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Purdue Boilermakers 2017 Football Game Notes 279 NFL Draft Picks | 51 All-American Selections 16 College Football Hall of Famers | 8 Big Ten Championships Purdue (0-0, 0-0 B1G) vs. Louisville (0-0, 0-0 ACC) Twitter: @BoilerFootball Twitter: @UofLFootball Head Coach: Jeff Brohm Head Coach: Bobby Petrino Record at Purdue: 0-0 Record at Louisville: 67-22 Overall Record: 30-10 Overall Record: 109-43 Record vs. Louisville: 0-0 Record vs. Purdue: 0-0 Gameday Information Team Comparison }Schedule and Results } } P/O Date Sept. 2 Category (2016 Stats) Purdue Louisville Date Rank Opponent TV Time/Result Kickoff Time 7:30 p.m. ET Pts/Gm 24.6 42.5 S2 -/16 vs. Louisville* Fox 7:30 p.m. Location Indianapolis Opp Pts/Gm 38.2 23.8 S8 Ohio FS1 8 p.m. Venue (Capacity) Lucas Oil Stadium (70,000) Rush Yds/Gm 96.2 242.2 S16 at Missouri SECN 4 p.m. Television Fox Pass Yds/Gm 294.9 290.5 S23 Michigan^ TBA 3:30/4 p.m. Play-by-Play Tim Brando Total Def/Gm 445.8 322.2 O7 Minnesota TBA TBA Analysts Spencer Tillman Returning Starters O/D 5/8 5/9 O14 at Wisconsin TBA TBA Sideline Holly Sonders O21 at Rutgers TBA Noon Radio Purdue Sports Properties }Returning Stat Leaders (2016) O28 Nebraska TBA TBA Talent Tim Newton, Pete Quinn, Kelly Kitchel PASSING N4 Illinois TBA TBA XM | Sirius | Internet 119 | 196 | 958 #11 David Blough #8 Lamar Jackson N11 at Northwestern TBA TBA 295-517, 3,352 yards, 230-409, 3,543 yards, N18 at Iowa TBA TBA 25 TDs, 21 INTs 30 TDs, 9 INTs SETTING THE SCENE N25 Indiana TBA TBA RUSHING All times Eastern • The Jeff Brohm era of Purdue football officially #8 Markell Jones #8 Lamar Jackson *Game played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis begins as the Boilermakers face No. 16 Louisville. 153 rush, 616 yards, 260 rush, 1,571 yards, ^Homecoming • The Brohms - Jeff, Brian (co-offensive 4 TDs, 4.0 ypc 21 TDs, 6.0 ypc }social Media coordinator/QBs) and Greg (Executive Director RECEIVING of Administration and Operations/Chief of #88 Cole Herdman #9 Jaylen Smith Facebook Facebook.com/PurdueFootball 35 rec., 344 yards, 27 rec., 599 yards, Twitter | Instagram @BoilerFootball Staff) - open against their alma mater. Jeff was a Hashtags #BoilerUp | #LetsPlayFootball 3 TDs, 9.8 ypr 6 TDs, 22.2 ypr quarterback for the Cardinals from 1989 through DEFENSE 1993 and through for nearly 5,500 yards. Greg #21 Markus Bailey #99 James Hearns }Purdue Football Quick Facts was a wide receiver at Louisville from 1988 to 1992 97 tkls, 6.0 TFL, 43 tkls, 11.0 TFL, Location West Lafayette, Ind. and hauled in more than 700 receiving yards. Brian 4 INTs 8.0 sacks, 5 FF Founded 1869 was the quarterback for the Cardinals from 2004 }NCAA TEAm Ranks (2016) Conference Big Ten through 2007 and threw for nearly 11,000 yards. Colors Old Gold and Black • The game is Purdue’s first neutral site game since Purdue Louisville Rushing Offense 125 13 Nickname Boilermakers Sept. 13, 2014 when the Boilermakers played No. President Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. Passing Offense 21 23 Athletics Director Mike Bobinski 11 Notre Dame at Lucas Oil Stadium. Total Offense 80 3 Head Coach (Year) Jeff Brohm (1st) • The game will be televised on Fox with Tim Brando, Scoring Offense 101 6 Alma Mater Louisville (1989) Spencer Tillman and Holly Sonders on the call. Assistant Coaches: Rushing Defense 115 12 Brian Brohm (Co-Offensive Coordinator/QBs) SERIES HISTORY Pass Efficiency Defense 99 51 Nick Holt (Co-Defensive Coordinator/LBs) Total Defense 91 14 • Purdue and Louisville have faced just once before Scoring Defense 117 31 Tony Levine (Special Team Coordinator/Co-OC/TEs) with the teams walking away with a 22-22 Anthony Poindexter (Co-Defensive Coordinator/Secondary) JaMarcus Shephard (Passing Game Coordinator/WRs) stalemate Sept. 19, 1987 in Ross-Ade Stadium. Net Punting 59 17 Chris Barclay (Running Backs) • Purdue set the school record for rushing yards Punt Returns 70 60 Derrick Jackson (Cornerbacks) allowed, as the Boilermakers held the Cardinals to Kickoff Returns 75 71 Turnover Margin 128 107 Reggie Johnson (Defensive Line) -31 rushing yards on 20 attempts. It is the most Time of Possession 73 87 Dale Williams (Offensive Line) recent time a Purdue team has held an opponent to negative rushing yards. Purdue and Louisville rankings are among }Postgame Media Info • Louisville took a 14-3 lead into the half behind a the 128 FBS teams from 2016. The Purdue locker room will remain closed pair of Rodney Knighton touchdown receptions following all football games. Media should from Jay Gruden. request players through Matt Rector of the • Purdue quarterback Doug Downing answered Purdue Athletics Communications staff during the with a pair of touchdown passes in the third fourth quarter. quarter - one to Calvin Williams and another to Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm and four selected Brad Schumacher - but the Boilermakers failed to players will be available in the designated media convert either two-point attempt. room. Assistant coaches will not be available. • After a 1-yard touchdown run from Purdue’s Brohm will speak at the podium first, then Darren Myles, which gave the Boilermakers a 22-14 players will be made available around the room. lead with 11:37 to play, Gruden threw his third touchdown pass of the game to tie the score with }Athletics Communications 8:46 to play. SID Contact Matt Rector • The Boilermakers had possession for 38:46 and Office | Cell 765.494.3196 | 765.237.1330 Email [email protected] outgained the Cardinals 354-235, but walked away Secondary Contact Matthew Staudt with the tie. Office | Cell 765.496.7842 | 765.414.1984 • It was Purdue’s first home game under head coach Email [email protected] Fred Akers. Website PurdueSports.com PurdueSports.com | @BoilerFootball | #BoilerUp 1 2017 PURDUE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES - vs. LOUISVILLE }media Availability (all times Eastern; contact Matt Rector for teleconference number and other information) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 11 a.m. 1:20 p.m. After Practice After Practice No availability GAME DAY No availability Jeff Brohm press Jeff Brohm on B1G Defensive assistants Jeff Brohm 7:30 p.m. conference and Conference Call and six selected Purdue vs. Louisville teleconference in defensive players Mackey Arena media After Practice Postgame room Offensive assistants and 6 p.m. Jeff Brohm and four six selected offensive Jeff Brohm on requested players in players “Purdue Football the interview room Show” at Stacked Pickle }Head Coach Jeff Brohm } Brohm’s Louisville Connections • Jeff Brohm was named the 36th head coach of Brohm at Western Kentucky With Louisville Head Coach Bobby Petrino the Boilermakers on Dec. 5, 2016, becoming • Brohm came to the Boilermakers Team Petrino Brohm Year(s) the first signal caller to lead the Cradle of from Western Kentucky, where he WKU HC Asst. HC/OC/QBs 2013 Quarterbacks in nearly half a century. compiled a remarkable 30-10 overall Louisville HC QBs 2003-06 • Brohm, who played collegiately at Louisville and record (.750 winning percentage), for seven seasons in the National Football League, including a 19-5 Conference USA With Louisville Co-OC/OLine Coach Mike Summers is widely regarded as one of the most innovative mark (.792), from 2014 to 2016. Team Summers Brohm Year(s) offensive masterminds in college football. • The Hilltoppers were league Louisville OLine QBs 2013 champions in 2015 and 2016, the Brohm FBS Rankings (at Western Kentucky) school’s first back-to-back titles as an With Louisville QB Coach Nick Petrino Category 2014 2015 2016 FBS member. Team Petrino Brohm Year(s) Total Offense 4 9 5 • They won the 2014 Bahamas Bowl (49-48 over WKU QB Student Asst. Asst. HC/OC/QBs 2013 Total Touchdowns 5 3 1 Central Michigan) and the 2015 Miami Beach Points Per Game 6 3 1 Bowl (45-35 over Miami, Fla.), as well as the 2016 With Louisville DLine Coach L.D. Scott Passing Yards Per Game 2 4 5 Boca Raton Bowl (51-31 over Memphis under Team Scott Brohm Year(s) Yards Per Play 4 3 1 interim head coach Nick Holt). WKU DLine Asst. HC/OC/QBs 2013 First Down Offense 6 8 6 • Western Kentucky was ranked No. 24 in the final Passing Efficiency 3 1 3 2015 Associated Press poll. • Under Brohm, the Hilltoppers averaged 44.6 With Louisville Inside LBs Coach Cort Dennison points, 356.6 passing yards and 526.2 yards of Team Dennison Brohm Year(s) Brohm’s Offense (at Western Kentucky) WKU Def. GA Asst. HC/OC/QBs 2013 Category 2014 2015 2016 total offense per game over three seasons. Total Offense Per Game 534.6 526.4 523.1 • Their starting quarterbacks completed 69.2 percent of their passes and threw 131 With Louisville RB Coach Kolby Smith Points Per Game 44.4 44.3 45.5 Team Smith Brohm Year(s) Passing Yards Per Game 374.3 372.2 336.8 touchdowns with merely 25 interceptions. • Western Kentucky broke more than 75 school WKU RBs Asst. HC/OC/QBs 2013 Rushing Yards Per Game 160.3 154.1 186.4 Louisville RB (player) QBs 2003-06 Yards Per Play 7.05 7.23 7.65 offensive records since 2013, when Brohm served as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and } Purdue-Louisville Staff Connections Brohm’s Offense is No. 1 Nationally In... quarterbacks coach. • Most games scoring 50+ points (16) since 2014 Purdue Staff Who Has Been at Louisville • Most games scoring 40+ points (28) since 2014 Brohm’s Coaching Career Coach Position Year(s) • Most plays of 20+ yards (287) since 2014 Team Position Year(s) Brian Brohm QB (player) 2004-07 • Passing yards by single QB in 2014 (4,830) Purdue Head Coach 2017- Nick Holt Defensive Line 1998-2000 • Passing TDs by single QB in 2014 (49) Western Kentucky Head Coach 2014-16 Tony Levine ST Coord/Outside LBs 2004-05 • Team completion percentage in 2015 (.718) Western Kentucky Asst.