Purdue at Ohio State

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 20, 1946, page 1

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  OHIO STATE, PURDUE KNOT: SCORE l4-l4 COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 19-W.R- Two white-shirted ghosts named Bob Demoss and Ed Cody came back to haunt Ohio State here to. day and the Buckeyes had to set. tie FOR a 14–⁠14 tie with a valiant Purdue team. Just as they did a year ago when Purdue upset a highly-touted Ohio State team. 35–⁠13 the lanky De moss and the hard driving Cody teamed up to smash Ohio hopes today. Ohio State scored twice before the Purdue combination clicked. The Buckeyes looked like the team they we’re supposed to be wher they marched g. yards in the first period and II yards in the second period for touchdoWns and a IA 0 lead. Purdue had been unable to den’ Ohio States FIRST string line, but they found easy pickings against the second stringers that went ir with that two-touchdoWn margin

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 20, 1946, page 34

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  COLUMBUS, Ohio. Oct. 19.-An injury -riddled Purdue football team, paced by a limping fullback who tailed both it’s touchdowns, played favored Ohio State to 14–⁠14 dead lock today, before capacity crowd of 76,O25. Fullback Ed Cody, playing part time because of an ankle injury, staked the Boilermakers to their surprising tie by scampering 80 yards With screen pass for the first Purdue touchdown in the second period and weaving his way for SO yards and another touchdown early in the second half. Henry STRAIN, another substitute fullback, kicked both extra points for the Boilermakers. The Bucks outgained Purdue, 232

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 21, 1946, page 3 (results column)

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  Grid Season (otkeyed or, Eastern Field NEW YORK, Oct. 2l (APl-The college football season, a cockeyed campaign in which surprises are a dime a dozen and nothing seems impossible, reaches the halfway mark this week with only a hand ful of major teams still clutching untarnished records. Many previously unbeaten out fits were engaged today in pulling themselves from the wreckage strewn across every section of the land in the past weekend’s wave of upsets and there was a strong possibility that similar embarrass- ment lay ahead for some of those who escaped Army, Notre Dame and Texas still the nations top trio-all have their work cut out for them next Saturday when they face tough opponents ready, willing and able to blemish their all victorious rec ords. The Cadets, who blasted Colum- bia from the unbeaten ranks 48- IA, move into New York’s Polo Grounds for their annual battle with Duke The Blue Devils warmed up for this one with a 41–⁠0 whitewashing of Richmond. Notre Dame, idle last week, in vades Iowa, which pulled one of Saturdays many surprises by blank ing Indiana 13–⁠0. Texas, which dumped previously unbeaten Ar kansas 200, visits Rice, an im- proved team that dropped South crn Methodist 21–⁠7 for it’s third triumph since losing 7–⁠6 opener to Louisiana State. Pennsylvania Quakers, wno kept their record clean by smear ing Virginia 40–⁠0, entertain Navy in another Eastern headliner. The Middies, downed 21–⁠14 by North Carolina for their third loss, should be ready to give somebody a troublesome afternoon. Cornell tied 6–⁠6 by Yale, .v.sits Princeton, 14–⁠7 winner over Rut- gers, and Columbia goes to Dart mouth upset 20–⁠13 by Brown, for couple of Ivy League contests. Elsewhere in the East, it will be Coast Guard at Yale, Holy Cross at Harvard, Syracuse at West Vir- mia and Bos:cn University at Brown. Midwestern fans will be treated to two conference games in the Big Nine, where the form already has been scrambled beyond recog- nition. Illinois, 27–⁠21 victor over Wisconsin, will be at Michigan, which tied Northwestern 14–⁠14, and Minnesota, which swamped Wyoming 46–⁠0, will go to Ohio State, tied 14–⁠14 by Purdue. Other Midwestern highlights will find Indiana at Nebraska, Col lege ol Pacific at Northwestern, Purdue at Pittsburgh, Southern Methodist at Missouri, Oklahoma at Iowa State, Cincinnati at Mich igan State, Arizona at Marquette and Kansas at Tulsa. Tennessee, which knocked Ala bama from the ranks of the all- victorious, 12–⁠0, will risk it’s per feet record in try for a fifth triumph at Lake Forest

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.

Officially, Ohio State leads 43–⁠15–⁠2; as played, 44–⁠15–⁠2 in 61 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.