Vanderbilt at Purdue

Saturday, September 27, 1941

Vanderbilt beat Purdue 3–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayVanderbilt8–⁠2 in 1941
3
HomePurdue2–⁠5–⁠1 in 1941
0

FinalHigh 77°F, low 46°FAttendance 17,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL @ lA{3SW{2 IFS Mn

    The Daily Alaska empire, September 29, 1941, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL @ lA{3SW{2 IFS Mn The following are final scores or important football games played last Saturday afternoon: Dartmouth 35; Norwich 0. Brown 20; Wesleyan 6. Colgate 66; St. Lawrence O. Westminster 19; Carnegie Tech 13. West Virginia 13; Waynesburg ‘. Michigan State T; Wisconsin 19. Ohio State 12; Missouri 2. Virginia 25; LaFayette 0. Kentucky 37; Virginia Poly Tech 11. Notre Dame 38; Arizona ‘. Detroit IA; Indiana T. Duke 43; Wake Forest 14. Navy 34; William and Mary 0. Vanderbilt 3; Purdue 0. Georgia 81; Mercer 0. South Carolina l3; North Caro- lima 2. Georgetown 16; Mississippi 6. Temple 3l; Kansas g. Sewanee 20; Washington and Lee 19. Syracuse 39; Clarkson 0. New Mexxico 12; Arizona State 6. Iowa State T; Denver 6. Montana 20; Brigham Young V. Loyola 20 Redlands 0. Wyoming 19; Greeley State 6. Willamette 53; College of Idahe 0. San Diego State 6; Pomona 0. Alabama AT; Southwestern Loui- siana 6. Clemson 36; Virginia Military 2. Texas Christian 6; Tulsa 0. Iowa State 25; Drake 8,

  • The Evening star's story: Minnesota and Tulane Win In Opening Grid Features

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 28, 1941, page 1 (results column)

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    Minnesota and Tulane Win In Opening Grid Features Leading football scores; Navy, “a; William and Mary, 0. Westminster, 10; Carnegie Tech, 10. Virginia, 25: Lafayette. 0. South Carolina, 13; North Carolima, 7. 4 Duke, 43; Wake Forest, IA. Notre Dame, 38; Arizona, 7. Detroit. IA; Indiana, 7. Ohio State, II; Missouri, 7. Vanderbilt, 3; Purdue, 0. Michigan, 10; Michigan State, 7. Stanford, 19; Oregon, IS. Southern California, l3; Oregon State. Z. Texas, -; Colorado, Q. (Full details In Sports Section.)

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    Imperial Valley press, California, September 28, 1941, page 2 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS Centre IA Mississippi College I South Dakota l3 Wayne Tchrs { Idaho Utah 26 Texas Christian 6 Tulsa 0 DepauW 26 Franklin 6 James Millikin 81 Cornell 0 Alabama AZ Southwestern LA 6 Baylor 20, Hardin Simmons 0 Lawrence 6, Grinnell 2 George Washington 25 Mount St Marys o Purdue 0 Vanderbilt 3 Kansas State FIT HAS State 0 Indiana 7 Detroit IA Colorado State 2l Colorado Nine Texas A & NJ “a Sam Houston Teachers 0 Southern Methodist 54 North Texas State Oklahoma 10 Oklahoma Aggies

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 63% to win. Vanderbilt won as Elo’s underdog.

Vanderbilt leads 2–⁠1 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Purdue 42, Vanderbilt 24
1942Vanderbilt 26, Purdue 0
1941Vanderbilt 3, Purdue 0

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