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"They're sending the blimp to see us, so it's going to be The Boilermakers are just 1-6 at home in night games and nice," the first-year coach said. 0-3 against Notre Dame. It's the fourth night game in the last five "It's going to be a great venue, meetings between the schools in West Lafayette. a sold-out crowd, with our great students there who did a pheDate Opponent ResultAttendance nomenal job last week with getOct. 18, '86 Ohio State L, 11-39 68,737 ting loud when they needed to Sept. 10, '94 Toledo W, 51-17 48,962 get loud. It's going to be a great Sept. 21, '96 West Virginia L, 6-20 39,445 environment. Oct. 1, '05 No. 13 Notre DameL, 28-49 65,491 "I would love for this game Oct. 6, '07 No. 4 Ohio State L, 7-23 65,497 to continue every single season. Sept. 26, '09 Notre Dame L, 21-24 59,082 Oct. 1, '11 Notre Dame L, 10-38 61,555 Any time you have in-state rivalries, I think that makes for good there's a lot of hype going on, The game's been good for spectating." but we've got to make sure as a Purdue over the years, with Hunt's Historic staff and as a football team we regular sellouts of Ross-Ade StaHeroics put in the preparations we need dium, and occasional victories With his 99-yard kickoff reto do to help our team to be suc- that have marked some of the turn for a touchdown against cessful. That's the bottom line." biggest in program history. "I have great respect for Indiana State, Akeem Hunt bethe tradition," Burke said. "I've came the first Boilermaker since Introducing ... owned it as a landlord, if you Stan Brown to return a kickoff An updated will, for 20 years. … I don't take it for a TD in back-to-back seasons. Brown did it in 1969 and '70. lightly. But is Purdue football goGoldandBlack.com Dating back to 1933, Purdue ing to go to the back of the bus has only 23 kickoffs returned for mobile App For the if something happens to this series? No. We'll find other great scores and Hunt joins the elite Android and iPhone at club of Brown (5), Dorien Bryant opponents to play. Google Play "But I think Jack is respectful (3) and Otis Armstrong (2) to do to the tradition as well. Our hope it more than once. Hunt also had and the is that we can find a seamless tran- a 100-yard kickoff return for a App Store sition; if not, our hope is to find a score last year at Ohio State. It also was the first time a way to have a nominal break and Boilermaker returned a kickput something back together." Hazell calls this Saturday's off to open a game for a score since Bryant did it at Penn State matchup a "huge" game. Home Night Games Unkind in 2007. Desmond Tardy opened the contest at Minnesota with a 95yard return earlier that same season. Hunt also became the first Boilermaker in Ross-Ade Stadium history to return a kick for a touchdown to open a game (at least as far back as 1964). In 1981, in a nationally televised contest against Stanford, Jimmy Smith returned a kickoff 100 yards for a score the first time Purdue touched the ball, but it was after John Elway had led the visitors down the field for a touchdown. Finally, it is the Northern Illinois only kickoff return for a Quarterback Jordan Lynch, a Heisman candidate, will lead touchdown as a result NIU on the road this week at Idaho. of a reverse in the last ponents are 21-9 (.700) against 50 years and likely in the Purdue when not having a school's history. turnover. Post-ISU Notes R Ricardo Allen's gameR There was no line for the sealing interception was the Purdue-Indiana State game. eighth of his career. R Since the beginning of The Next Three the 1996 season, Purdue is 26-5 The following is a look at (.839) when not having a turnover as it did Saturday against Purdue's next three opponents: Indiana State. Conversely, opGoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 3 • 33