Pittsburgh at Purdue

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1945, page 22

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  LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. 3-Purdues Boilermakers, thoroughly recovered from their surprise defeat by Northwestern last week, came up with workman-like performance today as they plastered Pittsburgh’s Panthers, 28 to 0. s- The Boilermakers, playing before $4,000, early sewed up their sixth victory in seven games, scoring twice in the first period. They kept Pitts tricky T formation offense well in check all the way. The Panthers never got closer to a score than the Purdue 27-yard line and crossed the midfield stripe on only three other occasions. The first two Purdue touchdowns capped medium length drives. The third, slightly on the fluke side, was counted on a 45-yard run with a fumbled pass by a reserve end. and the fourth tally was a brilliant So yard dash by Halfback Bill Garfield. Fullback Ed Cody powered the Boilermaker ground attack that rolled up a net gain of 212 yards, while Pitt was being held to r.. The New Britain, Conn, galloper ripped across for the first two touch downs on runs of 10 and IA yards,

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Purdue leads 4–⁠3 in seven meetings, counting the five since this game.