Purdue at Iowa

Saturday, October 21, 1950

Iowa beat Purdue 33–⁠21. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 16–⁠12–⁠1.

AwayPurdue2–⁠7 in 1950
21
HomeIowa3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1950
33

FinalHigh 78°F, low 34°FAttendance 52,261

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Iowa Shocks Favored Purdue In 1921 Homecoming Victory

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 22, 1950, page 47

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    Iowa Shocks Favored Purdue In 1921 Homecoming Victory touchdown. Samuels’ second conversion made it 14–⁠7. Purdue. That turned out to be Purdue’s only time in the lead. Iowa picked up two touchdowns in the second period on a 23-yard pass play, Drain to Sophomore Bernie Ben nett, and a 10-yard dash by Com mack to climax an 80-yard Iowa drive. Bennett made his score from the 3 on the first play after entering the game. Iowa’s attack. poorly co-ordimated in losses to Indiana and Wisconsin, was so versatile today that Tackle Hubert Johnston made touchdown. Made eligible by a shift, the 240-pounder grabbed a short pass on the 4 and rumbled over. That performance had Iowa out in front. 27–⁠14, at the third-quarter mark. Iowa pulled almost out of reach on the first play of the last pc riod. Jerry Faske came to Iowa’s weak side, cut back and was of on a 52-yard touchdown sprint. Iowa --- z IA 8 6–⁠33

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 52% to win. Iowa won as Elo’s underdog.

Purdue leads 50–⁠41–⁠3 in 94 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Iowa 20, Purdue 14
2022Iowa 24, Purdue 3
2021Purdue 24, Iowa 7
2020Purdue 24, Iowa 20
2019Iowa 26, Purdue 20
2018Purdue 38, Iowa 36

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