Indiana at Purdue

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 23, 1908, page 1

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  INDIANA WINS FROM PURDUE Contest IL First Between Two Uni versities for Three Years. LAFAYETTE. Ind. Nov. 2.-Indiana uni versity won from Purdue, 10 to I, this afternoon. Today’s contest was the first between the two univt~ rsities during the last three years. Indiana’s first scoring was on q drop kick shortly after the opening of the contest. The ball was booted over from the q irty-five-yard line by Captain Scott Pad dock. after Purdue had been cleverly taken in for a thirty-yard gain ON az old-fash- Toned criss-cross. For off-side play In diana was penalized severely. Cunningham scored Indlana’s touchdown in the second half. Captain Holloway scored Purdue’s four points on a place kick from the thirty yard line.

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  The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., November 22, 1908, page 2

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  new PLAYS BLOCKED Indiana Triumphs Over Purdue on Stuart Field by Close Score. INDIANA’s GOOD DEFENSE. Lafayette, Ind, Nov. ’21.-Before ten thousand people on Stuart field this aftarnoon, Indiana defeated Purdue in desperate game of football by the score of 10 to 4. New plays were blocked by the Indiana team and Purdue was unable to make any gains against the downstate eleven until near the close of the game. Soon after time was called in the second half, Cunningham caught Ruffner’s punt and ran through the whole Purdue team for a touch down. The final score was Indiana 10, Purdue 4. ‘e-.7.

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  Waterbury evening Democrat, November 23, 1908, page 9 (results column)

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  down after q series of line plays by the locals which the visitors were un. able to break up. The second and last score of the game was also made in the first half by Dwyer who fell on the ball after 1t had been punted by the Films from behind their goal. SATURDAYS FOOTBALL RESULTS At New Haven-Harvard 4, Yale o. At Amherst--Amherst 1, Williams 10. At Medford-Tufts 6, Massa- chusetts agricultural college 6. At Ithaca---Cornell IS, Trinity 6. At Annapolis-Nayy IS, Virginia polythecnic 4. .. At Minneapolis – Minnesota II, Carlisle 6. At Madison, Wis--Chicago IS, Wisconsin 12. At Syracuse-Syracuse 2S. Michi- gan 4. At West Point, N. West Point 25, Villanova 0. .. At Storrs, Conn-Rhode Island agricultural college 12, Connecticut agricultural college 12. At New York--Fordham 22, Rens- selaer polythecnic institute 12. At Champaign, Ill--Illinois GA, Northwestern s. At Lafayette, Ind--Indiana 10. Purdue 4. At Pittsburg, Pa-University of Pittsburg 6, Gettysburg college 0. At Iowa City, Ia-Kansas 10, Iowa 5. At Western Reserve 54, Heidelburg o. At St Louis--Vanderbilt 28, Wash ington o. At Knoxville, Tenn-Tennesses 35, Chattanooga 6. At Baltimore-St Johns II, Johns Hopkins 4. At Philadelphia – Pennsylvania freshmen IS, Cornell freshmen O. At Lewisburg, Pa-Bucknell r, Ursinus II. At Haverford, Pa-New York uni- versity 8. Havorford 6. At Easton, Pa-Lehigh II, Lafay- cite 5. At Hoboken-Stevens institute of technology IF, Rutgers college IS. At Columbus-OhioS State universi- ty IA, Oberlin 12.

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  Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., November 23, 1908, page 3 (results column)

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  Saturdays Football Results Rock Island high school, o; Gales ,urg high school, 10. Chicago, rs; Wisconsin, IL, Illinois, 81; Northwestern, s. Indiana, 10; Purdue. 4. Minnesota, II; Carlisle,y6.S Kansas, 10; Iowa, 3. Grinnell. u: Cornell College, II. Ohio, IA; Oberlin, u. Denver University, IA: Colorado, 10. De Paul, G.; Illinois Normal, 0. Harvard, 4; Yale. 0. ) Syracuse, 2S; Michigan, 4. Cornell, Is; Trinity, G. West Point. 25; Villa Nova, 0. : Amherst, 4 Williams, 0. Pittsburg o., 6; Gettysburg. 0. Vanderbilt, %; Washington, 0. Tennessee. IS: Chattanooga, G. Baylor, G; Tulane, 0. Case, 80; Carnegie Tech, 0. Bowling Green %; Perrysburg, o. Fostoria, “a; Findlay, 0. Kansas Aggies, %; Wabash. A.. Western Reserve, 81; Heidelberg, O Denison, “a; Wooster, 0. Miami, “a; Wesleyan, 0. Olivet, ~; Albion, II. Shattuck, 90; Lake Forest, 6. Hillsdale, 20; Normal. 10. Chicago NEEDLES, %; Physicians ant 0. $50 Bradley Pyrotechnic, IS; Illinois col lege, 5.

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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 114 since this game.