Ole Miss at Purdue

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1929, page 74

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  “OLE MISS” IS EASY VICTIM FOR PURDUE BOiIermaker Stars on Bench as Sophomores Defeat Invaders, PIT. By the Associated Press. 7 AFAYETTE, Ind, November g. Purdue unleashed a few sopho- more backfield stars today to de- - feat the University of Missis- sippi, 81 TO Z, in an intersectional foot ball game. 1t was the Boilermakers’ sixth straight victory. Ole Miss brought power” attack 10 the Purdue stronghold, but although 1t netted IA first downs to Purdue’s IL, when the Hooster backs broke loose they headed fos the last white line and refused to halt until 1t was reached. Coach Jimmy Phelan, his eyes on renaming Big Ten games with Iowa and Indiana, kept WEIGH and Harmeson, his big threats, on the bench all afternoon and allowed Yunevich, regular fullback, to get in for only few plays. But Purdue did well without them. Pope slipped through the Southerners’ left tackle for so yards and a touch down On the first play. Then Purvis and Risk took up the task to score a touchdown in each quarter. Ole Miss looked impressive in the first quarter when Chasey’s tumble was recovered on Purdue’s 35-yard line. Burnett, on crashing line plays and we’ll protected end runs, ran the ball to the 1-foot mark. from where Biggers plunged for a touchdown. Morris kicked goal. SOphomores Break Loose. But from then on the Sophomore flashes of the Purdue team managed to break loose often enough to pile up the score. A 25-yard pass and a 25-yard run by Purvis brought 6 points in the second quarter. After the intermission two long passes brought the ball to Ole Miss 18-yard line and Risk followed host of interference over the line. The regular Purdue forward wall was in during this drive, but retired after White kicked the goal The last Boilermaker score resulted from spectacular 73-yard dash by Risk in the final quarter. Two franctic Mississippi drives failed in the closing minutes of the game.

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Purdue leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.