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, 1978 • [[]] • Iowa City, Iowa • •
17 Purdue Boilermakers Iowa Hawkeyes
34
Team 1 2 3 4 Totals
Boilermakers 10 7 0 17 34
Hawkeyes 0 0 7 0 7
7



Purdue 34, Iowa 7

Iowa City (57,640)

PUR #17 AP/UPI

PUR 18th straight win versus IOWA

IA Mark Mahmens

Scoring[]

1st Quarter

PUR: Sovereen 39 yard field goal

PUR: Pope 11 yard run (Sovereen kick)

2nd Quarter

PUR: Young 25 yard pass from Herrmann (Sovereen kick)

3rd Quarter

IOWA: Brad Reid 57 yard run (Schilling kick)

4th Quarter

PUR: Burrell 11 yard pass from Herrmann (Sovereen kick)

PUR: Sovereen 27 yard field goal

PUR: Eubank 3 yard pass from Herrmann (Sovereen kick)

Stats[]

Passing

PUR: Herrmann 14/28, 186 yds, INT

IOWA: Bill Dolan 6/20, 92 yds, 4 INT...1st start

Rushing

PUR: Pope 17/52, Macon 9/24

IOWA: Reid 1/57, Burke 14/52, Lazar 7/52

Receiving

PUR: Burrell 4/59, Harris 3/56

IOWA: Reid 3/41, Swift 1/27

Quotes[]

Iowa coach Bob Commings: “One of these days, the penalties will start going in our favor and the fumbles will start bouncing in our direction. When that happens, we’ll surprise somebody. It’s disenchanting to play as hard as we did and get beat, 34-7.”

References[]

  • "Purdue cuts down Iowa again." Milwaukee Journal. 29 Oct 1978.
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