Purdue at Chicago

Saturday, November 9, 1907

Chicago beat Purdue 56–⁠0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 9–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayPurdue0–⁠5 in 1907
0
HomeChicago4–⁠1 in 1907
56

FinalHigh 48°F, low 36°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: CHICAGO DEFEATS PURDUE. Latter Outclassed at Nearly Al Points.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1907, page 1

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    CHICAGO DEFEATS PURDUE. Latter Outclassed at Nearly Al Points. CHICAGO, November 9.-The University Of Chicago foot ball team easily defeated the eleven from Purdue University here today by a score of Sc to @. Purdue was outclassed at nearly all points Of the game. Chicago won the tess. and within a few minutes after the KICKOFF Coach Stages men by long gains carried the ball across Purdues goal line During the remainder Of the half Chicago scored almost at will. In the last half Purdue played much stronger game and allowed only fourteen points. Both teams used a number of substitutes. Purdue had several chances to kick .ield goals. but bad passes prevented For svthe, upon whom Perdue relied Tor THESE p,ays from kicking true.

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)

Chicago 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Chicago leads 27–⁠14–⁠1 in 42 meetings, counting the 29 since this game.

Recent meetings
1936Purdue 35, Chicago 7
1935Purdue 19, Chicago 0
1934Purdue 26, Chicago 20
1933Purdue 14, Chicago 0
1932Purdue 37, Chicago 0
1931Purdue 14, Chicago 6

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