Purdue at Fordham

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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, November 9, 1937, page 26

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  Well ahead Of it, so they tell me, are the hair-on-the-chest teams, Alabama, Pitt and Duke, with the ivy-on-the-cloisters set from Yale and Dartmouth always welcome, provided they can see their way clear to remembering that a snoot in the air is worth less than two on the ground. Anyhow, the coast is not believed to be especially interested right now in taking on any melt ing-pot-on-the7subway. Alabama, as a matter of fact, is supposed to be generally favored, not only because it is the only major college with an absolutely flawless record, but for other reasons, equally valid. “CRUsHING POWER” This seems to be generally &C cepted among football men around here; yet, following Fordham’s S 21–⁠3 win over Purdue, the metro politan papers put on a positive rave” about their team from a Rose Bowl standpoint, meantime over-stating some facts and over. looking others. They spoke of Fordham’s crushing power” and amazing offensive” two refer, enceS that probably will mildly amuSe the Purdue team. Fordham hasn’t been a power team at any time this year, as its record clearly shows. It is simply an alert opportunist that passes and punts well, runs only fairly well and defends excellently. So much for overstatements. KHGROW ALL-AMERICA AS for the rest, what is Signifi. cantly overlooked, in considering the Fordham-Pitt scoreless tie. is that Pitt forfeited more than $50 yards by fumbleS that day and also lost a touchdown on an off. side that did not materially affect the play. In any case, Pitt had the better team then-aS it has now.-and if it goes through un, defeated, and Alabama doesn’t, it probably will be back there in the bowl defending the title it took from Stanford last New Year day. However, I’d say offhand that

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 7, 1937, page 29 (results column)

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  Field Goal Beats Baylor. RAYLOR, apparently headed for the – Southwest title without much ar gument. fell by 9–⁠6 count before Texas as Hugh Wolfe booted a field goal from the 26-yard line in the waning minutes of play. Ohio State, needing only to get past Indiana to gain an almost certain share in the Big Ten champion ship, found the Hoosiers entirely too tough and went down to decisive defeat, 100. Northwestern, a heavy popular choice. was outpointed by Illinois, SO. Pitt, with set of hard-running backs operating briskly behind pow erful line, buried Notre Dame under three-touchdown barrage in the fourth period to win, 21–⁠6. Fordham, one of the Nations strong teams, played its most impressive game in 21–⁠3 rout OF Purdue. Dart mouth spotted Princeton nine points and then went on to win, 1919; Yale leisurely accounted for Brown, 1870; Holy Cross spilled Colgate, 1877; Villa nova trounced Marquette, 25–⁠7, and Lafayette spilled Rutgers, 1876.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 8, 1937, page 3 (results column)

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  FOOT BAIL @ lA{5SW{5 IFS Nl The following are final scores oi principal football games played las Saturday afternoon: Kansas 13; Nebraska 13, tie. Minnesota 35; Iowa 10. Stanford 2; Southern California 6 University of Washington 0; Cali fornia 0. Washington State 6; Oregon 10. Washington State Freshmen O. University of Washington Freshmen 13. Brown o; Yale 19 Alabama 9; Tulane 6. Gonzaga O; Montana 23. Willamette O; Oregon State 20. Duquesne 0; Carnegie Tech 6. Chicago 12; Michigan 13. Purdue 3; Fordham 21. Dartmouth 33; Princeton 9 Penn State T; Penn 0. Michigan State 13; Temple 0. Army ‘; Harvard 6. Illinois 6; Northwestern o. p Pittsburgh 21; Notre Dame 6. Navy 13; Columbia 6.

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Fordham leads 5–⁠2–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the four since this game.