texas A. g. M.-His passes gained As yards in five plays for touch down to tie Texas Christian, -. passes Of ~ and IL yards for only score in win over Colgate. Sid Luckman. Columbia-Passed % yards for one touchdown. 20 yards Tor another. and carried ball 81 yards in Harold Van Every. Minnesota–Scored one touchdown by taking 40-yard pass and then buckine line for yards: passed Is yards for another score and intercepted three passes against Michigan. Joe Kilgrow. Alabama–His passes led 5S-yard march for one score and his running was spearhead of another touchdown drive in 14–⁠7 win over Tennessee Clint Frank. Yale-Passed 10 yards for one touchdown: intercepted pass to start drive for a safety. and led S. yard march for another touchdown against Army. Bill Miller. Washington-Ran 80 yards with pass that gave Washing ton – tie with Washington State. Mike Kniek. Michigan State Tackled Porter Robb behind Missouri goal line for a safety and 20 victory

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)

Northwestern 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Purdue leads 53–⁠36–⁠1 in 90 meetings, counting the 66 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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