Purdue at Indiana
Saturday, November 22, 1941. Indiana kept the Old Oaken Bucket Share
Indiana beat Purdue 7–0. It was their 44th meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 22–15–5 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 42°F, low 28°FAttendance 23,000
In the newspapers

Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 23, 1941, page 1
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Indiana Downs Purdue, 70 BLOOMINGTON. Ind. Nov. % by a pair of flashy back field men. Billy Hillenbrand and Bob White, Indiana University scored in the final quarter OF their traditional gridiron battle with Purdue here today TO %in, z TO 0, and retain possession OF the Old Oaken Bucket. 1t was Hillenbrand who scored the Hoosier touchdown. going over from the 3-yard line in the fourth quarter.

Evening star, November 23, 1941, page 1 (results column)
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Leading Football Scores Yesterday Scores in leading football games . played yesterday follow: Notre Dame, co. Southern Calf, 18 Minnesota, Al; Wisconsin, s. Michigan, 20; Ohio State, 20. Fordham, 35; st. Marys, 7. Harvard, Ia: Yale, O. Penn, 16; Cornell, 0. Navy. %; Princeton, 0. Colgate. 30: Columbia, 81. Army, T. West Virginia, S. Temple, 81; Holy Cross. l3. Auburn, 13; Villanova, 0. Penn State. 81: Pitt. 7. Lafayette, Al; Lehigh. 7. Northwestern, 27; Illinois, 0. Indiana. 7; Purdue, 0. Nebraska. ID: Iowa. Is Vanderbilt. 7: Alabama. 0. Georgia, 35; Dartmouth, o. Mississippi, 18; Arkansas, o.

Imperial Valley press, November 23, 1941, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL RESULTS Harvard ID Yale 0. Boston College 10; Boston U. 7. Penn 16; Cornell 0. Lehigh 7; Lafayette A. Holy Cross 13; Temple 81, Pitt I; Penn State 81. Michigan 20; Ohio State 90 ‘tiC Florida IA; Georgia Tech 7. Army 7; West Virginia 6. Luke So. N. Carolina 6 Northwestern Ct, Illinois 0 Indiana 7, Purdue 0 Fordham 35. st. Mary’S 7 Navy % Princeton 0 Minnesota Al, Wisconsin E Columbia 81, Colgate 80 Notre Dame 20, use l8 Nebraska IA, Iowa l3 Morris Harvey 40, Detroit Indiana 7; Purdue 0. Vanderbilt7; Alabama O. TCU 0; Rice 0. Georgia 35; Dartmouth 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)
Indiana 54% 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 83 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. FordhamSept. 26, 1942
- SeasonPurdue in 1941
- ProgramPurdue history and records
Indiana
- Next gamevs. ButlerSept. 26, 1942
- SeasonIndiana in 1941
- ProgramIndiana history and records

