Purdue at Minnesota

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  Evening star, November 19, 1950, page 56

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  Minnesota Trounces Purdue, II TO IA, for First Win Of Year MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 1S.-Minnesota’s Gophers, fired by the announced resignation of their coach, Bernie Bierman, put on their finest exhibition of football this year to come from behind and whip Purdue, 27–⁠14, in a Western Conference game today Coach Bierman announced Mon day that he was resigning at the end of the season. Until today Minnesota had not won a game. The Gophers spotted Purdue S Boilermakers two touchdownsone each in the first and second periods and then put together its first victory of the year. And in so doing, they uncovcred a new potential star in Halfback Kern Klefsaas. who scored the first three Minnesota touchdowns. In addition, he spanked most of the Gophers’ drives downfield into scoring ter ritory. Puts Minnesota Ahead. 1t was Klefsaas who, early in the fourth period. put the Mime sofa team ahead with a driving run around his own right end to take the ball across despite the efforts of three Boilermakers on the goal line. Then. to insure the victory, Halfback Bob Thompson ran 10 yards on a punt return to cross the goal line. Capt. Dave Skrien accounted for three points after touchdowns. Purdue’s ace fullback, Johnny keresteS. tailed both times for the Boilermakers, once in the first period and again in the second. Kerestes first tally came on a 36yard run behind beautiful block ing. Pass and Run Good for 70 Yards. In the second period, he took a pass from Quarterback Dale Samuels, after tumble recovery put the ball on Purdue’s 30. The pass and shaking run through half the Minnesota team, was good for 10 yards. A few plays later, Klefsaas ran As yards for his first touchdown. Coming out for the second half, Minnesota, after a couple of starts that f1zzled out, clicked. Klefsaas combined with Quarterback Ted Christensen and Halfback Darrell Shorty” Cochran to move the ball to the Vineyard line. Fullback Gary Johnson drove hard to within a half-yard of the Purdue goal, from which Klefsaas ran around right end to score.

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Minnesota leads 42–⁠36–⁠3 in 81 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.