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games this season but lost it after missing three of his first 12 extra point attempts. Northwestern Iowa Nebraska Michigan Legends Division Team said McCartney, who has made his only field goal this season, a BIG TEN STANDINGS (As of Oct. 31) PURDUE Illinois Ohio State* Penn State* Wisconsin Indiana Leaders Division Team Michigan State Minnesota Big Ten/Pct. 3-1/.750 3-1/.750 3-2/.600 2-2/.500 2-3/.400 1-3/.250 * Ineligible for postseason play Michigan at Minnesota* Iowa at Indiana On Tap Saturday Game No. 21 Nebraska at Michigan State* Illinois at No. 6 Ohio State* Penn State at PURDUE* Big Ten/Pct. 5-0/1.000 3-1/.750 3-2/.600 1-3/.250 0-4/.000 0-4/.000 Division/Pct. 2-0/1.000 1-1/.500 2-1/.667 2-1/.667 0-2/.000 0-2/.000 Division/Pct. 3-0/1.000 1-1/.500 2-0/1.000 1-1/.500 0-2/.000 0-3/.000 Time (ET) Noon BYES: Northwestern, Wisconsin * Divisional game, Source: Danny Sheridan, Wednesday 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Week 9 Results NORTHWESTERN 28, Iowa 17 Indiana 31, ILLINOIS 17 Michigan State 16, WISCONSIN 13 (OT) MINNESOTA 44, Purdue 28 Ohio State 35, PENN STATE 23 NEBRASKA 23, Michigan 9 Home team in CAPS ABC/ESPN2 ESPN ESPNU BTN Mich. -12.5 BTN TV OSU -27.5 PSU -3.5 Neb. -2 Line IU -2 Overall/Pct. 6-2/.750 5-3/.625 7-2/.778 4-4/.50 5-4/.556 5-3/.625 Overall/Pct. 9-0/1.000 5-3/.625 6-3/.667 3-5/.375 3-5/.375 2-6/.250 "It was incredibly frustrating," favorite. R The Boilermakers relin- POST-MINNESOTA NOTES R Purdue was a three-point quished more points (44) than Minnesota had scored in its three disastrous first half played against the Gophers in Minneapolis in Pur- due's history. With head coach Jack Mollen- kopf in the hospital in 1968, sixth- ranked Purdue fell behind 21-0 in the first quarter and 27-0 at the intermission. The score finally set- tled at a 27-13 loss in a rare tele- vised game. In '73, in another televised previous confernence games (39). R Saturday wasn't the only Walk-on Sam McCartney is back as Purdue's pri- mary place-kicker and hit all four of his extra points Saturday. Tom Campbell 33-yarder at Notre Dame. "Prob- ably one of the hardest things I've had to do in my life. "The biggest thing for me was mental. It wasn't my kicking at all. I talked to Carson (Wiggs) and Chris Summers and a lot of guys on the team, and they just told me to keep working hard. I knew I' there at some point in time, I just didn't know if it' d get back out years (from now). I knew if I kept work- ing hard good things would happen." d be this year or two or three contest, the Boilermakers, under first-year coach Alex Agase, fell be- hind 27-0 in the opening half on their way to a 34-7 loss. In '85, not even quarterback Jim Everett could make it close as the Gophers, coach by Lou Holtz, rolled to a 35-9 lead at the break and won 45-15. R In its last three games, Purdue has scored on its first pos- session each time. In the three touchdowns scored, the Boiler- makers have run a total of eight plays and 3:05, 2:20 of which was used to score on their first drive against the Gophers. R With Akeem Shavers' 40- yard run on Purdue's second of- fensive play from scrimmage Sat- urday, the Boilermakers now have had six running plays go for 40 or more yards. Dating back to 2002, that ties for the highest number of 40-plus yard rushes in a season (2010). Since 2002, the Boilermakers have averaged 3.4 running plays of that third pick-six for the season, but it is not the most by a Boilermaker in a single season. As a junior in 1999, Drew Brees tossed five, and fresh- man Mark Herrmann had four in 1977. TerBush has thrown three in distance, prior to this season. R Caleb TerBush tossed his 169 attempts (1.8 percent). Brees had 0.9 percent of his passes re- turned to the house and Her- rmann 1.2 percent in the above mentioned years. latest news from around the Big Ten and at Purdue' season. in this season, Wisconsin has to make a change again. But this time, the decision is Having already gotten through some unrest at quarterback earlier GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 9 • 30 The following is a look at the s opponents this THE SLATE