31
2-0 , 2-0
24
0-2 , 0-2
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 31 | |
| 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
Game Recap: Football |
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Purdue football team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 31-24 victory at Illinois on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois.
The Boilermakers improved to 2-0 for the first time since 2007 and are 2-0 in Big Ten action for the first time since 2010.
Sophomore wide receiver David Bell had a historic showing in the win, as he set a school record with his fifth consecutive game with 100-plus receiving yards. He finished the day with nine catches for 122 yards with a touchdown.
Junior quarterback Aidan O'Connell was 29-for-36 for 376 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions to record his second career 300-plus yard passing performance. On the other side of the ball, the sophomore safety Jalen Graham recovered two fumbles, one returned for a touchdown. The defense also totaled had two interceptions and got a key fourth-down stop in the final two minutes to halt an Illini drive.
Purdue jumped out to a 14-0 lead, thanks to a one-yard touchdown run by junior Zander Horvath less than six minutes into the game and a 45-yard touchdown catch by sophomore wide receiver Milton Wright early in the second quarter.
Illinois cut its deficit in half with a seven-yard touchdown run with 4:46 left in the first half, and both teams traded field goals in the final 73 seconds to send Purdue to the locker room with a 17-10 halftime advantage.
Bell caught a three-yard touchdown pass with 8:47 left in the third quarter to extend Purdue's lead to 24-10, and the Boilermakers made it 31-10 when Graham recovered the fumble in the end zone for the touchdown. It was the second fumble recovery of the day for Graham, who became the first Boilermaker to recover a pair of fumbles in a game since 2011.
The defense had Illinois backed up on its own two-yard line before the fumble was forced by redshirt freshman Marvin Grant and Graham recovered it in the end zone. The fumble returned for a touchdown is Purdue's first since 2015.
Illinois made it 31-17 with a touchdown pass with 11:44 left in the game, and added another touchdown through the air with 6:36 left to cut the advantage to 31-24. The Illini got the ball back with 2:55 left on their own 48 yard line and advanced the ball to the Purdue 15. However, the Boilermaker defense forced three incompletions before a completed pass on fourth and 10 went for seven yards.
The turnover on downs gave Purdue the ball back on its own eight with 1:50 left. On third and 11 from the seven, O'Connell connected with Bell for a 27-yard completion to seal the victory.
Purdue, which knotted the all-time series against Illinois at 45-45-6, has won four of the last five meetings between the two clubs and five in a row in Champaign. Since 1994, the Boilermakers are 15-6 against the Illini and 9-2 at Memorial Stadium.
Horvath rushed for 11 yards with a touchdown and added six catches for 55 yards, both career-high totals. Wright added seven catches for 85 yards, also both career-best marks.
Purdue has had a 200-yard passer (O'Connell), 100-yard receiver (Bell) and a 100-yard rusher (Horvath) in both games this season.
Defensively, Graham had two fumble recoveries, while DaMarcus Mitchell had a team-best and career-high 11 total tackles, five solo, with a sack.
Up next, Purdue travels to Wisconsin on November 7. Kickoff at Camp Randall Stadium is set for 3:30 p.m. ET, with the contest broadcast on ABC and the Purdue Radio Network.
The Link LonkThe Boilermakers improved to 2-0 for the first time since 2007 and are 2-0 in Big Ten action for the first time since 2010.
Sophomore wide receiver David Bell had a historic showing in the win, as he set a school record with his fifth consecutive game with 100-plus receiving yards. He finished the day with nine catches for 122 yards with a touchdown.
Junior quarterback Aidan O'Connell was 29-for-36 for 376 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions to record his second career 300-plus yard passing performance. On the other side of the ball, the sophomore safety Jalen Graham recovered two fumbles, one returned for a touchdown. The defense also totaled had two interceptions and got a key fourth-down stop in the final two minutes to halt an Illini drive.
Purdue jumped out to a 14-0 lead, thanks to a one-yard touchdown run by junior Zander Horvath less than six minutes into the game and a 45-yard touchdown catch by sophomore wide receiver Milton Wright early in the second quarter.
Illinois cut its deficit in half with a seven-yard touchdown run with 4:46 left in the first half, and both teams traded field goals in the final 73 seconds to send Purdue to the locker room with a 17-10 halftime advantage.
Bell caught a three-yard touchdown pass with 8:47 left in the third quarter to extend Purdue's lead to 24-10, and the Boilermakers made it 31-10 when Graham recovered the fumble in the end zone for the touchdown. It was the second fumble recovery of the day for Graham, who became the first Boilermaker to recover a pair of fumbles in a game since 2011.
The defense had Illinois backed up on its own two-yard line before the fumble was forced by redshirt freshman Marvin Grant and Graham recovered it in the end zone. The fumble returned for a touchdown is Purdue's first since 2015.
Illinois made it 31-17 with a touchdown pass with 11:44 left in the game, and added another touchdown through the air with 6:36 left to cut the advantage to 31-24. The Illini got the ball back with 2:55 left on their own 48 yard line and advanced the ball to the Purdue 15. However, the Boilermaker defense forced three incompletions before a completed pass on fourth and 10 went for seven yards.
The turnover on downs gave Purdue the ball back on its own eight with 1:50 left. On third and 11 from the seven, O'Connell connected with Bell for a 27-yard completion to seal the victory.
Purdue, which knotted the all-time series against Illinois at 45-45-6, has won four of the last five meetings between the two clubs and five in a row in Champaign. Since 1994, the Boilermakers are 15-6 against the Illini and 9-2 at Memorial Stadium.
Horvath rushed for 11 yards with a touchdown and added six catches for 55 yards, both career-high totals. Wright added seven catches for 85 yards, also both career-best marks.
Purdue has had a 200-yard passer (O'Connell), 100-yard receiver (Bell) and a 100-yard rusher (Horvath) in both games this season.
Defensively, Graham had two fumble recoveries, while DaMarcus Mitchell had a team-best and career-high 11 total tackles, five solo, with a sack.
Up next, Purdue travels to Wisconsin on November 7. Kickoff at Camp Randall Stadium is set for 3:30 p.m. ET, with the contest broadcast on ABC and the Purdue Radio Network.
November 01, 2020 at 04:08AM
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