R All eight of Purdue's losses are against teams that have
already gained bowl eligibility.
R Purdue's second-quarter
touchdown was the Boilermakers' first score since the Nebraska game on Oct. 12. It was the
first trip inside an opponents'
20-yard line since the Sept. 28
game vs. Northern Illinois.
R The Boilermakers' two
sacks against Iowa were the
most since recording five
against Indiana State in Week
2. It was only the second time
this season that Purdue has had
more than one in a game; and
they were the first sacks recorded by the Boilermakers since
the Nebraska game.
R Danny Etling's 53.6 completion percentage (15 of 28)
marked the first time he's been
above 50 percent in a game this
season. It was his fifth game.
The Next Two
The following is a look at
Purdue's final two opponents:
Nov. 23: Illinois
Illinois' losing streak swelled
to five games Saturday after a
52-35 loss to Indiana.
In the loss, Illini quarterback
Nathan Scheelhaase threw for
a career-high 495 yards. As a
team, the Illini racked up 612
total yards of offense, just the
11th time in school history that
a team had 600-plus total yards
in game.
Illinois had more than 600
one other time this season,
compiling 601 yards against Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 28.
Senior Steve Hull amassed
224 yards receiving, the second
best single-game total in school
history. Hull also became one of
three players in school history
to have 200-plus yards receiving in a game.
Hull came to Illinois as a
safety and spent his last three
seasons on the defensive side
of the ball, but made the transition to offense last offseason.
Illinois will be looking to snap
its 19-game conference losing
streak against the team that started the skid, Ohio State, in 2011.
It is the first of three straight
In The Opposite Corner
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz
Following the Hawkeyes
38-14 win
"We're thrilled to get the
victory, and it didn't come
easy. Purdue played extremely hard like we thought they
would. We're thrilled to get the
victory, and we'll move into a
bye week now.
"I think that our defense
has really grown as the year
has gone on. And we've played
without our lone senior for the
last three or four weeks."
lent football coach, just
his first year there. He's
putting in his offense, defense, special teams. He's
working hard in recruiting and it will take time
for them to develop what
they want there.
"We'll have no problem focusing on Purdue.
Our guys are very focused on this game. It's
never a matter of focusing on who the opponent is, and it has nothing to do with records
Penn State coach Bill O'Brien or anything else. We just
On the Boilermakers
want to play the best
"We respect Purdue. Coach football we can, and im(Darrell) Hazell I think is an excel- prove from last week."
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