Purdue at Notre Dame
Saturday, October 6, 1962. Purdue took the Shillelagh Trophy from Notre Dame Share
Purdue beat Notre Dame 24–6. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 21–11–2 as played.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 47°FAttendance 61,296
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 7, 1962, page 78
Read the text
Injured Quarterback Stars AS Purdue Clips Irish, 24–6 son explode 81 yards for Purdues third touchdown and three Irish touchdowns erased by infractions. Irish End Dennis Murphy in tercepted DiGravio pass and scampered 80 yards to an apparent Irish score with Notre Dame then trailing, TO. But Notre Dame was charged with clipping. Then, after Szot fired a IT. yard scoring pass to Kelly, trimming Purdue’s lead to “a 6, Szot hit Dan Hogan with a 25-yard touchdown” pass, also recalled-this time for holding. And, with time running out, Szot tossed to Ron Bliey, who raced 18 yards to the 1-foot line. but Notre Dame again clipped.
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.
On the newsreel
- PURDUE 24 NOTRE DAME 6The Irish play before the largest crowd ever at South Bend [illegible] but that's the only record they roll up - as [illegible] Boilermakers, 24 to 6. Notre Dame [illegible] and the Irish are saved from a [illegible]
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Purdue 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Purdue–Notre Dame gameOfficially, Notre Dame leads 60–26–2; as played, 62–26–2 in 90 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.
| 2026 | Notre Dame 49, Purdue 10 | |
| 2025 | Notre Dame 56, Purdue 30 | |
| 2024 | Notre Dame 66, Purdue 7 | |
| 2021 | Notre Dame 27, Purdue 13 | |
| 2014 | Notre Dame 30, Purdue 14 | |
| 2013 | Notre Dame 31, Purdue 24 |
Around this game
Purdue
- Next gamevs. Miami (OH)Oct. 13, 1962
- SeasonPurdue in 1962
- ProgramPurdue history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gameat WisconsinOct. 13, 1962
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1962
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records