Link: Full Game Notes (Huskers.com)
Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-4, 2-2) at Purdue Boilermakers (3-4, 1-3)
When: Saturday, October 28 | 6:30 p.m. (CT)
Where: Ross-Ade Stadium (57,236) | West Lafayette, Indiana
TV: Big Ten Network (Brandon Gaudin, Glen Mason, Michelle McMahon)
Radio: Husker Sports Network (Greg Sharpe, Matt Davison, Ben McLaughlin)
Satellite Radio: Sirius (Ch. 135) | XM (Ch. 195)
Internet Broadcast: Huskers.com
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Nebraska returns to action following a bye week, as it travels to West Lafayette, Ind., to take on the Purdue Boilermakers in a Big Ten West division matchup. The game will kick off at 6:30 p.m. CT (7:30 p.m. local) from Purdue's Ross-Ade Stadium. Television coverage will be provided by BTN, with radio coverage on the IMG Husker Sports Network.
The Huskers head to West Lafayette with a 3-4 record and a 2-2 mark in Big Ten play, following consecutive setbacks against top-10 foes Wisconsin and Ohio State, prior to a bye week. The Huskers remain in a tie for second place in the West Divsiion with its 2-2 league mark, and has four remaining games against divisional opponents in the final five weeks, beginning with Saturday's game at Purdue.
Purdue has shown signs of being one of the nation's most improved teams in 2017, particularly at home at Ross-Ade Stadium. The Boilermakers have posted a 3-4 record and a 1-3 Big Ten mark in their first season under Head Coach Jeff Brohm. Purdue has posted a 2-1 record at home this season with their only setbak against nationally ranked Michigan.
Purdue is coming off a narrow 14-12 loss at Rutgers on Saturday, in a game the Boilermakers dominated statistically, outgaining Rutgers 474 yards to 217 yards. Three of the Boilermakers' four losses this season have come against teams that were nationally ranked at game time, with two of those losses by eight or fewer points.
Numbers to Know
19 - Nebraska redshirt freshman J.D. Spielman has 19 receptions on third and fourth down. Thta ties for the third-most receptions on third or fourth down in the nation and is first in the Big Ten. Spielman's five fourth-down receptions are the most in the nation.
4 - Nebraska will be playing in its fourth consecutive night game on Saturday in West Lafayette. Nebraska has had just two longer stretches of night games in school history, most recently a five-game stretch of night games in 2014.
28 - Nebraska junior I-back Devine Ozigbo needs 28 rushing yards on Saturday to join the Nebraska career 1,000-yard rushing club. Ozigbo would become the 65th Cornhusker player to have 1,000 career rushing yards.
Series History
Saturday's matchup will be just the 6th meeting all time between the Cornhuskers and the Boilermakers. Nebraska leads the all-time series with Purdue 3-2, and leads 3-1 in games played as Big Ten opponents. Purdue is 2-1 against the Huskers in games played in West Lafayette.
1958 - Purdue 28, Nebraska 0 (West Lafayette)
2013 - Nebraska 44, Purdue 7 (West Lafayette)
2014 - #17 Nebraska 35, Purdue 14 (Lincoln)
2015 - Purdue 55, Nebraska 45 (West Lafayette)
2016 - #8 Nebraska 27, Purdue 14 (Lincoln)
About Purdue Football
Purdue played its first football season in 1887, and the Boilermakers own an all-time record of 604-558-48, including a 324-393-32 record in Big Ten Conference games. Purdue has appeared in 17 bowl games, most recently a loss to Oklahoma State in the 2013 Heart of Dallas Bowl following the 2012 season.
First Season: 1887
Big Ten Titles: 8
Bowl Record: (9-8)
All-Time Record: 604-558-48
National Titles: (none)
About 2017 Purdue Football
Purdue has shown dramatic improvement under first-year head coach Jeff Brohm. The Boilermakers enter Saturday's game with a 3-4 record. The Boilermakers have already tied their highest season win total since a 6-6 campaign in 2012.
Purdue has won three of its four games against unranked opponents. Purdue has had a chance to win or tie in the fourth quarter in each of their four losses, three of which have come to top-20 opponents. Purdue held a lead with under 10 minutes to play in a season-opening loss to then-No. 16 Louisville. In its conference opener, Purdue trailed then-No. 8 Michigan by only four points in the fourth quarter before the Wolverines pulled away for a 28-10 win. Two weeks ago, Purdue drove inside the Wisconsin 10-yard line trailing by eight with less than 10 minutes to play before an interception spoiled any hopes of a Boilermaker upset in a 17-9 loss to the then-No. 7 Badgers. Last week at Rutgers, Purdue failed to convert on a two-point conversion with 25 seconds remaining that would have tied the game in what ended up a 14-12 loss to the Scarlet Knights.
