Purdue at Purdue Alumni
Saturday, September 17, 1904 Share
Purdue Alumni beat Purdue 6–2. It was their fourth meeting; Purdue Alumni leads the series 2–1–1.
Final
In the newspapers

The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], September 18, 1904, page 8
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PURDUE ALUMNI BEAT VARSITY MEN LAFAYETTE. Ind. Sept 17-EIeven football stars OF former days. composing the alumni tedm, defeated the Purdue varsity eleven this afternoon ON Stuart Field by a score of 6 to o. Neither side scored in the first half but in the second. KerIzhoN the Giant guard of the alumni, was used fire. quently, and carried the ball for Mt least ten yards each time, making the touch down I’m the second half The varsity played a loose game throughout The afternoon was unmercifully hot for the men in mole skins.
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 79% to win. Purdue Alumni pulled the upset.
The series
Every Purdue–Purdue Alumni gamePurdue Alumni leads 2–1–1 in four meetings.
| 1904 | Purdue Alumni 6, Purdue 2 | |
| 1899 | Purdue 10, Purdue Alumni 5 | |
| 1898 | Purdue Alumni 6, Purdue 0 | |
| 1897 | Purdue Alumni 0, Purdue 0 |
Around this game
Purdue
- Next gamevs. North Division HighSept. 24, 1904
- SeasonPurdue in 1904
- ProgramPurdue history and records
