Northwestern at Purdue

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  Evening star, November 12, 1950, page 44

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  Dick Flowers Passes Pace Northwestern In Defeating Purdue LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. IL Quarterback Dick Flowers passed and ran Northwestern’s Wildcats to a 1914 victory over Purdue today, and End Don Stonsifer came out of the game with a new Western Conference record for pass receiving. Stonesifer caught four of Flow ers’ tosses for a seasons record of “a that rubbed out the mark of 81 caught last year by Indiana’s Clifton Anderson. Flowers ran over two of North Westerns touchdowns after put ting the Wildcats in scoring position with long passes. He passed to Dick Alban for the other. Fifth Straight Purdue Loss. It was the fifth straight defeat for Purdue since it ended Notre Danes long victory march. North western came out of a two-game slump today. Purdue, with % to 10 margin on first downs, was still in the game after Northwestern’s Bob Burson missed a field goal at tempt from the seven yard line late in the final quarter. Chuck Bennett intercepted pass by Sophomore Dale Samuels to halt. Purdue’s final drive on the Northwestern SO. Flowers, former South Bend (Ind), High School star. hit Stone sifer with passes for 19 and 16 yards in Northwestern’s first scoring drive. He sneaked over himself from the one-yard mark on the second play Of the quarter. Try For Point Blocked. Purdue’s Mike Maccioli block ed Bob Burson’s try for point. Purdue took its only lead at 7–⁠6 on John Kerestes’ one-yard plunge and Samuels’ conversion midway in the second quarter. A 33-yard run by Neil Schmidt and an l1-yard pass from SamuelS to Leo Sugar set up the scoring chance. Northwestern pulled ahead with only seven seconds left in the first half, Flowers passing 81 yards to Alban. The Flowers Stonesifer COM , bination set up Northwestern’s third touchdown in the third quarter. Two of their aerials were good for 26 and 18 yards and Flowers dived over the goal line from the 3. Samuels scored Purdue’s sec ond touchdown in the first min ute of the final quarter, taking pass and streaking IL yards around his own right end.

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Purdue leads 53–⁠36–⁠1 in 90 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.