Purdue at Michigan State
Saturday, October 23, 1954 Share
No. 13 Purdue beat Michigan State 27–13. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 5–3–1 as played.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 42°FAttendance 52,619
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 24, 1954, page 61
Read the text
|BoiIernlakers Score Three TouchdoWns On Dawson 5 Passes EAST LANSING. Mich, Oct. 23.--Len Dawson, Purdue’s sem sational sophomore quarterback, passed for three touchdowns and kicked as many extra points to lead his team to a 27–13 Big Ten decision today over Michigan State. A on1ecoming crowd Of 1858. largest attendance ever to jam
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)
Michigan State 70% to win. Purdue won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Purdue–Michigan State gameOfficially, Michigan State leads 36–29–3; as played, 38–28–3 in 69 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.
Around this game
Purdue
- Next gamevs. IllinoisOct. 30, 1954
- SeasonPurdue in 1954
- ProgramPurdue history and records
Michigan State
- Next gameat MinnesotaOct. 30, 1954
- SeasonMichigan State in 1954
- ProgramMichigan State history and records