Purdue at Indiana
Saturday, November 25, 1939. Purdue kept the Old Oaken Bucket Share
Purdue beat Indiana 7–6. It was their 42nd meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 22–13–5 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 40°F, low 35°F, 0.1 in. of rainAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers
The Nome nugget, Alaska, November 27, 1939, page 1 (results column)
Read the text
Football Scores November 25 Yale 20-Harvard T Kansas State ‘ - Boston Col ege 38 Cornell 27-Penn 0 Pitt 0-Pitt State 10 Ohio State 14-Michigan q Duke 28-North Carolina State Purdue 7-Indiana 6 Georgia Tech 21-Florida ‘ Missouri 20-Kansas 0 Wisconsin 6-Minnesota g Baylor 0-Southern Methodist 21 Southern Cal 20-Norte Dame 12 Illinois 46-Chicago 0
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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Purdue–Indiana gameOfficially, 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 85 since this game.
| 2025 | Indiana 56, Purdue 3 | |
| 2024 | Indiana 66, Purdue 0 | |
| 2023 | Purdue 35, Indiana 31 | |
| 2022 | Purdue 30, Indiana 16 | |
| 2021 | Purdue 44, Indiana 7 | |
| 2019 | Indiana 44, Purdue 41 |
Around this game
Purdue
- Next gamevs. ButlerSept. 28, 1940
- SeasonPurdue in 1939
- ProgramPurdue history and records
Indiana
- Next gamevs. TexasOct. 5, 1940
- SeasonIndiana in 1939
- ProgramIndiana history and records