Purdue at Northwestern

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  Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 12, 1942, page 1 (results column)

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  Michig a n, Northwestern and Minnesota. the big three of Mid western football. all took ii on the chin Saturday, proving once more that football selecting is almost as hazardous as picking race horses. You might have guessed that Michigan’s lack of reserves would beat them against so powerful a foe as the Iowa Preflight Cadets but few wagered their nickels on Illinois over Minnesota or Purdue over Northwestern. But that’s the way it happened. The weekend roundup in brief: AMONG THE NATIONS BEST TEAMS-Ohio State, loser only once last year, trounced powerful Southern California eleven. 28–⁠12. Illinois. rallying under its new coach, Ray Eliot, turned back Min nesota. 20–⁠13. the first college team to beat the Golden Gophers of the North in several years. Wis consin. getting a littl defensive strength TO help its powerful attack, whipped a YER good Missouri, eleven, 17–⁠9. Santa Clara added California TO its list by winning, 7–⁠6. WOLVERINES STOPPED FIRST DEFEATS-Michigan by Iowa Preflight Cadets, 26–⁠14; Missouri, by Wisconsin; Texas A. and M. by Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, 1871 FIRST VICTORY-Notre Dame with Angelo Bertelli in fine form trounced Stanford. 27–⁠0. BIGGEST CROWD – International football game between Eng land and Scotland drew $4,000 at Wembley Stadium, London. 1t was a scoreless draw. SCORING BEES-M | h 6 n State 46, Wayne 6; Georgia as, Mississippi 13; u. c. L. A. 30, Oregon State, 1912 Rose Bowl champions, z; Pennsylvania 35, Yale 6: Miami So. Kent State Z; Army %. Cornell 8; Brown %,

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Purdue leads 53–⁠36–⁠1 in 90 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.