Purdue has split time between quarterbacks David Blough and Elijah Sindelar, with Sindelar earning four starts -- including two straight -- and Blough making three starts. Sindelar has thrown for a team-high 907 yards, while Blough leads Purdue with eight touchdown passes. The Boilermakers average only 146.6 rushing yards per game, but ran more than a quarter of their season's yards last week when they ran for 279 yards at Rutgers despite being without leading rusher Tario Fuller.
Defensively, Purdue has forced 15 turnovers , its highest total since 2001. The Boilermakers rank 26th nationally in scoring defense by allowing an average of 19.3 points per game, an improvement by 19 points per game from 2016, when Purdue ranked 117th in scoring defense at 38.3 points per game.
2017 Purdue Schedule (3-4, 1-3)
vs. #16 Louisville (at Indianapolis) (L 28-35)
Ohio (W 44-21)
at Missouri (W 35-3)
#8 Michigan (L 10-28)
Minnesota (W 31-17)
at #7 Wisconsin (L 9-17)
at Rutgers (L 12-14)
Nebraska
Illinois
at Northwestern
at Iowa
Indiana
About Jeff Brohm
Jeff Brohm is in his first year at Purdue, sporting a 3-4 record, and this will be the first ever matchup against Nebraska in his coaching career. This is Brohm's fourth year overall as a collegiate head coach and he sports an overall record of 33-14. Prior to Purdue, Brohm was head coach at Western Kentucky from 2014 through 2016, where he led the Hilltoppers to a 30-10 record and three bowl berths along with two Conference USA championships. Brohm was a quarterback in college at the University of Louisville, graduating in 1993. After college, Brohm spent seven years as a quarterback in the NFL with six different clubs. After his playing days, Brohm served as head coach of the Louisville Fire in Arena League 2 in 2002 and then went back to the college ranks as the QB coach, associated head coach and eventually offensive coordinator from 2003 through 2006. Brohm served as QB coach at Florida Atlantic in 2009, QB coach at Illinois in 2010 and 2011 and OC/QB coach at Alabama-Birmingham in 2012. In 2013 Brohm became Associate Head Coach/QB Coach and offensive coordinator at Western Kentucky and then became the school's head coach in 2013.
Last Time Out: October 22, 2016: Nebraska 27, Purdue 14
Nebraska's victory over Purdue won't convince skeptics who've been saying the No. 8 Cornhuskers aren't worthy of a top-10 ranking.
The wait to find out how good they really are is almost over.
In their final tuneup before their Big Ten West showdown at No. 10 Wisconsin, they came back from a four-point halftime deficit to beat the Boilermakers 27-14 Saturday.
Once again, and this time against a 24-point underdog, the Huskers (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) underperformed against a lesser opponent until pulling away in the second half. Still, they'll take their best record since 2001 into the game in Madison.
Tommy Armstrong Jr. accounted for 303 yards of total offense and two touchdowns while Purdue managed only 94 yards in the second half in interim coach Gerad Parker's first game after the firing of Darrell Hazell.
After last year's 55-45 loss to the Boilermakers, fans at Memorial Stadium were stunned into silence as Purdue took a 14-10 lead at halftime on two touchdown passes from David Blough to DeAngelo Yancey. But the Huskers then scored on three straight possessions after going three and out on the first possession of the second half.
Nebraska ended the day with 409 yards of total offense (252 pass, 157 rush) while Purdue totaled 333 yards (309 pass, 24 rush). Purdue committed two turnovers to Nebraska's one. Nebraska edged Purdue in time of possession 33:19 to 26:41.
Tommy Armstrong ended the day going 17-of-31 for 252 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT, while also adding 51 yards rushing on 10 carries and a TD. Terrell Newby was the leading Husker rusher with 22 carries for 82 yards. Alonzo Moore also added two carries for 24 yards and a TD. Brandon Reilly was the leading receiver with four catches for 73 yards while De'Mornay Pierson-El had three catches for 69 yards and a TD to lead Nebraska.
For Purdue, David Blough was 25-of-43 for 309 yards with 2 TDs and 1 INT. Markell Jones had 10 carries for 36 yards to lead on the ground. The leading Purdue receivers were DeAngelo Yancey with four catches for 100 yards and 2 TDs and Bilal Marshall with five catches for 84 yards.
Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-4, 2-2) at Purdue Boilermakers (3-4, 1-3)
When: Saturday, October 28 | 6:30 p.m. (CT)
Where: Ross-Ade Stadium (57,236) | West Lafayette, Indiana
TV: Big Ten Network (Brandon Gaudin, Glen Mason, Michelle McMahon)
Radio: Husker Sports Network (Greg Sharpe, Matt Davison, Ben McLaughlin)
Satellite Radio: Sirius (Ch. 135) | XM (Ch. 195)
Internet Broadcast: Huskers.com
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Nebraska returns to action following a bye week, as it travels to West Lafayette, Ind., to take on the Purdue Boilermakers in a Big Ten West division matchup. The game will kick off at 6:30 p.m. CT (7:30 p.m. local) from Purdue's Ross-Ade Stadium. Television coverage will be provided by BTN, with radio coverage on the IMG Husker Sports Network.
The Huskers head to West Lafayette with a 3-4 record and a 2-2 mark in Big Ten play, following consecutive setbacks against top-10 foes Wisconsin and Ohio State, prior to a bye week. The Huskers remain in a tie for second place in the West Divsiion with its 2-2 league mark, and has four remaining games against divisional opponents in the final five weeks, beginning with Saturday's game at Purdue.
Purdue has shown signs of being one of the nation's most improved teams in 2017, particularly at home at Ross-Ade Stadium. The Boilermakers have posted a 3-4 record and a 1-3 Big Ten mark in their first season under Head Coach Jeff Brohm. Purdue has posted a 2-1 record at home this season with their only setbak against nationally ranked Michigan.
Purdue is coming off a narrow 14-12 loss at Rutgers on Saturday, in a game the Boilermakers dominated statistically, outgaining Rutgers 474 yards to 217 yards. Three of the Boilermakers' four losses this season have come against teams that were nationally ranked at game time, with two of those losses by eight or fewer points.
Numbers to Know
19 - Nebraska redshirt freshman J.D. Spielman has 19 receptions on third and fourth down. Thta ties for the third-most receptions on third or fourth down in the nation and is first in the Big Ten. Spielman's five fourth-down receptions are the most in the nation.
4 - Nebraska will be playing in its fourth consecutive night game on Saturday in West Lafayette. Nebraska has had just two longer stretches of night games in school history, most recently a five-game stretch of night games in 2014.
28 - Nebraska junior I-back Devine Ozigbo needs 28 rushing yards on Saturday to join the Nebraska career 1,000-yard rushing club. Ozigbo would become the 65th Cornhusker player to have 1,000 career rushing yards.
Series History
Saturday's matchup will be just the 6th meeting all time between the Cornhuskers and the Boilermakers. Nebraska leads the all-time series with Purdue 3-2, and leads 3-1 in games played as Big Ten opponents. Purdue is 2-1 against the Huskers in games played in West Lafayette.
1958 - Purdue 28, Nebraska 0 (West Lafayette)
2013 - Nebraska 44, Purdue 7 (West Lafayette)
2014 - #17 Nebraska 35, Purdue 14 (Lincoln)
2015 - Purdue 55, Nebraska 45 (West Lafayette)
2016 - #8 Nebraska 27, Purdue 14 (Lincoln)
About Purdue Football
Purdue played its first football season in 1887, and the Boilermakers own an all-time record of 604-558-48, including a 324-393-32 record in Big Ten Conference games. Purdue has appeared in 17 bowl games, most recently a loss to Oklahoma State in the 2013 Heart of Dallas Bowl following the 2012 season.
First Season: 1887
Big Ten Titles: 8
Bowl Record: (9-8)
All-Time Record: 604-558-48
National Titles: (none)
About 2017 Purdue Football
Purdue has shown dramatic improvement under first-year head coach Jeff Brohm. The Boilermakers enter Saturday's game with a 3-4 record. The Boilermakers have already tied their highest season win total since a 6-6 campaign in 2012.
Purdue has won three of its four games against unranked opponents. Purdue has had a chance to win or tie in the fourth quarter in each of their four losses, three of which have come to top-20 opponents. Purdue held a lead with under 10 minutes to play in a season-opening loss to then-No. 16 Louisville. In its conference opener, Purdue trailed then-No. 8 Michigan by only four points in the fourth quarter before the Wolverines pulled away for a 28-10 win. Two weeks ago, Purdue drove inside the Wisconsin 10-yard line trailing by eight with less than 10 minutes to play before an interception spoiled any hopes of a Boilermaker upset in a 17-9 loss to the then-No. 7 Badgers. Last week at Rutgers, Purdue failed to convert on a two-point conversion with 25 seconds remaining that would have tied the game in what ended up a 14-12 loss to the Scarlet Knights.
