WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Behind a dominant performance of 604 yards of total offense, the Purdue football team downed Minnesota 49-20 on Saturday afternoon at Ross-Ade Stadium.
Purdue's season-high offensive output came with 251 yards through the air and 353 on the ground. Hudson Card accounted for a career-best four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing), as the redshirt junior threw for 251 yards on 17-of-25 passing and rushed for 44 yards on eight carries.
The Boilermakers' 353 rushing yards were the team's most since Sept. 15, 2012, vs. Eastern Michigan. Purdue had two rushers go for 100-plus for the first time since Sept. 8, 2018, also against Eastern Michigan.
Devin Mockobee ran for a season-best 153 yards on 17 carries. Tyrone Tracy Jr. set career highs in rushing yards (122) and touchdowns (two), with a season-best 52 yards receiving.
Mockobee set team highs for longest rushes of the year with a 65-yard carry in the second quarter, before a 32-yard scamper in the third. Prior to Saturday night, Purdue's longest run of the season went for 25 yards. Tracy took the ball for 33 yards in the fourth quarter for his career long.
Garrett Miller led the team in receiving with 65 yards on six catches, also scoring his second touchdown of the season on a 20-yard dot from Card. TJ Sheffield and Deion Burks also found paydirt, scoring on 24-yard and 42-yard receptions, respectively.
Defensively, Kydran Jenkins and Nic Scourton continued their terror in the defensive backfield. Jenkins notched a tackle-for-loss in his ninth game of the year. Scourton stonewalled a third quarter drive for Minnesota with his eighth sack of the year, moving him into a tie for 14th on Purdue's single-season charts.
The defense allowed just four third down conversions on 14 tries, a rate of 28.6%. The Boilermakers held Minnesota quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis to a completion percentage of 42.8, finishing 18-of-42 through the air. Dillon Thieneman again paced the team with nine tackles, five solos.
Purdue's offense found its stride in the first half with a touchdown on each of its first four possessions, a feat the Boilermakers last accomplished in a 59-7 win over Ball State in 2004.
Card's first two touchdown passes went to Miller and Sheffield, respectively, in the first quarter. The Boilermakers added to their scoring tally in the second quarter when Tracy ran in from six yards, before Card pushed in from one yard out.
After Minnesota found the end zone on its opening drive, Purdue's defense gave up just two field goals on the next four Golden Gopher possessions. The Boilermakers carried a 28-20 lead into the break after Minnesota scored a touchdown with 20 seconds to play in the first.
The Boilermakers added to the lead with a trio of touchdowns in the second half. Card found Burks wide open down field for a 42-yard score early in the third, before Mockobee scored on a six-yard touchdown rush early in the fourth. Tracy punched in a one-yard score, his second of the game, with five minutes to play.
A late 12-play scoring drive for the Gophers was too little, too late, as Purdue prevailed on the back of its offensive explosion.
4-FOR-4 TO START
• Purdue's opening drive covered 75 yards in nine plays, before Card hit Miller down the middle of the field for a 20-yard score.
• The Boilermakers took seven plays to march 75 yards down the field, capped by a 24-yard connection by Card to Miller. Card was 3-for-3 with 43 yards on the possession.
• Tracy accounted for all 75 yards of Purdue's third drive. The fifth-year senior opened with a 17-yard carry, before a 52-yard catch-and-run pass from Card. Tracy found the end zone on the next play with a six-yard rush.
• Devin Mockobee set a new Purdue season-long rush for 65 yards on the third play of Purdue's final possession of the first half. Three plays later, Card punched in a quarterback keeper from one yard out.
• Mockobee recorded the Boilermakers' longest run of the season on a 65-yard carry down to the Minnesota 1-yard line in the second quarter.
• The Boilermakers' 75 rushing yards in the first quarter were their most in a quarter since amassing 89 rushing yards in the third quarter vs. Wisconsin on Sept. 22. The Boilers bested those 75 yards with 100 rushing yards in the second quarter, and again with 108 yards in the fourth.
STING LIKE A MOCKOBEE
Devin Mockobee notched his sixth career 100-yard rushing game, joining Mel Gray, Joey Harris, Jeff Hill and Corey Rogers for ninth on Purdue's all-time list.
In two games against Minnesota, Mockobee has rushed for 265 yards on 28 carries with two touchdowns. The redshirt sophomore has never lost a yard rushing against the Golden Gophers.
NOTES
• The Boilermakers scored touchdowns on their first four offensive drives for the first time since Sept. 11, 2004, a 59-7 win over Ball State.
• Purdue totaled its largest offensive output of the season with 604 total yards, the first time it's eclipsed 600 yards since Oct. 15, 2022, vs. Nebraska.
• The Boilers' 353 rushing yards were the team's most since Sept. 15, 2012, vs. Eastern Michigan.
• Purdue had two 100-yard rushers (Devin Mockobee, 153, and Tyrone Tracy Jr., 122) for the first time since Sept. 8, 2018, also against Eastern Michigan.
• Card accounted for a career-high four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing), finishing 17-of-25 passing (68%) for 251 yards and rushing eight times for 44 yards.
• The Boilermakers amassed five pass deflections, with Jenkins, Scourton, Sanoussi Kane, Cam Allen and Markevious Brown each nabbing one apiece.
