Wisconsin at Purdue
Saturday, October 10, 1959 Share
No. 7 Purdue beat No. 9 Wisconsin 21–0. It was their 41st meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 22–13–6.
Final1.64 in. of rainAttendance 41,542
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Purdue gameWisconsin leads 54–29–8 in 91 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.
| 2024 | Wisconsin 52, Purdue 6 | |
| 2023 | Wisconsin 38, Purdue 17 | |
| 2022 | Wisconsin 35, Purdue 24 | |
| 2021 | Wisconsin 30, Purdue 13 | |
| 2019 | Wisconsin 45, Purdue 24 | |
| 2018 | Wisconsin 47, Purdue 44 |
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. IowaOct. 17, 1959
- SeasonWisconsin in 1959
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Purdue
- Next gameat Ohio StateOct. 17, 1959
- SeasonPurdue in 1959
- ProgramPurdue history and records

