Purdue at Northwestern

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 8, 1926, page 6

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  NORTHWESTERN BEATS PURDUE Boilermakers’ Hope For TOP Standing in Western Con. ference SmOthered Evanston, ILL.,, Nov. s-LP)- North western university’s Purple wildcats smothercd Purduc’s hope for a ton standing in the Western conference Saturday, defeating the Boilcrma kers, % to 0. Greater speed in the back field coupled with unusually fine for ward passing by Captain Moon Baker Of the home team were the main factors in tn” de”isive -”e”‘t. Against these Purdue offered a stubborn fight and although they had no chance to win, kept up a late game bombardment of forward passes that several times threatened to res”lt in 2 touchdown. The Purdue spirit was most manifest in the second han when three times they took the bali on downs inside their 5 yard lire. One Of these last ditch stapds saw the oval less than two feet from the goal when the Boilermakcrs took pos. session Of It. Lewis Stars Northwestern, performed brilliantly from tho start With Captain Baker and “Tiny” Lewis dashing off ends or blowing through TACKLES. In ono department., punting, Purdue had the advantage. “Cotton” Wilcox could not get loose for any spectacular dashcs ,bNE no made excellent use Of his rigbx foot and consistently drove the hall as yards or more on high spifals which gave his ends plenty Of time to get down the field.

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Purdue leads 53–⁠36–⁠1 in 90 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.