UP NEXT
The Boilermakers will travel to Northwestern next Saturday for a noon kick on BTN.
Purdue's season-high offensive output came with 251 yards through the air and 353 on the ground. Hudson Card accounted for a career-best four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing), as the redshirt junior threw for 251 yards on 17-of-25 passing and rushed for 44 yards on eight carries.
The Boilermakers' 353 rushing yards were the team's most since Sept. 15, 2012, vs. Eastern Michigan. Purdue had two rushers go for 100-plus for the first time since Sept. 8, 2018, also against Eastern Michigan.
Devin Mockobee ran for a season-best 153 yards on 17 carries. Tyrone Tracy Jr. set career highs in rushing yards (122) and touchdowns (two), with a season-best 52 yards receiving.
Mockobee set team highs for longest rushes of the year with a 65-yard carry in the second quarter, before a 32-yard scamper in the third. Prior to Saturday night, Purdue's longest run of the season went for 25 yards. Tracy took the ball for 33 yards in the fourth quarter for his career long.
Garrett Miller led the team in receiving with 65 yards on six catches, also scoring his second touchdown of the season on a 20-yard dot from Card. TJ Sheffield and Deion Burks also found paydirt, scoring on 24-yard and 42-yard receptions, respectively.
Defensively, Kydran Jenkins and Nic Scourton continued their terror in the defensive backfield. Jenkins notched a tackle-for-loss in his ninth game of the year. Scourton stonewalled a third quarter drive for Minnesota with his eighth sack of the year, moving him into a tie for 14th on Purdue's single-season charts.
The defense allowed just four third down conversions on 14 tries, a rate of 28.6%. The Boilermakers held Minnesota quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis to a completion percentage of 42.8, finishing 18-of-42 through the air. Dillon Thieneman again paced the team with nine tackles, five solos.
Purdue's offense found its stride in the first half with a touchdown on each of its first four possessions, a feat the Boilermakers last accomplished in a 59-7 win over Ball State in 2004.
Card's first two touchdown passes went to Miller and Sheffield, respectively, in the first quarter. The Boilermakers added to their scoring tally in the second quarter when Tracy ran in from six yards, before Card pushed in from one yard out.
After Minnesota found the end zone on its opening drive, Purdue's defense gave up just two field goals on the next four Golden Gopher possessions. The Boilermakers carried a 28-20 lead into the break after Minnesota scored a touchdown with 20 seconds to play in the first.
The Boilermakers added to the lead with a trio of touchdowns in the second half. Card found Burks wide open down field for a 42-yard score early in the third, before Mockobee scored on a six-yard touchdown rush early in the fourth. Tracy punched in a one-yard score, his second of the game, with five minutes to play.
A late 12-play scoring drive for the Gophers was too little, too late, as Purdue prevailed on the back of its offensive explosion.
4-FOR-4 TO START
• Purdue's opening drive covered 75 yards in nine plays, before Card hit Miller down the middle of the field for a 20-yard score.
• The Boilermakers took seven plays to march 75 yards down the field, capped by a 24-yard connection by Card to Miller. Card was 3-for-3 with 43 yards on the possession.
• Tracy accounted for all 75 yards of Purdue's third drive. The fifth-year senior opened with a 17-yard carry, before a 52-yard catch-and-run pass from Card. Tracy found the end zone on the next play with a six-yard rush.
• Devin Mockobee set a new Purdue season-long rush for 65 yards on the third play of Purdue's final possession of the first half. Three plays later, Card punched in a quarterback keeper from one yard out.
• Mockobee recorded the Boilermakers' longest run of the season on a 65-yard carry down to the Minnesota 1-yard line in the second quarter.
• The Boilermakers' 75 rushing yards in the first quarter were their most in a quarter since amassing 89 rushing yards in the third quarter vs. Wisconsin on Sept. 22. The Boilers bested those 75 yards with 100 rushing yards in the second quarter, and again with 108 yards in the fourth.
STING LIKE A MOCKOBEE
Devin Mockobee notched his sixth career 100-yard rushing game, joining Mel Gray, Joey Harris, Jeff Hill and Corey Rogers for ninth on Purdue's all-time list.
In two games against Minnesota, Mockobee has rushed for 265 yards on 28 carries with two touchdowns. The redshirt sophomore has never lost a yard rushing against the Golden Gophers.
NOTES
• The Boilermakers scored touchdowns on their first four offensive drives for the first time since Sept. 11, 2004, a 59-7 win over Ball State.
• Purdue totaled its largest offensive output of the season with 604 total yards, the first time it's eclipsed 600 yards since Oct. 15, 2022, vs. Nebraska.
• The Boilers' 353 rushing yards were the team's most since Sept. 15, 2012, vs. Eastern Michigan.
• Purdue had two 100-yard rushers (Devin Mockobee, 153, and Tyrone Tracy Jr., 122) for the first time since Sept. 8, 2018, also against Eastern Michigan.
• Card accounted for a career-high four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing), finishing 17-of-25 passing (68%) for 251 yards and rushing eight times for 44 yards.
• The Boilermakers amassed five pass deflections, with Jenkins, Scourton, Sanoussi Kane, Cam Allen and Markevious Brown each nabbing one apiece.
UP NEXT
The Boilermakers will travel to Northwestern next Saturday for a noon kick on BTN.