Purdue Boilermakers With Impressive Win

USPA NEWS - Inspite of being beaten up, Boilermakers still have a chance to win out and a snag a bowl game. Injuries have been more than unkind to Purdue this year. Saturday was no exception when their quarterback jack Plummer leaves the game and did not return. That made this win even more meaningful as Sophomore #16 Aidan O'Connell takes over and goes the distance for a victory.

Nebraska Cornhuskers and a large fan base traveled to Purdue with expectations for coming away with a win! After all Purdue was 2-6 and the Cornhuskers were 4-4 coming into Purdue Boilermakers played spoilers and had a game plan of their own! Cornhuskers stuck first with a one yard run by Jr. #26 Dedrick Mills Let the battle begin! The way these two were going at it, one would have thought you had two undefeated teams playing for the title!Cornhuskers QB Martinez had constant pressure all day. He was 22/39 and 1 INT. He had 12 carries for 58 yards and 2 TD's. JD Spielman came away with top reception honors with 6 catches for 123 yards. All 3 TD's of the Cornhusker's came on the ground. Defensively Cornhuskers gave up a total of 449 yards on the day. Boilermakers QB Plummer went 25/34 for 242 yards with 2 TD's & 2 INT's. QB O'Connell stepped in went 6/7 for 62 yards taking over for injured Plummer. Top receiving honors for Purdue went to SR. Brycen Hopkins with 8 catches for 97 yards. Both King Doerue & Payne Durham added TD's on the day. King also lead rushing on the day for Purdue with 15 carriers for 71 and 1 TD. Purdue fans came out in full force with a near sellout crowd. A special appearance by graduate and Pro QB Drew Breeze was there to fire up pregame players and cheer his fellow alumni to victory. Purdue will travel next week to face 1-7 Northwestern on the road. Purdues play Saturday was impressive! With all the odds against them, injured players, a record that really doesn't represent who the Boilermakers really are they went out and played like champions! They put all that behind them and went out and played like it was the first game of the season! Well done Boilermakers!