Purdue at Iowa

Saturday, November 6, 1954

No. 12 Iowa beat No. 8 Purdue 25–⁠14. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 18–⁠14–⁠1.

Away8Purdue5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1954
14
Home12Iowa5–⁠4 in 1954
25

FinalAttendance 52,900

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Saturdays Sturs

    Evening star, November 8, 1954, page 18 (results column)

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    Saturdays Sturs BY the Asseeioisd pFass Jim Decker, UCLA Raced 81 yards for q touchdown in UCLA’s 41–⁠0 victory over Ore gon. Bobby Watkins, Ohio State – Scored twice as the Buckeyes defeated Pitt, 200. Alan Ameche, Wisconsin – Gained SO yards to become the greatest ground gamer In col lege football history as Wis consin stopped Northwestern, 33–⁠13. George Walker, Arkansas – Tai lied three touchdowns while his team remained at top of Southwest Conference with q 28–⁠15 triumph over Rice. Eddie Vincent, Iowa--Made the longest touchdown run in Big Ten history when he raced 06 yards in Iowa’s 25–⁠14 victory over Purdue. Dick Hunter, Miami Of Ohio Passed sfof the only touchdown Of the game as his team upset Indiana, 60. Charlie Madison, Georgia–Provided the winning margin in the Bulldogs l4–⁠13 victory over Florida with two CONVEX Sions. Sammy Pine. Boston University Gained $50 yards and scored two touchd downs as Boston University halted villanova, 1886. Ralph GpglielTni, Notre Dame Con1pieted Is of 10 passes for 26O yards and two touchdowns as Notre l lame vanquished PENN AZ Bob C6sRles IatpaFd – Scored the deciding t0Actidown that ss enabled Harvard sto defeat Princeton ior the irst time since 1D46. 14- Tommy Zen, Army Carried the ball across the goal three times In the Cadets 48–⁠7 conquest Of Yale. Joe Childress Auburn Scored the tying touchdown and kicked the winning point as Auburn knocked Miami from the undefeated list, l4–⁠13. Lenny Moore, Penn State Rushed 126 yards to run his total to 843 and eclipse o school record set In 1912 as State defeated Holy Cross. 30.1.

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.

On the newsreel

  • IOWA vs. PURDUEHomecoming Day for the Hawk-eyes, who delight the fans by blasting out a 25-0 lead over Purdue by the half, and staving off the Boilermakers' desperate drive, to win 25-14Universal Newsreel, November 8, 1954. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Iowa 57% to win. Iowa pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.

Purdue leads 50–⁠41–⁠3 in 94 meetings, counting the 61 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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