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DePauw vs. Purdue

DePauw and Purdue have 24 meetings on file, the first in 1892; Purdue leads the series 23–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Purdue 9–⁠1, and Purdue has won the last 7.

DePauw wins
1
Purdue wins
23
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1892
Longest streak
16 Purdue
Current streak
7 Purdue
Last 10 meetings
Purdue 9–⁠1
Most recent
1929

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠6
1900s0–⁠5
1910s1–⁠6
1920s0–⁠6
Average margin
20 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At DePauw
0–⁠4 DePauw’s record at home
At Purdue
19–⁠1 Purdue’s record at home
Shutouts
15

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. DePauw’s biggest win1918: DePauw 9, Purdue 7by 2 points
  2. Purdue’s biggest win1899: Purdue 40, DePauw 0by 40 points
  3. Upset1918: DePauw 9, Purdue 7DePauw had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of DePauw and Purdue, 1892 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Grand Rapids herald's story of the 1892 game: Purdue Downs Depauw.

    1892 · Grand Rapids herald, Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov 25, 1892

  • The The Indiana State sentinel's story of the 1893 game: 'RAH FOR PURDUE! The Old Gold and Black Once More Triumphant And Success Is with the Lusty "Boilermakers." GREAT GAME OF FOOTBALL. DePauw Fights Manfully to Secure the HonorS, EButsHer Wearing Ability Was Not Equal to 1t.

    1893 · The Indiana State sentinel, Indianapolis, Dec 6, 1893

  • The The Indiana State sentinel's story of the 1894 game: PURDUE YET CHAMPION. DEPAUW DEFEATED BY A SCORE OF IS TO O. terize the Thanksgiving Foot HALL Game in This City-Purdue's Game an Open One on the Defensive other Games. 1t is still Purdue.

    1894 · The Indiana State sentinel, Indianapolis, Dec 5, 1894

  • The The Indianapolis journal's story of the 1897 game: 10 HEAVY FOR DEPAUW PURDUE ELEVEN WINS A HARD GAME BY A SCORE OF TO o. /. L. shuts Out Rose Polytechnic, but the Rose Freshmen Get Revenge ON the state Normal. Special to TIE indianapolis Journal.

    1897 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 17, 1897

  • The The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram's story of the 1908 game: PURDUE TOO HEAVY TrounCes DePauW Football Team by a Score of 20 to q. ROCKFORD WAS THE STAR.

    1908 · The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., Nov 1, 1908

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 19, 1929Purdue 26, DePauw 7at Purdue
Oct 6, 1928Purdue 31, DePauw 0at Purdue
Oct 1, 1927Purdue 15, DePauw 0at Purdue
Oct 10, 1925Purdue 39, DePauw 0at Purdue
Nov 8, 1924Purdue 36, DePauw 0at Purdue
Oct 2, 1920Purdue 10, DePauw 0at Purdue
Nov 17, 1919Purdue 24, DePauw 0at Purdue
Oct 26, 1918DePauw 9, Purdue 7at Purdue
Oct 13, 1917Purdue 7, DePauw 6at Purdue
Oct 7, 1916Purdue 13, DePauw 0at Purdue
Oct 5, 1912Purdue 21, DePauw 0at Purdue
Oct 28, 1911Purdue 5, DePauw 0at Purdue
Nov 12, 1910Purdue 14, DePauw 6at Purdue
Oct 16, 1909Purdue 15, DePauw 12at Purdue
Oct 31, 1908Purdue 28, DePauw 4at Purdue
Oct 4, 1902Purdue 39, DePauw 0at Purdue
Oct 19, 1901Purdue 19, DePauw 0at Purdue
Oct 13, 1900Purdue 28, DePauw 5at Purdue
Oct 28, 1899Purdue 40, DePauw 0at Purdue
Oct 16, 1897Purdue 8, DePauw 0at DePauw
Nov 7, 1896Purdue 22, DePauw 0at DePauw
Nov 29, 1894Purdue 28, DePauw 0at DePauw
Nov 30, 1893Purdue 42, DePauw 18at Purdue
Nov 24, 1892Purdue 32, DePauw 6at DePauw

Every game is listed as played on the field.