Purdue at Iowa

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 22, 1944, page 20

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  Boilermakers Soar After Rival Takes First-HaIf Lead IOWA CITY, Iowa, Oct. 21.-The all-civilian Iowa grid kids” taunted Purdue with game leading, second period touchdown today, and then lived to regret their challenge as the Boilermakers turned on the steam to win in the last half, 26 to 7. The joy for Iowa’s Homecoming fans, as they saw their favorites take the lead-7 to 6-for the first time in their three games this season. was short-lived. Purdue roared back early in the third period to regain the upper hand and then virtually toyed with the Hawkeyes. BY their victory, the Boilermakers, reinforced by servicemen, kept their Big Ten Conference record clear in two games, although they have lost two other contests. The young Hawks, six points behind going into the final minute of the first half, struck fast on four plays after a Purdue tumble on the 25-yard line. Purdue sewed up the game with 13 points in the third quarter and despite it took off the pressure added another touchdown in the final period. 1t was Iowa’s third straight conference defeat, it having previously lost to Ohio State and Illinois.

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 22, 1944, page 8

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  PURDUE DEFEATS IOWA CIVILIANS IOWA CITY, Ia, Oct. 21.-LP- The all-civilian Iowa Grid Kids” tainted purdue with a game-leading second period touchdown today, and then lived to regret their challenge as the Boilermakers turned on the steam to win in the last half, 26 to 7. The joy for Iowa’s homecoming fans, as they saw their favorites take the lead-7 to 6-for the first time in their three games this season, was short-lived. Purdue roar. ed back early in the third period to regain the upper hand, and then virtually toyed with the Hawk eyes. By their victory, the Boilermakers, reinforced by service men, kept their Big Ten conference rec ord clean in two games, although they have lost two other contests. It was Iowa’s third straight conference defeat, having previously lost to Ohio State and Illinois.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Purdue leads 50–⁠41–⁠3 in 94 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.