Indiana at Purdue

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 25, 1956, page 76

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  Purdue Downs Indiana ForLone.Big Ten Victory LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. “a R.-Purdue closed out a frustrating football season today by whipping It’s old rival, Indiana, 1920. on three-touchdown per- Torrance by Fullback Mel Dill lard and two touchdown passes from Len Dawson to Lamar Lundy. 1t was Purdue’s only Big Ten victory of the season, in which it outgained every opponent from scrimmage. 1t gained two ties. Indiana won one Big Ten game. Indiana, which lost the ball six times on fumbles, played Purdue on even terms excepting a horrible third quarter. In the third, the Boilermakers scored on a pass interception and o. yard run by Sophomore End Tom Franckhauser, a 22-yard billiard run set up by a tumble and one

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Officially, Purdue leads 77–⁠44–⁠6; as played, 75–⁠44–⁠6 in the 125 games on file; the official count covers all 127 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.