Notre Dame at Purdue

Thursday, November 27, 1902

Notre Dame and Purdue tied 6–⁠6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1–⁠2 as played.

AwayNotre Dame6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1902
6
HomePurdue7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1902
6

FinalHigh 34°F, low 27°F, 7.52 in. of snowAttendance 4,000

In the newspapers

  • The Akron daily Democrat's story: HURRAH For East Akron, Champions! Out. Played Canton on a Muddy Field. BuchteI Team Lost to Heidelburg, Despite Its Working In Judy Price-Sport News.

    Akron daily Democrat, Akron, Ohio, November 28, 1902, page 5 (results column)

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    HURRAH For East Akron, Champions! Out. Played Canton on a Muddy Field. BuchteI Team Lost to Heidelburg, Despite Its Working In Judy Price-Sport News. Price-Sport news. FOOTBALL RESULTS. Ohio NEEDLES 43-Wesleyan 0. Ohio State 6-Indiana 6. Wittenberg 0-Kenyon 0. Heidelberg 17-Buchtel 0. w. r. A. 6-Rayen 0. Marietta 5O-Ohio University 0. Miami 24-Denison 5. Pennsylvania 12-Cornell IL. Columbia 6-Syracuse 8. Carlisle 21-Georgetown 0. w. and j. 8-East End A. G. 2. Virginia 12--North Carolina II. Allegheny 5-Westminster 0. Michigan Minnesota 6. Chicago 11-Wisconsin 0. Nebraska 12-Northwestern 0. Illinois S0-Iown 0. Haskell Indians 1G-Weshington o. Kansas 17-Missouri 5. EarIham 31-Rose Poly o. Drake 47-Grinnell 0. Purdue 6-Notre Dame 6. Case 21-Reserve 0. Hiram 6-South High 0.

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 52% to win.

Officially, Notre Dame leads 60–⁠26–⁠2; as played, 62–⁠26–⁠2 in 90 meetings, counting the 86 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Notre Dame 49, Purdue 10
2025Notre Dame 56, Purdue 30
2024Notre Dame 66, Purdue 7
2021Notre Dame 27, Purdue 13
2014Notre Dame 30, Purdue 14
2013Notre Dame 31, Purdue 24

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