Indiana at Purdue
Saturday, November 20, 1954. Purdue kept the Old Oaken Bucket Share
Purdue beat Indiana 13–7. It was their 57th meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 30–20–5 in the games on file.
FinalAttendance 39,424
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1954, page 68
Read the text
Wisconsin Routs Minnesota Purdue Edges Hoosies Rough Game Decided On Pass; Indiana PenaIized f31 Yards LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. 90 Purdue kept the Old Oaken Bucket today by beating it’s intrastate rival from Indiana. 1877, in one of the toughest games of the series that started in 1891. Len Dawson’s 18th touchdown pass this year was the victory
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 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Indiana–Purdue gameOfficially, 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 70 since this game.
| 2025 | Indiana 56, Purdue 3 | |
| 2024 | Indiana 66, Purdue 0 | |
| 2023 | Purdue 35, Indiana 31 | |
| 2022 | Purdue 30, Indiana 16 | |
| 2021 | Purdue 44, Indiana 7 | |
| 2019 | Indiana 44, Purdue 41 |
Around this game
Indiana
- Next gamevs. Michigan StateSept. 24, 1955
- SeasonIndiana in 1954
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Purdue
- Next gamevs. PacificSept. 24, 1955
- SeasonPurdue in 1954
- ProgramPurdue history and records

