Purdue at Chicago
Saturday, November 9, 1907 Share
Chicago beat Purdue 56–0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 9–3–1.
FinalHigh 48°F, low 36°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Purdue–Chicago gameChicago leads 27–14–1 in 42 meetings, counting the 29 since this game.
| 1936 | Purdue 35, Chicago 7 | |
| 1935 | Purdue 19, Chicago 0 | |
| 1934 | Purdue 26, Chicago 20 | |
| 1933 | Purdue 14, Chicago 0 | |
| 1932 | Purdue 37, Chicago 0 | |
| 1931 | Purdue 14, Chicago 6 |
Around this game
Purdue
- Next gamevs. WisconsinNov. 16, 1907
- SeasonPurdue in 1907
- ProgramPurdue history and records
Chicago
- Next gamevs. CarlisleNov. 23, 1907
- SeasonChicago in 1907
- ProgramChicago history and records
