Word: mollenkopf
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After nine years at Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind., Coach Jack Mollenkopf has every right to be a pessimist. Purdue got its nickname ("the Boilermakers") from opponents who meant it as a term of derision. It copied its school colors from Princeton's. It has been playing in the Big Ten ever since the ten were still seven, but in all those 70 years it has never once been to the Rose Bowl, and the last time it won an undisputed conference championship was in 1929. For that matter, Purdue has rarely even been the best team...
...last week, as his No. 6-ranked Boilermakers prepared to take on the No. 1-ranked Fighting Irish, Coach Mollenkopf was curiously optimistic. "The main difference between our boys and Notre Dame's is weight," he told newsmen. To his players, Mollenkopf said simply: "You are a better team than they...
...lettermen back from last year's team - but last year's team lost to Notre Dame 34-15. Purdue had walloped Miami of Ohio 38-0 in its season opener, but Notre Dame had beaten a bigger school (California) by a bigger score (48-6). And Mollenkopf had to admit that his running attack stood little chance against an Irish defensive line that averaged 225 Ibs. per man. "We'll have to pass," he said. "I'd sure hate to pass 50 times in one game-but if we have to, we will...
Goal to Go. At 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...
...started innocently enough, with a 31-7 victory over Wisconsin. But when Notre Dame licked Purdue to the tune of 34-15, people began to wonder, including Purdue Coach Jack Mollenkopf. "They're big," warned Mollenkopf, "as big as the pros." As victory piled on victory, so did the pressure. Everybody was laying for Notre Dame. Air Force leaped into a 7-0 lead on an intercepted pass. Notre Dame still won 34-7. "That line," sighed Falcon Coach Ben Martin. "At first they came like a wave and pushed the blockers back into our quarterback's lap. Later they...