Minnesota Golden Gophers vs Purdue Boilermakers Match Player Stats On Oct 16, 2010

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Oct 16, 2010

Rob Henry ran for three touchdowns and passed for another, leading Purdue to a 28-17 win over Minnesota in a Big Ten game Saturday.

The defeat, which dropped Minnesota to 1-6 overall and 0-3 in the conference, came a day after a Minneapolis television station reported coach Tim Brewster would be fired if the Gophers lost the game.

Henry, a redshirt freshman, led the host Boilermakers, who are on top of the Big Ten with a 2-0 record. He ran for a 4-yard score in the first quarter and a 1-yard score in the second period that gave Purdue (4-2) a 14-0 lead at halftime.

Henry hit Antavian Edison for a 20-yard touchdown pass early in the third quarter.

Gophers quarterback Adam Weber threw two touchdown passes. He completed 20-of-45 passes for 214 yards and threw two interceptions.

Eric Ellestad's 35-yard field goal with 5:05 left in the third period finally got the Gophers on the board.

Weber hit Bryant Allen with an 11-yard scoring pass early in the fourth quarter. The Gophers failed on a two-point conversion and trailed 21-9, but Henry answered with a 3-yard touchdown with 7:18 left in the game.

Weber threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to Da'Jon McKnight and hit Marqueis Gray with the two-point conversion with 3:08 to play in the game.

Henry completed 13-of-20 passes for 163 yards. Dan Dierking gained 126 yards on 12 carries for Purdue.