Iowa at Purdue
Saturday, October 24, 1959 Share
No. 14 Purdue beat No. 15 Iowa 14–7. It was their 36th meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 19–15–2.
Final0.23 in. of rainAttendance 47,112
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Iowa–Purdue gamePurdue leads 50–41–3 in 94 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.
| 2023 | Iowa 20, Purdue 14 | |
| 2022 | Iowa 24, Purdue 3 | |
| 2021 | Purdue 24, Iowa 7 | |
| 2020 | Purdue 24, Iowa 20 | |
| 2019 | Iowa 26, Purdue 20 | |
| 2018 | Purdue 38, Iowa 36 |
Around this game
Iowa
- Next gamevs. Kansas StateOct. 31, 1959
- SeasonIowa in 1959
- ProgramIowa history and records
Purdue
- Next gameat IllinoisOct. 31, 1959
- SeasonPurdue in 1959
- ProgramPurdue history and records

