Indiana at Purdue

Saturday, October 28, 1905

Indiana and Purdue tied 11–⁠11. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Purdue led the series 6–⁠3–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayIndiana8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1905
11
HomePurdue6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1905
11

FinalHigh 46°F, low 30°F, 0.06 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story: PURDUE, TO SURPRISE, IS TIED BY INDIANA Snac;al to The Journal.

    The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 29, 1905, page 39

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    PURDUE, TO SURPRISE, IS TIED BY INDIANA Snac;al to The Journal. Special to The Journal. Indianapolis, Oct. 2s.-Fresh fro1, their easy victory over Illinois the PuY due players were treated to surpris. this afternoon when Indiana playeS them to a tie, the final score being Il to II. Favored with an ideal day and ( fine field the players put up a fast com test. The betting favored Purdue. The boilermakers Scored a touchdown in tn first half. In the second Indiana evenef up matters and then scored on a tumble making the contest II to 5. PurduE by desperate work tied the score.

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 71% to win.

Officially, Purdue leads 77–⁠44–⁠6; as played, 75–⁠44–⁠6 in the 125 games on file; the official count covers all 127 meetings, counting the 115 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Indiana 56, Purdue 3
2024Indiana 66, Purdue 0
2023Purdue 35, Indiana 31
2022Purdue 30, Indiana 16
2021Purdue 44, Indiana 7
2019Indiana 44, Purdue 41

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