Beloit at Purdue

Saturday, October 9, 1915

Purdue beat Beloit 26–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; Purdue leads the series 4–⁠0.

AwayBeloit0–⁠1 in 1915
0
HomePurdue3–⁠3–⁠1 in 1915
26

FinalHigh 51°F, low 30°F

In the newspapers

  • The Harrisburg telegraph's story: FACTSAND FIGURES ABOUT SERIES. FOOTBALL UPSETS FOR BIG TEAMS Penn-State Hands Jolt to Uni versity of Pennsylvania; Yale's Narrow Escape

    Harrisburg telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., October 11, 1915, page 9 (results column)

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    FACTSAND FIGURES ABOUT SERIES. FOOTBALL UPSETS FOR BIG TEAMS Penn-State Hands Jolt to Uni versity of Pennsylvania; Yale’s Narrow Escape Upsets in football results Saturday made the third week of gridiron bat ties a memorable one. The defeat of Penn by Penn-State was the most noteworthy event. The Quaker team lacked aggressiveness. Harvard showed the best form in the game against the Indians. The Crimson line was crossed which hurt more than defeat. Yale had n close call with Lehigh. The New Haven line was not crossed, Lehigh having two field goals. Legore was the big star making the touchdown. Charlie Taft was in this game and made good. The scores follow: State College, 13; Penn, 8. Pittsburgh At, Navy 10. Harvard 20, Indians Z. Cornell 46, Williams 6. Army %, Gettysburg 0. Yale 7, Lehigh 6. Princeton 8, Syracuse 0. Swarthmore 8, Bucknell o. Villanova 3, Ursinus 0. Haverford 81, Delaware IA. Amherst Z, Brown, 0. Dartmouth 20, Tufts Z. f. and M. As, st. Johns 0. Maine IA, Vermont 0. Johns Hopkins SIS, Mt. st. Marys. 0. Muhlenberg AZ, Susquehanna 0. Chicago 7, Northwestern o. Ohio State IA, Case 0. Wisconsin SO, Marquette 0. Purdue 26. Beloit 0. Rutgers 90, Rensselaer, o. New York 81. Hamilton 13. Stevens 0, Middlebury o. w. and ]. II. Lafayette 0. Colgate A, Rochester 0. Michigan 49, Mt. Union 0. Ohio 5, Cincinnati. 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.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Purdue 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Purdue leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings.

Recent meetings
1915Purdue 26, Beloit 0
1905Purdue 36, Beloit 0
1904Purdue 11, Beloit 0
1903Purdue 17, Beloit 0

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