Purdue at Butler
Saturday, October 1, 1938 Share
Purdue beat Butler 21–6. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 7–0.
FinalAttendance 18,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 2, 1938, page 33
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PURDUE 0vERCOMES GAME BUTLER, 21.6 Uses Running Attack to Score Touchdowns-Loser Tallies With Aerial Rally. by lHe ASSUCIdIeO FIeSS. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 1.-Purdue’s Boilermakers ripped through the But Ter University line for three touch downs and 81 to triumph in Butler Bowl this sunny afternoon. Buffers Bulldogs fought gamely, but were no match for their upstate rivals, whose running attack crossed the Butler goal in the first, second and third periods. An aerial sally netted the only Bull dOo fa1lv in tho fourth u,,orter

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 3, 1938, page 5 (results column)
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FOOT BAIL @ {3{5SW{5 IFS Ne The following are results of prin- cipal football games played last Sat- urday Columbia 27; Yale IA. Indiana 0; Ohio State 6. Nebraska T: Minnesota Is. Brown 20 Harvard 13. Michigan State O; Michigan IA. Army 39; Virginia Tech 0. --~‘‘N+‘e c. pnnnsylvania 34 Boston 6; Lehigh 6. dc ‘: M,ssouri 14. Purdue 21; Butler 6. kansas 0; Notre Dame 52. Kansas State 0, Northwestern 21. University of Washington 12; Idaho 12. U.CL,A 12: Oregon IA California 27; Washington State 3. Pittsburgh 23; Temple 6.
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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Purdue–Butler gamePurdue leads 8–0 in eight meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1940 | Purdue 28, Butler 0 | |
| 1938 | Purdue 21, Butler 6 | |
| 1937 | Purdue 33, Butler 7 | |
| 1930 | Purdue 33, Butler 0 | |
| 1902 | Purdue 87, Butler 0 | |
| 1894 | Purdue 30, Butler 0 |
Around this game
Purdue
- Next gameat MinnesotaOct. 8, 1938
- SeasonPurdue in 1938
- ProgramPurdue history and records
Butler
- Next gameat George WashingtonOct. 8, 1938
- SeasonButler in 1938
- ProgramButler history and records

