Purdue 45, Minnesota 17
Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Ind.. |
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
| Minnesota |
0 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
17 |
Purdue
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28 |
7 |
14 |
0 |
45 |
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Scoring Summary
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| First Quarter |
| PUR |
10:10 |
Bolden 2 TD run (Wiggs kick) |
| PUR |
5:18 |
Wiggs 53 FG |
| PUR |
1:30 |
Shavers 1 TD run (Wiggs kick) |
| PUR |
0:18 |
37 INT return by Allen (Wiggs kick) |
| Second Quarter |
| PUR |
4:08 |
Ross 12 TD pass from Marve (Wiggs kick) |
| MINN |
1:37 |
Hawthorne 47 FG |
| Third Quarter |
| PUR |
7:02 |
Shavers 10 TD pass from TerBush (Wiggs kick) |
| PUR |
0:56 |
Mostert 25 TD run (Wiggs kick) |
| MINN |
0:43 |
Jones 92 KO TD (Hawthorne kick) |
| Fourth Quarter |
| MINN |
7:55 |
Gray 1 TD run (Hawthorne kick) |
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Stats at a Glance
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MINN |
PUR |
| • First Downs |
11 |
22 |
| • Total Offensive Yards |
213 |
372 |
| • Passing Yards |
113 |
155 |
| • Rushing Yards |
100 |
217 |
| • Penalties-Yards |
6-74 |
7-62 |
| • Turnovers |
3 |
0 |
| • Punts-Avg. |
6-39.7 |
4-43.5 |
| • Punt Returns-Avg. |
1-2.0 |
2-3.0 |
| • Kick Returns-Avg. |
5-31.8 |
2-24.5 |
| • 3rd-Down Conversions |
4-12 |
8-16 |
| • 4th-Down Conversions |
1-1 |
1-1 |
| • Time of Possession |
26:03 |
33:57 |
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Oct. 8, 2011
Final Stats |
Notes
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP)--Akeem Shavers caught a touchdown pass and ran for another score to help Purdue beat Minnesota 45-17 on Saturday.
Caleb TerBush completed 14 of 21 passes for 140 yards and a score and O.J. Ross caught five passes for 63 yards and a TD for the Boilermakers (3-2, 1-0 Big Ten).
Ricardo Allen returned an interception for a touchdown and Ryan Russell recovered two fumbles for Purdue, which held the Golden Gophers to 211 total yards. It was Purdue's largest margin of victory in a Big Ten game since a 62-10 win over Indiana on Nov. 22, 2008.
MarQueis Gray passed for 104 yards and rushed for 20 yards and a score for Minnesota (1-5, 0-2). The Gophers tried to bounce back from a 58-0 loss to Michigan but lost their third straight.
Purdue rushed for 217 yards on 47 carries.
Purdue had a false start on its first offensive play a week after committing 13 penalties in a 38-10 loss to Notre Dame, but the mistakes were few after that against the Gophers. Ralph Bolden's 2-yard run gave the Boilermakers a 7-0 lead.
Carson Wiggs hit a season-long 53-yard field goal to increase Purdue's lead to 10-0 with 5:18 left in the first quarter.
Minnesota's Donnell Kirkwood fumbled and Russell recovered at the Minnesota 11-yard line. The Boilermakers went for it on fourth-and-goal, and Shavers extended the ball to the pylon and scored to push the lead to 17-0.
Gray, who missed the Michigan game with a toe injury, replaced starter Max Shortell and got a rude welcome back. Allen jumped a route, intercepted a pass and returned it 37 yards for a touchdown to give the Boilermakers a 24-0 lead..
Robert Marve entered the game at quarterback in the second quarter and threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Ross that gave the Boilermakers a 31-0 lead with 4:08 left in the second quarter.
Minnesota finally got on the board with a 47-yard field goal by Chris Hawthorne, breaking a run of 95 consecutive points by its opponents. Purdue held Minnesota to 88 yards and six first downs in the first half to lead 31-3 at the break.
TerBush returned in the third quarter and led a 12-play, 86-yard scoring drive. His 24-yard touchdown pass on a screen to Shavers gave Purdue a 38-3 lead.
Raheem Mostert's 25-yard touchdown run gave Purdue a 45-3 lead late in the third quarter.
Minnesota's Marcus Jones returned the kickoff 92 yards for Minnesota's first touchdown since the fourth quarter against North Dakota State two weeks ago.
Gray's 1-yard touchdown run cut Purdue's lead to 45-17 midway through the fourth quarter.
