Fordham vs. Purdue

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

1. Fordham’s biggest win1937: Fordham 21, Purdue 3by 18 points
2. Purdue’s biggest win1935: Purdue 20, Fordham 0by 20 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Fordham’s side (Crowley 1–⁠2 against Kizer). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1934 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 19, 1934

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  1935 · The Nome daily nugget, Oct 14, 1935

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  1936 · Imperial Valley press, Nov 8, 1936

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  1937 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Nov 9, 1937

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Fordham vs. Holy Cross38 meetings, Fordham 14–⁠23–⁠1
• Fordham vs. Georgetown34 meetings, Fordham 20–⁠12–⁠2
• Fordham vs. Lafayette28 meetings, Fordham 10–⁠17–⁠1
• Fordham vs. Bucknell27 meetings, Fordham 17–⁠10
• Purdue vs. Indiana125 meetings, Purdue 75–⁠44–⁠6
• Purdue vs. Illinois101 meetings, Purdue 48–⁠47–⁠6
• Purdue vs. Iowa94 meetings, Purdue 50–⁠41–⁠3
• Purdue vs. Wisconsin91 meetings, Purdue 29–⁠54–⁠8