Purdue at Notre Dame

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  The Bluffton news. (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, Ohio, October 12, 1950, page 11

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  BlufftOn’s Neil Schmidt Stars AS Purdue Eleven ROuts NOtre Dame Bluffton’s Neil Schmidt, one of the finest grid stars ever produced at the local high school, turned in his greatest performance in three years on Purdue’s Big Ten football team last Saturday afternoon when he covered himself with glory as one of the top performers in the Boiler makers astounding % to IA victory over Notre Dame in a contest play ed at South Bend. Used almost exclusively on defense in the two preceding seasons, Schmidt turned in an iron man performance for Purdue in the win that represented Notre Danes first setback in 40 games, a string that

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Officially, Notre Dame leads 60–⁠26–⁠2; as played, 62–⁠26–⁠2 in 90 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.