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NATIONAL NOMINATION
After his impressive debut at
quarterback, Austin Appleby was
selected by the Manning Award as
one of eight quarterbacks in the
country named "Stars of the Week."
The award was created by the
Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004.
Fans had a
chance to vote for
Appleby during the
week for the "best
performance." He
completed 15-of-
20 passes for 202
yards and a touch
-
down and ran for 76
yards and two TDs
in a 38-27 victory
over Illinois. The top
vote-getter earned
the Manning Award
Q u a r t e r b a c k - o f -
the-Week.
THE NEXT THREE
Oct. 18, at Minnesota
Coming off a bye week, Minne-
sota hosts Northwestern at TCF Bank
Stadium.
The Gophers hope to end
Northwestern's consecutive winning
streak at three. In last week's win, the
Wildcats (3-2) gave up 284 rushing
yards, which bodes well for Gopher
running back David Cobb, who is
fourth in the Big Ten with 722 yards
on the ground.
Tight end Maxx Williams leads
Minnesota in receptions, receiv-
ing yards and TDs despite playing
through injuries this season.
A victory puts Minnesota at 2-0
in the Big Ten for the first time since
2004.
Nov. 1, at Nebraska
This week, the Cornhuskers have
a bye week before they travel to Evan-
ston to face surging Northwestern.
Last week, Nebraska suffered
its first loss of the season, falling to
Michigan State 27-22 in East Lansing.
Nebraska, however, almost pulled a
miraculous fourth-quarter comeback
after falling behind 27-3. The rally
ended when the Spartan defense
intercepted Tommy Armstrong with
under a minute to play. Armstrong
was able to put up 273 yards but only
managed to complete 47 percent of
his passes while throwing two inter-
ceptions.
It was also was an uncharacteristi-
cally unproductive game for Heisman
candidate Ameer Abdullah, who had
a mere 45 yards on 24 carries.
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THE BEST IN ROSS-ADE
Purdue is 5-15 against top-10 ranked
teams in Ross-Ade Stadium in the
past 25 years. Here's the list:
Oct. 11, 2014 No. 8 Michigan
State ?
Nov. 6, 2010 No. 7 Wisconsin L, 13-34
Oct. 17, 2009 No. 7 Ohio State W, 26-18
Oct. 4, 2008 No. 4 Penn State L, 6-20
Oct. 6, 2007 No. 4 Ohio State L, 7-23
Oc.t. 16, 2004 No. 10 Wisconsin L, 17-20
Nov. 8, 2003 No.10 Iowa W, 27-14
Nov. 9, 2002 No. 3 Ohio State L, 6-10
Oct. 7, 2000 No. 6 Michigan W, 32-31
Nov. 6, 1999 No. 10 Wisconsin L, 21-28
Oct. 23, 1999 No. 2 Penn State L, 25-31
Oct. 16, 1999 No. 5 Michigan State W, 52-28
Nov. 15, 1997 No. 6 Penn State L, 17-42
Nov. 19, 1996 No. 9 Michigan W, 9-3
Oct. 19, 1996 No. 2 Ohio State L, 14-42
Nov. 18, 1995 No. 5 Northwestern L, 8-23
Oct. 23, 1993 No. 3 Ohio State L, 24-45
Sept. 25, 1993 No. 4 Notre Dame L, 0-17
Oct. 31, 1992 No. 3 Michigan L, 17-24
Oct. 26, 1991 No. 11 Iowa L, 21-31
Tom Campbell
Brandon King's celebrates
one of his two intercep-
tions in the 2009 win over
Ohio State.
