Iowa at Purdue
Saturday, November 11, 1911 Share
Iowa beat Purdue 11–0. It was their second meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 74°F, 0.01 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, November 12, 1911, page 7
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IOWA PLAYS WELL AGAINST PURDUE uncorks Great Football In Last TWO Quarters and Win, II to 0. GGate City Leased Wire Service.l LA FAYETTE, Ind. Nov. 11.-After having the edge on Pnsd.c during the first tMc quarters, ),t sa.ling to searc. .he University 4 Iowa elevet urcurked E ire of the -, tocthall ever seen Ct, Stuart field daring ts” last half of the game this afternoon and humbled the boiler-makers, IL to o. O’Hrien scored twice on drop kicks, ard McGinnis was pushed over for a touchdown after Murphy had carried tho Lall down within striking distance of the Purdue goal by a SER les of long runs Iowa excelled in ground gaining throughout the battle, although Pur’ due put up stubborn defense. OH, Ehant’s run of rs yards through the entire Iowa team, only to be downed on the Iowa nineteen yard line by Ney was the spectacular play of the game, Murphy was the star for Iowa hitting the boilermaker’s line for gair after gain.
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)
Iowa 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Iowa–Purdue gamePurdue leads 50–41–3 in 94 meetings, counting the 92 since this game.
| 2023 | Iowa 20, Purdue 14 | |
| 2022 | Iowa 24, Purdue 3 | |
| 2021 | Purdue 24, Iowa 7 | |
| 2020 | Purdue 24, Iowa 20 | |
| 2019 | Iowa 26, Purdue 20 | |
| 2018 | Purdue 38, Iowa 36 |
Around this game
Iowa
- Next gamevs. Iowa StateNov. 18, 1911
- SeasonIowa in 1911
- ProgramIowa history and records
Purdue
- Next gamevs. Rose HulmanNov. 18, 1911
- SeasonPurdue in 1911
- ProgramPurdue history and records

