Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Purdue Boilermakers Match Player Stats On Oct 31, 2015

The Sports Xchange
Oct 31, 2015

Quarterback David Blough was 28 of 43 for 274 yards and ran for 82 yards and a score as Purdue defeated Nebraska 55-45 on Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind.

Purdue (2-6, 1-3 Big Ten) won only its second conference game under third-year coach Darrell Hazell and third over an FBS team under Hazell, who improved to 6-26 with the Boilermakers.

Nebraska (3-6, 1-4 Big Ten) suffered its sixth loss before November for the first time in school history. Its first five losses had come by a combined 13 points, but without five injured offensive starters Saturday, this one became one-sided.

Purdue led 21-9 at halftime, and Nebraska scored on running back Imani Cross' 9-yard touchdown run to open the second half.

But Purdue answered with three straight touchdowns, including Blough's 83-yard pass to DeAngelo Yancey - Purdue's longest play this season - for 42-16 lead.

Nebraska walk-on quarterback Ryker Fyfe made his first career start in place of Tommy Armstrong, who'd made 22 straight starts but sat out with a foot injury. Fyfe threw for 407 yards but threw four interceptions, three caught by Purdue cornerback Anthony Brown, and lost a fumble on a bad snap.

Purdue turned four of those turnovers into touchdowns.

Nebraska led 3-0 when Blough scored on a 56-yard run, a designed quarterback draw in which he ran through a huge hole and untouched into the end zone for a 7-3 lead.

Garrett Hudson pounced on a fumbled snap by Fyfe and returned the ball 27 yards to the Nebraska 16-yard line. Five plays later, Blough hit wide receiver Danny Anthrop on a 3-yard touchdown pass for a 14-3 lead.