Iowa at Purdue

Saturday, October 24, 1959

No. 14 Purdue beat No. 15 Iowa 14–⁠7. It was their 36th meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 19–⁠15–⁠2.

Away15Iowa5–⁠4 in 1959
7
Home14Purdue5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1959
14

Final0.23 in. of rainAttendance 47,112

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: BOuERMAKER FULLBACKS SCORE Purdue's 'CrippIes' ToppIe Iowa, l4-7

    Evening star, October 25, 1959, page 43

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    BOuERMAKER FULLBACKS SCORE Purdue’s ‘CrippIes’ ToppIe Iowa, l4–⁠7 LAFAYETTE, Ind. Oct. “a P).-Purdue sent two burly fullbacks plunging over Iowa’s goal line in the second quarter today and virtually eliminated the defending champions from the Big Ten football race, 14–⁠7 Recovery of Purdue crippleS was the push the Boilermakers needed after being upset at Ohio State last week. Fullback Bob Jarus, who missed that game, scored one of the Purdue touchdowns and his underStudy Jack Laraway, goth the other. Quarterback Bernie Allen who injured an ankle just before the Ohio State setback also played his share Of the game in Purdue’s two-platoon system. The fine passing OF Iowa Quarterback Olin Treadway set up the Hawkeye’s lone touchdown in the final period A 25-yard pass to End JEFF LangSton started a 76-yard drive and Fullback Don Horn went the last couple of yards, Rain fell intermittently dur

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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Purdue leads 50–⁠41–⁠3 in 94 meetings, counting the 58 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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