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Wabash at Purdue

Saturday, October 5, 1901

Purdue beat Wabash 45–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayWabash0–⁠2 in 1901
0
HomePurdue4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1901
45

FinalHigh 66°F, low 29°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis journal's story: WON BY FoRTY-FIvE TO NOTHING. Purdue University Had an Easy Vic tory Over wabash.

    The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 6, 1901, page 1

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    WON BY FoRTY-FIvE TO NOTHING. Purdue University Had an Easy Vic tory Over wabash. Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, Oct. 5.-Purdue University football team defeated the Wabash College team this afternoon by “A score of 20 TO o, I’m the presence of a big crowd. AT the end OF the first half. Purdue had a score of 81, but in the second half, Wabash braced up and Purdue only made nd safety I.ina-1In-

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 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Wabash–Purdue game

Purdue leads 16–⁠8–⁠2 in 26 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.

Recent meetings
1928Purdue 14, Wabash 0
1926Purdue 21, Wabash 14
1925Wabash 13, Purdue 7
1924Purdue 21, Wabash 7
1923Wabash 7, Purdue 7
1922Wabash 7, Purdue 6

Around this game

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