Purdue at Minnesota

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 7, 1948, page 44

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  Record Crowd Sees Minnesota Roll Over Crippled Purdue, 34–⁠7 MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. g. Min nesota’s improving football team handed a crippled Purdue squad q 34-to-7 licking today before a rec ord crowd of e6,953 fans. The Gophers concentrated most Of their scoring punch in the first half. getting four touchdowns fol a 27 to I advantage at half-time They could punch over only one more tally, midway in the final period. Runs s. Yards. Purdue’s ace halfback, Harry Szulborski, raced through right guard for SO yards and touchdown three minutes and three seconds after the game started and Rudy Trbovich added the point. After that, the Boilermakers could not come close to scoring again. Purdue’s score was the spark that touched off the Minnesota blast A delayed plunge sent Fullback Frank Kuzma over for the firs1 Gopher tally. A few plays later Halfback Bud Hausken took pass that bounced off D potential in terceptor’s hands and raced fol another tally to put Minnesots ahead. Lateral Gains 20 Yards. A lateral good for 20 yards and ar eight-yard plunge by Halfback Bill Dye gave Minnesota another touch down shortly after the seconc period opened. Quarterback Jim Malosky wa: the workhorse for the fourth Min nesota tally. He plunged to tht 25-yard line and then took a pas! from Halfback Dick Lawrence tt put the ball on the eight. He scoree on a pass from Halfback Ev Faunce Minnesota scored again in th’ last period. Plunges by Faunc’ and Halfback Glenn Pullens car ried the ball to the three-yard line Halfback Jack Sturdevant addee two more yards and then a quarter back sneak sent Stan Thiele over

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Minnesota leads 42–⁠36–⁠3 in 81 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.