Purdue at Illinois

Saturday, November 2, 1907

Illinois beat Purdue 21–⁠4. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 8–⁠5–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayPurdue0–⁠5 in 1907
4
HomeIllinois3–⁠2 in 1907
21

FinalHigh 54°F, low 43°F, 0.2 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Paducah evening sun's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    The Paducah evening sun, Paducah, Ky., November 4, 1907, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS. West. Chicago, is; Minnesota, 70. Michigan, s: Vanderbilt, 0. Wisconsin. 6: Iowa. 5. Illinois, 21; Purdue, 4. Indiana. 0; Notre Dame, o. Grinnell. 10; Drake, 0. Ohio State, ~; Kenyon, 0. Washburn, 10; Kansas, 5. Nebraska. 10; Ames, 8. st. Louis, rs; Washington, o. Missouri, 5; Texas, 4. Missouri State School of Mines, l; Battery A. 6. st. Vincent Col. IL; U. of Utah. 8. Albion Col. pa; Hillsdale Col. o. Colo. S. of NJ, So: Ag. College, 0. Marquette. Is; Lawrence, 4. RipoD, 16; Carroll College, s. Montana, u; Spokane A. c., 0. Lake Forest, &c.; Beloit, 10. East. Princeton, 16; Carlisle, 0. Pennsylvania. Is; Lafayette, 0. Yale. IL; Wash. and JEFF. 0. Harvard, G: Brown, s.. Cornell, is; Western u. of Pa, 5. Syracuse, 20; Bucknell, s. West Point. 6; Colgate, o. Yale Freshmen, 10; Andover A. 2. Haverford, IL; Lehigh, 0. Penn. State Col, So; Dickinson, D.

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)

Illinois 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Purdue leads 49–⁠47–⁠6; as played, 48–⁠47–⁠6 in the 101 games on file; the official count covers all 102 meetings, counting the 86 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Purdue 24, Illinois 17
2025Illinois 43, Purdue 27
2024Illinois 50, Purdue 49
2023Purdue 44, Illinois 19
2022Purdue 31, Illinois 24
2021Purdue 13, Illinois 9

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