Minnesota 17, Purdue 6
October 25, 2008 - Ross-Ade Stadium - West Lafayette, IN
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Minnesota 17, Purdue 6 October 25, 2008 - Ross-Ade Stadium - West Lafayette, IN |
Welcome to Purdue |
Boilered Up McD's |
Mackey Arena |
Outside Ross-Ade |
Boiler statue |
Tailgating scene |
Ross-Ade Stadium |
Ross-Ade Stadium |
Press box |
World's Largest Drum |
Marching band |
Purdue enters |
Purdue enters |
Joe Tiller |
View from our seats |
Justin Siller |
Purdue band |
Curtis Painter |
Let's Gopher a W |
Teams huddle |
Purdue Pete sucks |
First win at Purdue since 1990 |
Minnesota section salutes the team |
The Purdue crew |
NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- MINNESOTA (24) 7 3 0 7 17 PURDUE 6 0 0 0 6 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QTR: MINN - TD, ADAM WEBER 4 YD RUN (JOEL MONROE KICK), 13:11 PURD - FG, CARSON WIGGS 31 YD, 11:38 PURD - FG, CARSON WIGGS 40 YD, 2:40 2ND QTR: MINN - FG, JOEL MONROE 41 YD, 6:14 4TH QTR: MINN - TD, JACK SIMMONS 9 YD PASS FROM ADAM WEBER (JOEL MONROE KICK), 6:22
Extended BoxNCAAF 1 2 3 4 F - - - - -- Minnesota 7 3 0 7 17 Purdue 6 0 0 0 6 FINAL
Minnesota-Weber 4 run (Monroe kick) Purdue-FG Wiggs 31 Purdue-FG Wiggs 40 Minnesota-FG Monroe 41 Minnesota-Simmons 9 pass from Weber (Monroe kick)
Minnesota Purdue First downs 15 19 Rushed-yards 34-109 40-117 Passing yards 212 109 Sacked-yards lost 4-25 5-30 Return yards 0 14 Passes 21-34-1 16-30-2 Punts 4-37.2 2-39.5 Fumbles-lost 2-0 2-2 Penalties-yards 13-114 5-44 Time of possession 31:03 28:57
Individual Statistics RUSHING: Minnesota-Weber 13-60, Eskridge 17-42, Salamon 2-5, Decker 1-3. Purdue-Sheets 21-73, Siller 10-17, Bolden 3-11, Painter 5-8, Tardy 1-8.
PASSING: Minnesota-Weber 21-34-1-212. Purdue-Siller 10-17-1-73, Painter 6-12-1-36, Tardy 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING: Minnesota-B Green 5-100, Decker 7-51, Kuznia 3-33, Simmons 1-9, Salamon 1-8, B Smith 1-7, Eskridge 3-4. Purdue-Whittington 7-37, Valentin 1-26, Orton 3-18, Tardy 1-11, K Smith 1-8, Wasikowski 1-7, Whitest 1-6, Sheets 1-(-4).
Att: 54,215
Game StoryWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP)�-Best known for producing top-notch running backs, Minnesota is in the midst of the nation�s best turnaround season because of an opportunistic defense. The 24th-ranked Golden Gophers, who came in leading the nation in turnover margin, forced four more in a 17-6 win over Purdue on Saturday. It was the third time in the past five games Minnesota has held an opponent to single- digit points. The Golden Gophers were 1-11 last season with one of the worst defenses in the country. �It�s really different, especially from last year,� said Minnesota safety Kyle Theret, who intercepted a pass. �We weren�t even close to shutting down people to six points, no touchdowns. We�ve done that a couple times this year, and we think we can play better.� It�s hard to see how. Purdue passed for 109 yards in its homecoming game, the lowest total in coach Joe Tiller�s 12 years with the program. The Gophers (7-1, 3-1 Big Ten) allowed just 226 total yards and had five sacks. �I have tremendous confidence in our defense,� Minnesota coach Tim Brewster said. �It was an outstanding performance today. We did things good defenses have to do to be successful.� Purdue quarterback Curtis Painter hurt his throwing shoulder in the first quarter and left the game. He returned in the second quarter, but didn�t play in the second half. Tiller called it a slight-to-moderate separation and expects Painter to play next week. Justin Siller replaced Painter and made some plays, but couldn�t consistently move the Boliermakers (2-6, 0-4). Siller was a running back until a week ago, when former backup Joey Elliott was knocked out for the season with a separated shoulder. Kory Sheets led Purdue with 73 yards rushing and became the third Boilermakers player to run for more than 3,000 yards in a career. That wasn�t enough to prevent Purdue�s 18th straight loss to a ranked opponent, including four this season. The Boilermakers (2-6, 0-4) have lost five straight and are in danger of missing a bowl game in Tiller�s final season. Minnesota�s offense sputtered at times, but did enough to get the win. Adam Weber passed for 212 yards and a touchdown and ran for 60 yards and another score. Brandon Green caught five passes for 100 yards. Minnesota struck on the game�s first possession. Weber completed a 71-yard pass to Green on a third-and-6 to set up a first-and-goal at the 5. Weber scored on a 4-yard run 1:49 into the game. On Purdue�s first series, Painter was hit from the blind side and ran off the field with his right arm hanging. The Boilermakers managed a 31-yard field goal by Carson Wiggs. Wiggs made another field goal, a 40-yarder, to cut Minnesota�s lead to 7-6 late in the first quarter. Painter returned midway through the second quarter, but threw an interception to Marcus Sherels shortly thereafter. That turnover led to a 41-yard field goal by Minnesota�s Joel Monroe. Purdue was driving late in the first half when Painter fumbled and Minnesota�s Garrett Brown recovered at the Gophers� 46. Siller started the second half at quarterback, and the redshirt freshman led the Boilermakers inside the Minnesota 20 before Tremaine Brock leveled Sheets and forced a fumble that Nate Triplett recovered at the Minnesota 18. Weber broke loose for 39 yards on a keeper in the fourth quarter and on the next play he found tight end Jack Simmons for a 9-yard touchdown pass to make it 17-6 with 6:22 to play. �There was a lot of frustration on the sidelines for the offense, but we knew just to keep fighting, and that we would come out on top,� Weber said. Minnesota has lost only to Ohio State and doesn�t play Penn State. The players are starting to hear people talk about contending for the conference title. �People try to talk about it, but we really just want to keep it to one game at a time,� Theret said. �That�s what�s been our mind-set all year, and we don�t want to change it. We don�t want to get ahead of ourselves.�
