Northwestern at Purdue

Saturday, October 11, 1913

Purdue beat Northwestern 34–⁠0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 4–⁠4.

AwayNorthwestern1–⁠6 in 1913
0
HomePurdue4–⁠1–⁠2 in 1913
34

FinalHigh 59°F, low 47°F, 1.27 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Bisbee daily review's story: WANT ADS GET RESULTS < < # < * $ < # < # * GRIDIRON GOSSIP x < 1 < < * * < < * * RESULTS ON THE GRIDIRON

    Bisbee daily review, October 12, 1913, page 6 (results column)

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    WANT ADS GET RESULTS < < # < * $ < # < # * GRIDIRON GOSSIP x < 1 < < * * < < * * RESULTS ON THE GRIDIRON Navy 23; Georgetown 0. Penna 20: Swathmore 6. Yale 27; Lafayette 0. Harvard 23; Williamstown 9. Princeton 28: Bucknen 6. Michigan Agricultural 57; Alma O. Carlisle ‘; Cornell O. Army 29; Rutgers 0. Wisconsin B; Marquette Q. Purdue 34; Northwestern 0. Michigan A; Mount Union o. Syracuse s: Rochester 0. Brown 6; Ursinus O. Amherst 6; Springfield 19. Dartmouth 33: Vermont 2. Maine A; Rhode Island State 0. Illinois 24; Missouri 2. Kansas 55; Washington University z.

  • The Bismarck daily tribune's story: FOOTBALL SCORES Princeton 23-5:cEaeii 6.

    Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], October 12, 1913, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Princeton 23–⁠5:cEaeii 6. Princeton 23–⁠5:cEaeii 6. Wisconsin iS-Mar1uette Q. A71? 29-Rutgers .. PENNSYLVANIA 20-STarthmo7e 0 Yale 27-LaFayette Q. Harvard 23-Nilllams 3. pennsylvania State, 16-Gettys’ Burg O. Illinois 24-Missouri Z. ~.g Easel Ohio State 14-Western Reserve 8. Purdue 34-Northwestern 0. Laredo, Texas Dartmouth 33-Vermont Z. . Carlisle 7-COrnell 0. Michigan l4-MOunt Union O..

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.

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Purdue 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Purdue leads 53–⁠36–⁠1 in 90 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Northwestern 19, Purdue 0
2024Northwestern 26, Purdue 20
2023Northwestern 23, Purdue 15
2022Purdue 17, Northwestern 9
2021Purdue 32, Northwestern 14
2020Northwestern 27, Purdue 20

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