Purdue football 44, Indiana 7: How They Scored
WEST LAFAYETTE — How Saturday's game between Purdue and Indiana at Ross-Ade Stadium unfolded:
First quarter
PURDUE 7, INDIANA 0 — Zander Horvath 1 run (Mitchell Fineran kick). 13 plays, 75 yards. Elapsed time: 6:30. Time on clock: 8:30. Key plays: Jackson Anthrop caught a 28-yard pass and also picked up a pass interference on his pass into the end zone on fourth-and-goal.
INDIANA 7, PURDUE 7 — Donaven McCulley 2 run (Charles Campbell kick). 11 plays, 75 yards. Elapsed time: 4:53. Time on clock: 3:38. Key play: Davion Ervin-Poindexter avoided a tackle in the backfield on third-and-2 and gained four yards to the Purdue 35.
Second quarter
PURDUE 14, INDIANA 7 — Paul Piferi 24 pass from Aidan O'Connell (Mitchell Fineran kick), 3 plays, 42 yards. Elapsed time: 1:20. Time on clock: 12:42. Key play: An interception return for a touchdown by Jaylin Williams was negated by a pass interference, giving the Boilers first-and-10 at the IU 24.
First career TD catch for @paul_piferi16 💥@BoilerFootball pic.twitter.com/uT2VpVqYoZ
— Purdue On BTN (@PurdueOnBTN) November 27, 2021
PURDUE 17, INDIANA 7 — MItchell Fineran 32 field goal. 9 plays, 54 yards. Elapsed time: 4:09. Time on clock: 6:53. Key play: TJ Sheffield made a diving 18-yard catch to get Purdue in the red zone.
Third quarter
PURDUE 24, INDIANA 7 — Jackson Anthrop 21 pass from Aidan O'Connell (Mitchell Fineran kick). 4 plays, 51 yards. Elapsed time: 1:24. Time on clock: 12:26. Key play: O'Connell was 4-for-4 on the drive.
The Boilermakers cannot be stopped today 😤.
Jackson Anthrop takes it to the 🏡 for another Boilermaker TD. @AnthropJackson // @BoilerFootball pic.twitter.com/vbOPwgKOcx— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) November 27, 2021
PURDUE 31, INDIANA 7 — TJ Sheffield 5 pass from Aidan O'Connell (Mitchell Fineran kick). 6 plays, 69 yards. Elapsed time: 2:12. Time on clock: 8:37. Key play: King Doerue crossed midfield on a 29-yard run, Purdue's longest rush against a Big Ten opponent this season.
Fourth quarter
PURDUE 37, INDIANA 7 — David Bell 20 pass from Aidan O'Connell (kick blocked). 12 plays, 65 yards. Elapsed time: 5:11. Time on clock: 13:53. Key play: Zander Horvath picked up two yards on a fourth-and-1 to get into the red zone.
PURDUE 44, INDIANA 7 — Dylan Downing 33 run (Mitchell Fineran kick). 4 plays, 46 yards. Elapsed time: 2:09. Time on clock: 9:28. Key play: Downing had two carries for 40 yards.
TEAM STATISTICS
FIRST DOWNS: Indiana 17, Purdue 25
RUSHES-YARDS: Indiana 32-58, Purdue 28-167
PASSING: Indiana 18-30-1 147, Purdue 27-33-0 280
TOTAL YARDS: Indiana 205, Purdue 447
PUNTS (NET YARDS): Indiana 7-35.1, Purdue 3-36.0
THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS: Indiana 7-15, Purdue 2-8
FOURTH-DOWN CONVERSIONS: Indiana 0-0, Purdue 1-1
RED ZONE SCORES-CHANCES: Indiana 1-1, Purdue 4-4
POINTS OFF TURNOVERS: Indiana 0, Purdue 0
TIME OF POSSESSION: Indiana 30:46, Indiana 29:14
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Indiana, Ervin-Poindexter 8-48, Spegal 9-37, Holloman 4-14, Childers 3-5, McCulley 1-2, Gremel 7-(minus) 48; Purdue, Horvath 15-49, Doerue 4-49, Downing 3-39, Wright 1-18, Burton 1-7, Plummer 1-4, O'Connell 3-1.
PASSING — Indiana, Gremel 18-30-1 147; Purdue, O'Connell 26-31-0 278, Plummer 1-1-0 2, Burton 0-1-0 0.
RECEIVING — Indiana, Hendershot 6-51, Barner 4-29, Marshall 3-42, Fryfogle 2-19, Swinton 2-8, Ervin-Poindexter 1-(minus) 2; Purdue, Bell 6-79, Wright 6-53, Anthrop 4-63, Horvath 4-19, Sheffield 3-31, Piferi 1-24, Doerue 1-8, Downing 1-2, Miller 1-1.
TACKLES — Indiana, Jones 7, McCrary-Ball 7, McFadden 7, Fitzgerald 4, Elliott 4; Purdue, Alexander 6, Mitchell 5, Jefferson 4, Deen 4.
INTERCEPTIONS — Purdue, Wahlberg.
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