Wisconsin at Purdue

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 23, 1938, page 27

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  PURDUE IS SAVED BY BYEL|NE’ RUN Passes for One Touchdown, Beats Wisconsin With 73-Yard Sprint. LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct 22-Wisconsin’s Badgers looked to be winners over Purdue this sunshiny afternoon until young man from Massillon, Ohio, named Mike Byeline, got into the football game in the second half. Thereafter, with the Massillon ma rauder at large. it was a different story, and the Boilermakers emerged on top, 13 to 7. A Homecoming crowd of $1,000 saw Purdue win its first Big Ten Conference game of the current campaign. The Badgers couldn’t stop the Sophomore Byeline. He passed and he ran and two Purdue touchdowns were the result. Without Byeline the Boiler makers were just another football team. With him they looked to be two other teams. Wisconsin Gets a Break. Wisconsin capitalized in the first Pc riod on a tumble by Lou Brock and HOWE Weiss swept widely around end for touchdown that kept the Bad SNlo III AlOlIS ulllll GiiC dlOl SSdiu NlI Byeline entered the fray Purdue’s first tally came in the third period on pass from Byeline to Jack Krause after 59-yard march In the fourth period Byeline shot of tackle and raced 73 yards for the winning marker. The game started out as punting duel Then Brock fumbled a Wisconsin kick and the Badgers recovered on the Boilermaker eleven. Roy Bellin and Weiss carried the ball to the two and Weiss made his touchdown jaunt wide around right end. Lynn Hovland kicked the extra point. Badger Passes Flop. The Badgers threatened again as the first half ended, marching from their 46 to Purdue’s IL. With only seconds to play, a furry of passes went awry and so did the Wisconsin chances

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Wisconsin leads 54–⁠29–⁠8 in 91 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.