Purdue has split time between quarterbacks David Blough and Elijah Sindelar, with Sindelar earning four starts -- including two straight -- and Blough making three starts. Sindelar has thrown for a team-high 907 yards, while Blough leads Purdue with eight touchdown passes. The Boilermakers average only 146.6 rushing yards per game, but ran more than a quarter of their season's yards last week when they ran for 279 yards at Rutgers despite being without leading rusher Tario Fuller.
Defensively, Purdue has forced 15 turnovers , its highest total since 2001. The Boilermakers rank 26th nationally in scoring defense by allowing an average of 19.3 points per game, an improvement by 19 points per game from 2016, when Purdue ranked 117th in scoring defense at 38.3 points per game.
2017 Purdue Schedule (3-4, 1-3)
vs. #16 Louisville (at Indianapolis) (L 28-35)
Ohio (W 44-21)
at Missouri (W 35-3)
#8 Michigan (L 10-28)
Minnesota (W 31-17)
at #7 Wisconsin (L 9-17)
at Rutgers (L 12-14)
Nebraska
Illinois
at Northwestern
at Iowa
Indiana
About Jeff Brohm
Jeff Brohm is in his first year at Purdue, sporting a 3-4 record, and this will be the first ever matchup against Nebraska in his coaching career. This is Brohm's fourth year overall as a collegiate head coach and he sports an overall record of 33-14. Prior to Purdue, Brohm was head coach at Western Kentucky from 2014 through 2016, where he led the Hilltoppers to a 30-10 record and three bowl berths along with two Conference USA championships. Brohm was a quarterback in college at the University of Louisville, graduating in 1993. After college, Brohm spent seven years as a quarterback in the NFL with six different clubs. After his playing days, Brohm served as head coach of the Louisville Fire in Arena League 2 in 2002 and then went back to the college ranks as the QB coach, associated head coach and eventually offensive coordinator from 2003 through 2006. Brohm served as QB coach at Florida Atlantic in 2009, QB coach at Illinois in 2010 and 2011 and OC/QB coach at Alabama-Birmingham in 2012. In 2013 Brohm became Associate Head Coach/QB Coach and offensive coordinator at Western Kentucky and then became the school's head coach in 2013.
Last Time Out: October 22, 2016: Nebraska 27, Purdue 14
Nebraska's victory over Purdue won't convince skeptics who've been saying the No. 8 Cornhuskers aren't worthy of a top-10 ranking.
The wait to find out how good they really are is almost over.
In their final tuneup before their Big Ten West showdown at No. 10 Wisconsin, they came back from a four-point halftime deficit to beat the Boilermakers 27-14 Saturday.
Once again, and this time against a 24-point underdog, the Huskers (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) underperformed against a lesser opponent until pulling away in the second half. Still, they'll take their best record since 2001 into the game in Madison.
Tommy Armstrong Jr. accounted for 303 yards of total offense and two touchdowns while Purdue managed only 94 yards in the second half in interim coach Gerad Parker's first game after the firing of Darrell Hazell.
After last year's 55-45 loss to the Boilermakers, fans at Memorial Stadium were stunned into silence as Purdue took a 14-10 lead at halftime on two touchdown passes from David Blough to DeAngelo Yancey. But the Huskers then scored on three straight possessions after going three and out on the first possession of the second half.
Nebraska ended the day with 409 yards of total offense (252 pass, 157 rush) while Purdue totaled 333 yards (309 pass, 24 rush). Purdue committed two turnovers to Nebraska's one. Nebraska edged Purdue in time of possession 33:19 to 26:41.
Tommy Armstrong ended the day going 17-of-31 for 252 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT, while also adding 51 yards rushing on 10 carries and a TD. Terrell Newby was the leading Husker rusher with 22 carries for 82 yards. Alonzo Moore also added two carries for 24 yards and a TD. Brandon Reilly was the leading receiver with four catches for 73 yards while De'Mornay Pierson-El had three catches for 69 yards and a TD to lead Nebraska.
For Purdue, David Blough was 25-of-43 for 309 yards with 2 TDs and 1 INT. Markell Jones had 10 carries for 36 yards to lead on the ground. The leading Purdue receivers were DeAngelo Yancey with four catches for 100 yards and 2 TDs and Bilal Marshall with five catches for 84 yards.
