Wisconsin at Purdue

Saturday, November 2, 1946

No. 18 Wisconsin beat Purdue 24–⁠20. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 14–⁠12–⁠5.

Away18Wisconsin4–⁠5 in 1946
24
HomePurdue2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1946
20

FinalAttendance 32,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 19b. |Weekend's College Grid Stors

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1946, page 13 (results column)

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    THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 19b. |Weekend’s College Grid Stors in Buckeyes 1927 triumph over North Charlie Trippi, Georgia--Threw one scoring pass and tailed six-pointer in Bulldogs 14–⁠0 win over Alabama. Ken Holland, Arkansas–Recovered . tumble, passed and ran 35 yards to set up Razorbacks’ lone touchdown IN their 70 truWgh Wasss ever Tssss aeS twice as sooners defeated Texas Chris tians 14–⁠12. Bobby Layne, Texas–Completed nine passes for 160 yards and picked up ~ on the ground to sn issd LonshSFnnss ass’nos,.t 70 Bob De Moss, Purdue-With shoulder in harness. hit IL Of 20 passes for 262 yards and two touchdowns and set up another tally as Boilermakers bowed to Wisconsin 24–⁠20. touchdown passes to aid the Hoosiers In defeating Pittsburgh 2o-6. Arnold Tucker, Army–Tossed two touchdowns as Army chalked up ts 25th consecutive win. tripping West Ken Keifiei, Princeton-Booted 20 yard field goal in last minute Of play to enable Tigers to clip highly favored Joe watt. syracuss-scorsd twice In Orange 28–⁠7 win over Temple. Don Phelps, Kentucky-Romped 70 four touchdowns, including S5-yard runback of kickoff to pace Wildcats to 1914 victory over Michigan State. Al Fassmacht, Colgate-Snared three touchdown passes to lead Red Raiders to $50 triumph over Lafayette. Jim Kekeris, Missouri–Booted three conversions to provide Tigers with their margin Of victory over Nebraska, 21–⁠20. Burr Baldwin, q. c. L. A.-Scampered into pay dirt three times as the Bruins smothered st. Mary’s 1920. Art Battle, Southern Caltfornia--- Scored Trojans’ frst two touchdowns In their 43–⁠0 rout of OREGON.

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 53% to win. Wisconsin won as Elo’s underdog.

Wisconsin leads 54–⁠29–⁠8 in 91 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Wisconsin 52, Purdue 6
2023Wisconsin 38, Purdue 17
2022Wisconsin 35, Purdue 24
2021Wisconsin 30, Purdue 13
2019Wisconsin 45, Purdue 24
2018Wisconsin 47, Purdue 44

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