Purdue debris . sconsin. From the sliowing whichthe lladgers had madj up to that time, honors seemed Uj beevenly divided. lUit a hoodoo seemed to follow our team andagain we lost. \\ isccmsins score was netted b\- long end runsand forward i) On the whole, our men gained moreground than the Badgers on straight football, but were worstedin the ])unting and had a smaller supply of horse shoes. .\1-though beaten, yet it was in this game that the (k-fenders ofthe Gold and Black scored their only touchdown of the , who was impressed from the .^o])homore team, was theonly man on
Purdue debris . sconsin. From the sliowing whichthe lladgers had madj up to that time, honors seemed Uj beevenly divided. lUit a hoodoo seemed to follow our team andagain we lost. \\ isccmsins score was netted b\- long end runsand forward i) On the whole, our men gained moreground than the Badgers on straight football, but were worstedin the ])unting and had a smaller supply of horse shoes. .\1-though beaten, yet it was in this game that the (k-fenders ofthe Gold and Black scored their only touchdown of the , who was impressed from the .^o])homore team, was theonly man on the squad whose good fortune it was to j)revcntPurdues record from being a total blank, .^jjencer. and Merrill ])layed the best game for Iurdue in thiscontest, while Robertson, brushour and Duke played a goodgame in the line. Illinois closed the season, and this game presented theuniciue spectacle of two teams ])laying the last game of the sea-son, neither of which had won a j^revious game. From all. Holdie 91 rci).)rls it MTiiud as tliiiu,;li a iKilhiiii;- to nothing game would the varsity for only one season, gave their best effort, but never-result. uanis jilaycd des])crately and tlic varsity had a theless, Illinois returned to Champaign happy over a 5 to 0 xictory. Thus the season of 1906 passed into history, without asingle victory and only one touchdown to our credit. That themen who composed the team did all in their power to make theseason a successful one, nobody cjuestions. No one can deny sjiadr the hotter of the SucIslts until ten minutes after the kick-olV in ^\^^? semnd hall, when Tettigrew caught a short kick bv Reed and had a hw nm for a touchdown. This ])iece of good fortune enabled Illinois to score, but dmnng the remainder of the ganu the \isiling team was ccmtinually on the defensive. .Merrill, Reed and Long worked hard and l)attered the Illinois the fact that they had the hearty support of the student body. line for long gains, but when n
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