Purdue at Northwestern

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 11, 1951, page 62

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  EVANSTON, III, Nov. 10 Guided by little Dale Samuels’ two long touchdown passes and excel lent generalship. Purdue smashed Northwestern 35–⁠14 today in a surprising upset that boosted the improved Boilermakers into the fourth place in the Big Ten race. More than $4,000 fans saw Purdue jam across three touchdowns in the third period for a $50 margin after being rated a pregame seven-point underdog. 1t was the Boilermakers’ second league victory in three starts, their first over Northwestern since 1914,

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Purdue leads 53–⁠36–⁠1 in 90 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.