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...halftime, Purdue's lead was 12-10, and Quarterback Griese wondered aloud whether he ought to be doing something different out there. Lord no, gasped startled Coach Mollenkopf, "Just keep passing!" Griese did: in the third quarter, he flipped a 12-yd. bullet to Fullback Randy Minniear that put Purdue in front 18-10. Then Griese got greedy. Trying to hit Halfback Jim Finley, he hit Notre Dame's Tony Carey instead; on the very next play, Irish Halfback Bill Wolski sprinted 54 yds. for a TD, and a two-point conversion tied up the game. Another Griese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: Boiled by the Boilermakers | 10/1/1965 | See Source »

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