Oberlin vs. Purdue
Oberlin and Purdue first met in 1897 and have played 4 times; Oberlin leads the series 3–1. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Oberlin 3–1. Share
- Oberlin wins
- 3
- Purdue wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1897
- Longest streak
- 3 Oberlin
- Current streak
- 1 Purdue
- Last 10 meetings
- Oberlin 3–1
- Most recent
- 1903
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 13.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Oberlin
- 1–0 Oberlin’s record at home
- At Purdue
- 1–2 Purdue’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Both programs through the years
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
1898 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 25, 1898
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 24, 1903 | Purdue 18, Oberlin 2 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 14, 1899 | Oberlin 12, Purdue 0 | at Oberlin | ||
| Nov 24, 1898 | Oberlin 10, Purdue 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 9, 1897 | Oberlin 22, Purdue 6 | at Purdue |
Every game is listed as played on the field.