Wisconsin at Purdue

Saturday, October 10, 1959

No. 7 Purdue beat No. 9 Wisconsin 21–⁠0. It was their 41st meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 22–⁠13–⁠6.

Away9Wisconsin7–⁠3 in 1959
0
Home7Purdue5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1959
21

Final1.64 in. of rainAttendance 41,542

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: SPORT ROUNDUP Texas Outscores Oklahoma, Navy And Terps Bow

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 11, 1959, page 1 (results column)

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    SPORT ROUNDUP Texas Outscores Oklahoma, Navy And Terps Bow The powerful University of Texas football team finally was scored >on yesterday but still rolled to it’s fourth straight vic tory, 1912, over Oklahoma. The SoonerS led, 1910, in the first quarter. Both Navy and Maryland were beaten, the Middies alb sorbing their worst setback since 1858. Syracuse handed Navy a 1875 lacing in the Oyster Bowl game at Norfolk, while a field goal made the difference as Maryland bowed to Wake Forest. 1877, at College Park. In other important Saturday a fternoon games, Purdue trimmed Wisconsin, 21–⁠0. in a battle of Big Ten powers, while Georgia Tech turned back its Southeastern RIVAL, Tennessee. lat. Yesterdays regional television game was a close one for Florida State over Virginia Tech, rs, while in other i’m portant Southern clashes North Carolina turned the tables on previously unbeaten South Carolina. 1876, and VMI beat Virginia, 1912. “Details in Sports Secti0n)

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 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 54–⁠29–⁠8 in 91 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Wisconsin 52, Purdue 6
2023Wisconsin 38, Purdue 17
2022Wisconsin 35, Purdue 24
2021Wisconsin 30, Purdue 13
2019Wisconsin 45, Purdue 24
2018Wisconsin 47, Purdue 44

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