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ESPN » All Sports » College Football

Northwestern 27, Purdue 21

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		1	2	3	4	T
	NW (3-2)	3	13	3	8	27
	PUR (1-4)	14	7	0	0	21

Final

12:00 PM ET, October 3, 2009

Ross-Ade Stadium

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				NW	PUR
	TD	12:28	Keith Smith 5 Yd Pass From Joey Elliott (Carson Wiggs Kick)	0	7
	FG	04:34	Stefan Demos 18 Yd	3	7
	TD	03:35	Aaron Valentin 67 Yd Pass From Joey Elliott (Carson Wiggs Kick)	3	14
SECOND QUARTER				NW	PUR
	TD	11:52	Aaron Valentin 5 Yd Pass From Joey Elliott (Carson Wiggs Kick)	3	21
	TD	01:31	Arby Fields 5 Yd Run (Stefan Demos Kick)	10	21
	FG	00:52	Stefan Demos 35 Yd	13	21
	FG	00:09	Stefan Demos 25 Yd	16	21
THIRD QUARTER				NW	PUR
	FG	07:32	Stefan Demos 39 Yd	19	21
FOURTH QUARTER				NW	PUR
	TD	02:09	Mike Kafka 2 Yd Run (Mike Kafka Pass To Drake Dunsmore For Two-Point Conversion)	27	21

Team Stat Comparison

1st Downs	23	16
3rd down efficiency	10-21	6-10
4th down efficiency	2-3	0-1
Total Yards	311	375
Passing	224	313
Comp-Att	28-45	20-29
Yards per pass	5.0	10.8
Rushing	87	62
Rushing Attempts	43	28
Yards per rush	2.0	2.2
Penalties	8-61	7-70
Turnovers	1	6
Fumbles lost	1	5
Interceptions thrown	0	1
Possession	35:58	24:02

Northwestern Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
M. Kafka	28/44	224	5.1	0	0
-. Team	0/1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	28/45	224	5.0	0	0

Purdue Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
J. Elliott	20/28	313	11.2	3	1
-. Team	0/1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	20/29	313	10.8	3	1

Northwestern Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
A. Fields	18	43	2.4	1	8
M. Kafka	18	39	2.2	1	12
D. Persa	3	9	3.0	0	5
J. Schmidt	2	2	1.0	0	3
-. Team	2	-6	-3.0	0	0
Team	43	87	2.0	2	12

Purdue Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
R. Bolden	18	53	2.9	0	13
J. Taylor	1	6	6.0	0	6
J. Elliott	8	4	0.5	0	6
-. Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	28	62	2.2	0	13

Northwestern Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Z. Markshausen	10	56	5.6	0	15
S. Stewart	4	51	12.8	0	22
D. Dunsmore	4	42	10.5	0	18
J. Schmidt	3	37	12.3	0	17
A. Fields	4	16	4.0	0	8
J. Rooks	2	11	5.5	0	6
D. Fields	1	11	11.0	0	11
Team	28	224	8.0	0	22

Purdue Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
K. Smith	7	101	14.4	1	23
A. Valentin	4	101	25.3	2	67
K. Carlos	6	64	10.7	0	26
R. Bolden	1	32	32.0	0	32
C. Smith	1	8	8.0	0	8
J. Lindsay	1	7	7.0	0	8
Team	20	313	15.7	3	67

Northwestern Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
S. McManis	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Purdue Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
Team	0	0	0

Northwestern Kick Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
J. Matthews	4	71	17.8	23
Team	4	71	17.8	23

Purdue Kick Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
A. Valentin	3	40	13.3	20
K. Carlos	2	52	26.0	27
R. Adams	2	23	11.5	14
Team	7	115	16.4	27

Northwestern Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Team	0	0	0.0	0

Purdue Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
W. Gravesande	1	9	9.0	9
A. Valentin	1	-1	-1.0	0
C. Smith	1	-5	-5.0	0
Team	3	3	1.0	9

Northwestern Kicking
	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
S. Demos	4/4	100.0	39	1/1	13
Team	4/4	100.0	39	1/1	13

Purdue Kicking
	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
C. Wiggs	0/0	0.0	--	3/3	3
Team	0/0	0.0	--	3/3	3

Northwestern Punting
	TOT	YDS	AVG	TB	-20	LG
S. Demos	4	125	31.3	0	1	43
Team	4	125	31.3	0	1	43

Purdue Punting
	TOT	YDS	AVG	TB	-20	LG
C. Summers	2	56	28.0	0	0	43
Team	2	56	28.0	0	0	43

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College Football Scores

Other Scores:

Saturday, October 3rd

9 Ohio State	33	Final
Indiana	14

Arkansas State	21	Final
13 Iowa	24

15 Penn State	35	Final
Illinois	17

22 Michigan	20	Final
Michigan State	26	OT

Wisconsin	31	Final
Minnesota	28

Northwestern	27	Final
Purdue	21