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PURDUE 56, INDIANA 35 PURDUE VS. INDIANA GAME STORY A LOOK BACK AT SATURDAY'S TOP PLAYS AND PLAYERS SClardie@GoldandBlack.com BY STACY CLARDIE 56-35 victory over Indiana on Saturday. The following is a look at the top-five plays from Purdue's first half came after a mistake. The Boilermakers had driven No.5 Purdue's defin- ing play of the into the red zone but then were staring at a third-and-nine. Out of an empty backfield with three receivers and two tight ends just a shade off the line, Robert Marve took the snap and tried to com- plete a short pass over the middle. It deflected off a receiver, then off an Indiana defender, then off a Purdue offensive line- man before being snatched by Greg Heban. the races with only grass in front of him and the end zone about 80 yards away. Marve had other ideas. Despite playing without an Heban thought he was off to for the first time this season with fullback Kurt Freytag, Shavers and Akeem Hunt in the backfield with Marve under center. Marve faked a handoff and rolled right only to stop and toss the ball back to the left to an open Shavers. Shavers gathered it in and took off, getting a block from Crosby Wright. With a horde of offensive linemen in front of him, Shavers raced down the left sideline. Indiana's Mark Murphy Akeem Shavers had a career day, gaining 225 yards from scrimmage and scoring three touchdowns in his final game at Ross-Ade Stadium. launched his body at him and brought him down. Indiana scored a few plays ACL in his left knee, Marve took off on a dead sprint. He not only caught up with Heban, he come out with more fire in the No.4 The Boilermak- ers seemed to later to take a 21-14 lead late in the second quarter, but the tone was set: Purdue wasn't going down without a fight. second half, forcing Indiana into a three-and-out on its first pos- session and then responding with a touchdown on their first drive to tie the game. Neither unit really stopped rolling. Frankie Williams and Will Lu- cas forced turnovers that the of- fense turned into points to race Tom Campbell out to a 35-21 lead. But a key five-minute stretch in the fourth quarter sealed it. After Indiana rallied to tie the game at 35 about three min- utes into the quarter, Marve and Akeem Shavers responded. On first-and-10 from Purdue's 27-yard line, the Boilermakers lined up in a wishbone formation caught up at about the 20-yard line, but Shavers gave a mon- ster stiff arm to the facemask, pushing Murphy back toward the middle of the field and then finished his run into the end zone to cap a 73-yard play and snap the tie. series, Cameron Coffman at- tempted a pass in the middle of the field that was dropped and fell right into senior safety Max Charlot's arms near midfield. No.3 the ball, including converting a No.2 The offense quickly moved GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 13 • 12 On the first play of Indiana's next