Pittsburgh at Purdue

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 14, 1948, page 44

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  |Pitt Beats Purdue, 20–⁠13, in Hard-Fough Battle Of Long Runs LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. 13- Pittsburgh’s Panthers shook loose Jimmy Joe Robinson for a 100-yard touchdown run and scored two others with short rushes today in a 20–⁠13 victory over the Purdue Boilermakers. Purdue had big margin in the statistics, but lost the ball four times on fumbles and twice was held for downs on the Pitt 9-yard stripe. The 10000 fans saw an 82-yard touchdown sprint and one for 56 yards in the battle of feet halfbacks. Runs Kickoff to Score. Pitts Lou Cecconi returned a Purdue punt 40 yards to set up a l-yard scoring plunge by Fullback Carl Depasqua in the early minutes of the game. Harry Szulborski of Purdue, lead | ing rusher in the Big Nine Confer ence. made a 56-yard, S-shaped touchdown run in the second quarter. Robinson took the following kick off on his goal line and zig-zagged the length of the field. Punt Is Blocked. | A blocked Purdue punt set up an 8-yard scoring run by Robinson in the fourth quarter. Purdue scored with 40 seconds to go on an 82-yard punt return, Bob Hartman catching the kick on his 20 and handing 1t to Kenny Gorgal for the rest OF the trip. Late in the final quarter Szulborski stopped departing fans in the aisles with a 59-yard kickoff return, but Purdue lost the ball on downs at the Pitt %.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 15, 1948, page 3 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL :. SCORES tlnal scoles ot important col lege football games played over the weekend are as follows: OSC 20; Utah 20. Washington T; UCLA 32. Utah State 6; Denver 4l. Idaho 28; Portland 0. Wisconsin 26; Marquette 0. South Carolina 27; Tulsa 2. Oklahoma 41; Nebraska IA. Mississippi 16; Tennessee 13. Texas A and M 6; Rice 28. Texas Christian T; Texas IA. California A; WSC IA. Minnesota 2S; Iowa 2l. Colorado IS; Missouri 27. Northwestern T; Notre Dame 12 Pittsburgh 20; Purdue 13. Virginia 2; West Virginia 0. Duke 21; George Washington 0. Michigan State 48; Iowa s. 2. Southern Methodist IA; Arks l2. Indiana 0; Michigan 54. N. Carolina 49 Maryland 20. Dartmouth 26; Cornell 27. William Mary IA; Boston Col 14 Ohio State 34; Illinois ‘. Brown 19; Harvard 30. Temple 0; Penn State AT. Alabama IA Georgia Tech 12. Kansas 20 Kansas State ‘. Santa Clara l0 St. Mary’s 2. Detroit 27; St. Louis U. IA. Navy 0; Columbia IS. Ohio w. T: Lafayette 27. Colgate 20; Syracuse 13. Auburn IA; Georgia 42. Clemson 21; Wake Forest IA. Fordham 6; Holy Cross IS. Princeton 20; Yale IA. Army 26; Penn 20. Franklin and Marshall 2; Muh. 40. Carnegie Tech 0: Lehigh 20.

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