Iowa at Purdue

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 15, 1931, page 68

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  PURDUE DOWNS IOWA IN HOMECOMING tilt Keeps in Struggle for Second Place in Big Ten Race With 22–⁠0 Victory. LAFAYETTE. Ind, November IA Iowa’s Hawkeyes had the courage, but not the class, TO compete against Purdues big crew Of Boilermakers today and were crushed into q 22-to-0 defeat before homecoming throng Of $4,000. The result. which kept the Boiler makers heads up In the struggle for second place In the Big Ten champion ship with three victories and one defeat, was q foregone conclusion after the first exchange Of thruSts. Horstmann and Fred Hecker were the big guns In Purdue’S attack-an attack that netted 429 yards from scrimmage, as compared to q mere st for the Hawkeyes. Each scored touchdown The Boilermaker scoring parade start ed soon after the beginning Of the Sec ond period. Hecker, Horstmann and Pardonner marched 81 yards for the FIRST touchdown. Pardonner drop-kicked he extra point and Purdue was of. After advancing to Iowa’s S-yard line in the forepart of the third period Purdue found itself stopped, but a new march, again 81 yards long, gave HeckeI q chance to push over the second touch down. Pardonner again drop-kicked the extra point. The fourth period was just in its in. fancy when the Bonermakers pushed over their final touchdown. Purvis Risk and Yurevich shelled the lows defense until they reached the l-foot line. Yunevich then plowed over 70, | an easy score. Jack White failed tc kick the extra point. | Purdue scored cnce more, however when Moore broke through to block the Iowa punt and recovered the ball bacl Of the Iowa goal line for a safety.

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Purdue leads 50–⁠41–⁠3 in 94 meetings, counting the 84 since this game.