Missouri at Purdue

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 5, 1905, page 1

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  MISSOURI TOO LIGHT. The Husky Purdue Boilermakers Won by a Score of p to 0. Lafayette. Ind, Nov. 4-Out weighed but not outplayed Missouri’s light foot ball team met Purdues husky boiler makers here this afternoon in the pres ence of twenty-five hundred people and went down to defeat by a score of “A to o. Missouri made a magnificent showing in the first half and by superb tackling by Salisbury. Rucker, Frazier and Brock never. PLAYED Purdue’s heavy eleven to a standstiIf the bOilermakers making a touchdown five minutes before the half closed. Missouri put up a plucky game and despite overwhelming odds held the score within bounds Captain Anderson was a whole team in himself and his playing made center of Tigers line invulnerable Brockmeyer and Salisbury. st. Louis boys. covered themselves with glory, their EQUALS as tackles seldom having been seen on Stuart field and they downed Purdue’s backs repeatedly for losses. In the second Purdue showed her superiority and with a comparatively fresh team made is points. The final score was “a to O. Missouri’s game fight against big odds made the tigers popular with Purdues rOOIerE.

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Purdue leads 7–⁠3 in 10 meetings, counting the six since this game.