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season, hauling in the team's two longest: an 83-yarder to open the scoring at Ohio State to go along with the 73-yarder. Finally, Shavers' 73-yard reception and 58-yard catch-and-run Crosby Wright's marked the first time since the 2010 Bucket game that Purdue had two pass plays go in the 115 games of the series. R Robert Marve became the first Boil- for more than 40 yards in the same contest. R The 91 combined points is the most ermaker quarterback since Joey Elliott to throw four touchdown passes in a game. Elliott did it in Purdue's 38-21 win in Bloom- ington in 2009. Marve's passing total was the best since Elliott threw for 373 yards in a losing effort on Senior Day against Michi- gan State in 2009. R Purdue's 42 points in the second half were the most ever scored by the Boilermakers in the second half of a foot- ball game and tied for the most scored in a half in a Bucket Game. The Boilermakers also scored 42 in the first half of a 63-24 win over the Hoosiers in 2004. The most points Purdue has ever scored in a half is 45, which has happened twice: In the first half of the 2004 game against Ball State and in the opening 30 minutes of the 51-19 road win over Notre Dame in 1960. j Senior Akeem Shavers had a huge day vs. the Hoosiers, gaining 225 yards, one of the best ever by a Boilermaker. ton was a little bit better. Houston became the first Boilermaker opponent to rush for more than 150 yards and catch 10 or more passes in the same game Houston had 158 yards rushing on Tom Campbell and a 51-yarder to get the Hoosiers on the scoreboard first in 2012. 28 attempts and caught 12 passes for 95 yards for 243 yards of total offense. His 7.9 yards per catch was the lowest of any Boil- ermaker opponent to fall into the above- mentioned receiving category. The Indiana junior had a big game against Purdue in 2011, gaining 129 yards on just seven carries. Coincidentally, he had a 52-yard touchdown run to open the scoring in '11 makers took 3:58 to march 99 yards, scoring on the 10th play, a 50-yard pass from Caleb TerBush to Akeem Hunt. Shavers also made the most of his two scoring receptions this yard scoring drive of the season — it hadn't had any since 2002 — when Shavers was on the receiving end of a 73-yard scoring pass from Marve. The four-play drive took just 1:34 to complete. Against Eastern Michigan, the Boiler- R Purdue was a six-point favorite. R Purdue completed its second 99- POST-INDIANA NOTES GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 13 • 28