Oct 13, 2001
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Brandon Hance fumbles the snap, but recovers to make the tough throw to Tim Stratton for the score.
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By LARRY LAGE
AP Sports Writer
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Marquise Walker accounted for 249 yards of total offense and did everything but make a tackle as No. 12 Michigan beat No. 17 Purdue 24-10 Saturday.
The Wolverines (5-1, 3-0 Big Ten) have not lost to the Boilermakers (4-1, 2-1) in Michigan Stadium since 1966.
Walker caught seven passes for 112 yards and a touchdown. He returned seven punts, for the first time in his career, for 134 yards. The senior fumbled after gaining 3 yards on a double-reverse and threw an interception on a reverse.
Michigan's John Navarre completed 21 of 27 passes for 233 yards and a touchdown. B.J. Askew rushed for 63 yards and two touchdowns.
The Wolverines shut down Purdue's offense after it scored on the game's opening possession. They helped the offense overcome Walker's interception and three fumbles.
Purdue's Brandon Hance was 16 of 33 for 198 yards with a touchdown.
The Boilermakers took a 7-0 lead after driving 80 yards on 13 plays, converting four third-down conversions, over 5:05.
Hance's 12-yard lob off his back foot to Tim Stratton - after bobbling a shotgun snap - extended Stratton's streak with at least a catch to 35 games.
Walker gave Michigan's struggling offense a spark with a 42-yard punt return to Purdue's 26 early in the second quarter. After Walker caught a 24-yard pass, Askew tied it at 7 with a 3-yard run.
Navarre's 43-yard pass to Walker gave Michigan a 14-7 lead midway through the second and the Wolverines would not trail again.
Ronald Bellamy fumble at Michigan's 14 to setup Purdue's final score.
Travis Dorsch kicked a 45-yard field goal, after the Boilermakers lost 14 yards, to cut it to 14-10 with 3:55 left in the first half.
Walker's interception came in the final minute of the first half on a from Purdue's 27. It was intercepted by Stuart Schweigert, his fourth of the season, and returned 58 yards. Michigan blocked a 57-yard field-goal attempt in the final seconds of the half.
Michigan took command of the game for good with a 15-play, 71-yard drive that took 7:48 off the clock and gave it a 21-10 lead in the third quarter.
The Wolverines took 6:06 off the clock and padded their lead with Epstein's 26-yard field goal with 5:44 left to play.
Purdue committed 11 first-half penalties for 70 yards and finished with 15 penalties, one short of school record set in 1953, for 105 yards.