Chicago–Purdue football rivalry explained
Wide: | yes |
Chicago–Purdue football rivalry |
Team1: | Chicago Maroons |
Team1logo: | Chicago Maroons logo.svg |
Team2: | Purdue Boilermakers |
Team2logo: | Purdue Boilermakers logo.svg |
Firstmeeting: | November 19, 1892 Purdue, 38–0 |
Mostrecent: | October 17, 1936 Purdue, 35–7 |
Nextmeeting: | Series defunct since 1936 |
Total: | 42 |
Series: | Chicago leads, 27–14–1 |
Largestvictory: | Chicago, 56–0 (1907) |
Longeststreak: | Chicago, 16 (1902–1917) |
Currentstreak: | Purdue, 9 (1928–1936) |
The Chicago–Purdue football rivalry was an American college football rivalry between the Chicago Maroons and Purdue Boilermakers. Chicago leads the series 27–14–1.[1] [2] The series was first played in 1892.[3] [4] The rivalry has not been played since 1936.
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Notes and References
- News: October 14, 1936 . Chicago-Purdue Game May End Long Grid Rivalry . Lawrence Journal-World.
- News: October 13, 1936 . Purdue Chicago End an Old Grid Rivalry Saturday . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160502193907/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19361013&id=JHUxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MiIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2323,7997155&hl=en . May 2, 2016 . October 10, 2015 . The Milwaukee Journal.
- News: October 19, 1935 . Feud Frays and To Interest In Week's Tilts . October 10, 2015 . Montana Butte Standard . 26 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Dixon Stewart . November 6, 1930 . Leading Teams of Big Ten Groom For Meeting With Old-Time Jinx . October 10, 2015 . The San Bernardino County Sun . 15 . Newspapers.com.