Indiana at Purdue

Saturday, November 23, 1946. Indiana kept the Old Oaken Bucket

Indiana beat Purdue 34–⁠20. It was their 49th meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 23–⁠19–⁠5 in the games on file.

AwayIndiana6–⁠3 in 1946
34
HomePurdue2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1946
20

FinalAttendance 43,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: 5 , }ElsA ii| g16 B & 1 28e SSG Ya8 ! SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 25, 1946, page 3 (results column)

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    5 , }ElsA ii| g16 B & 1 28e SSG Ya8 ! SCORES Here are the final scores of lead ing football games played over the weekend: UCLA 13; use G. Oregon State IS; Oregon 0. Washington 21; Montana O. Stanford 25; California G. Delaware 20; Muhlenberg 12 Western Maryland 46; Mount St Marys T. Pittsburgh IA; Penn State T. Ohio University 25; Xavier 6. Dayton %; Marshall T. Penn Military 6; Albright 0. Georgetown 1; Hanover 2. Virginia 2l; West Virginia 0. Georgia 48; Chattanooga 27. Oklahoma 27; Nebraska 6. Oklahoma Aggie 59; Drake ‘. New Mexico IA; Kansas State ‘ Montana State 45; Colorado M. 2 Dennison 31; Wittenberg o. Mount Union 19; Kenyon l2. Oberlin 23; Wooster 0. Wichita IS; Toledo 2. Yale 27; Harvard IA. Lehigh o; Lafayette 13 Alabama ‘; Boston College 13. Dartmouth 20; Princeton 13. N Carolina State 37 Florida 6. Bucknell 0; Rutgers 25. Holy Cross 12; Temple T. Georgetown 19; NYU 12. Maryland IA; Michigan State 26. Syracuse 21; Columbia 59. Duke T; North Carolina P. Michigan 58; Ohio Sc te 6. Illinois 20; Northwestern 0. Furman ‘; Georgia Tech Al. Indiana 34; Purdue 20. Baylor 0; s. Methodist 35. Citadel 21; Davidson l3. Johns Hopkins o; University o1 Buffalo 16. Minnesota 6; Wisconsin 0. West Virginia O; Virginia 2l. Clemson 21; Auburn 13 Texas Christian 0; Rice l3 Mississippi s. 20; Mississippi 0. Notre Dame 4l; Tulane 0. Tennessee T; Kentucky 0.

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 25, 1946, page 21 (results column)

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    Art Dufelmeier and Buddy Young, Illinois -Duf felmeier raced 53 yards for second period touchdown; Young set up two scores in 200 win over Northwestern. Bob Chappuis, Michigan. -. Established new Western Confer ence ground : gaining record, throwing three touchdown passes and scoring once in rout of Ohio State, 58–⁠6. Pete Pihos, Indiana Ignored “game leg” to set scoring pace with three touchdowns in In diana’s 34–⁠20 edge over Purdue. Walt Slater, Tennessee. Raced 81 yards in last quarter for only score in TO victory over KEN lucky. Billy Bye, Minnesota. Sliced of tackle 10 yards for 60 nod over Wisconsin. Ferd Naherny, Yale.-Tallied twice In 27–⁠14 victory over Harward. Ernie Case. UCLA. Scored winning touchdown against

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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, 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 78 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Indiana 56, Purdue 3
2024Indiana 66, Purdue 0
2023Purdue 35, Indiana 31
2022Purdue 30, Indiana 16
2021Purdue 44, Indiana 7
2019Indiana 44, Purdue 41

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