Miami (OH) at Purdue

Saturday, October 26, 1957

Purdue beat Miami (OH) 37–⁠6. It was their third meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayMiami (OH)1–⁠2 in 1957
6
HomePurdue5–⁠4 in 1957
37

FinalAttendance 35,655

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Purdue Roufs Miami Of Ohio

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 27, 1957, page 65

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    Purdue Roufs Miami Of Ohio LAFAYETTE. Ind. Oct rs (Pl.-Ross Fichtner. Purduc’s sophomore secret weapon in the Boilermakers’ upset Of Michigan State last week, starred again today in a 37–⁠6 victory over Miami Of Ohio. The lean. 6-foot quarterback threw two touchdown passes TO End Tom Frankhauser for u and Is yards. set up another score with q 42-yard pass play TO Erich Barnes. and kicked an extra point. Fullback Jim Reddinger plunged from the Miami one after the long Fichtner- Barnes pass in the first quarter. FIGHT ner’s touchdown throws TO Frankhauser gave Purdue a 2i-0 bulge before Halback Bill Williams ran four yards for Miami’s third-quarter touch down. Purdue clustered is points in the final period. s kin%1 ‘oAio’ - 3 : 49, Miami seOrins: CHARACTERIZATION Purdue seorine: Red dtnger 81 plungeD; FrankhAuser sls, Tass from Fiehtner; Is. pass-run billiard a., rum. Safety: Williams. Miami tackled IN end zone By wiz sonl. CONVERSIONS Fletcher t3l. Fichtner, billiard lrunl.

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 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Purdue leads 9–⁠3–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
2006Purdue 38, Miami (OH) 31
1989Purdue 27, Miami (OH) 10
1980Purdue 28, Miami (OH) 3
1976Purdue 42, Miami (OH) 20
1975Miami (OH) 14, Purdue 3
1974Miami (OH) 7, Purdue 7

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