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 (5-6, 3-5 B1G) vs. Indiana (5-6, 2-6 B1G) Twitter: @BoilerFootball Twitter: @HoosierFootball Head Coach: Jeff Brohm Head Coach: Tom Allen Record at Purdue: 5-6 Record at Indiana: 5-7 Overall College Record: 35-16 Overall College Record: 5-7 Record vs. Indiana: 0-1 Record vs. Purdue: 0-0 Gameday Information Team Comparison }Schedule and Results } } P/O Date Nov. 25 Category Purdue Indiana Date Rank Opponent TV Time/Result Kickoff Time Noon ET Pts/Gm 23.5 27.1 S2 -/16 vs. Louisville* Fox L, 28-35 Location West Lafayette, Indiana Opp Pts/Gm 18.9 24.8 S8 -/- Ohio FS1 W, 44-21 Venue (Capacity) Ross-Ade Stadium (57,236) Rush Yds/Gm 139.9 130.6 S16 -/- at Missouri SECN W, 35-3 Television ESPN2 Pass Yds/Gm 244.8 255.9 S23 -/8 Michigan^ Fox L, 10-28 Play-by-Play Mike Patrick Total Def/Gm 359.5 329.8 O7 -/- Minnesota ESPN2 W, 31-17 Analyst Tommy Tuberville Returning Starters O/D 5/8 7/9 O14 -/7 at Wisconsin BTN L, 9-17 Sideline Paul Carcaterra O21 -/- at Rutgers BTN L, 12-14 Radio Purdue Sports Properties }Stat Leaders O28 -/- Nebraska BTN L, 24-25 Talent Tim Newton, Pete Quinn, Kelly Kitchel PASSING N4 -/- Illinois BTN W, 29-10 XM | Sirius | Internet 195 | 135 | 957 #2 Elijah Sindelar #21 Richard Lagow N11 -/- at Northwestern ESPN2 L, 13-23 139-247, 1,544 yards, 140-235, 1,563 yards, N18 -/- at Iowa BTN W, 24-15 SETTING THE SCENE 12 TDs, 6 INTs 12 TDs, 7 INTs N25 -/- Indiana ESPN2 Noon • Purdue welcomes Indiana to town for the Battle RUSHING All times Eastern for the Old Oaken Bucket. The game is the 120th #1 D.J. Knox #27 Morgan Ellison *Game played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis meeting between the schools. 74 rush, 412 yards, 134 rush, 688 yards, ^Homecoming • Purdue leads the series with Indiana 72-41-6 and TD, 5.6 ypc 6 TDs, 5.1 ypc social Media } the Bucket Series 58-31-3. RECEIVING #33 Jackson Anthrop #1 Simmie Cobbs Jr. Facebook Facebook.com/PurdueFootball • Purdue and Indiana are both one win away from 39 rec., 371 yards, 65 rec., 736 yards, Twitter | Instagram @BoilerFootball bowl eligibility, the first time in series history both Hashtags #BoilerUp | #LetsPlayFootball 5 TDs, 9.5 ypr 7 TDs, 11.3 ypr teams need the Bucket to earn a bowl bid. DEFENSE • Purdue’s defense continues to be tough, ranking #4 Ja’Whaun Bentley #30 Chase Dutra }Purdue Football Quick Facts 18th in the country in scoring. The Boilermakers 89 tkls, 49 solo, 9.5 TFL, 85 tkls, 55 solo, Location West Lafayette, Indiana have not allowed an opponent in the end zone 2 FF, INT, TD 0.5 TFL, FF, FR Founded 1869 more than twice since Sept. 23 against Michigan. }NCAA TEAm Ranks Conference Big Ten • The Boilermakers have held four straight Colors Old Gold and Black Purdue Indiana opponents under 100 yards rushing. Nickname Boilermakers Rushing Offense 95 48 President Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. • Purdue is looking for its first win in the series since Passing Offense 54 44 Athletics Director Mike Bobinski 2012 when it won in West Lafayette to clinch a Total Offense 82 81 Head Coach (Year) Jeff Brohm (1st) berth in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. Scoring Offense 99 74 Alma Mater Louisville (1989) • Purdue is coming off a 24-15 win at Iowa. Rushing Defense 31 48 Assistant Coaches: • Indiana is coming off a 41-0 win over Rutgers. Brian Brohm (Co-Offensive Coordinator/QBs) Pass Efficiency Defense 47 48 • Saturday is Senior Day at Ross-Ade Stadium. Nick Holt (Co-Defensive Coordinator/LBs) Total Defense 35 22 Tony Levine (Special Team Coordinator/Co-OC/TEs) Purdue will honor its 16 senior players. Scoring Defense 18 45 Anthony Poindexter (Co-Defensive Coordinator/Secondary) • The Boilermakers are 3-2 at home this season. JaMarcus Shephard (Passing Game Coordinator/WRs) • The Boilermakers will be televised on ESPN2 for the Net Punting 62 71 Punt Returns 122 15 Chris Barclay (Running Backs) third time this season. Derrick Jackson (Cornerbacks) Kickoff Returns 127 107 Turnover Margin t-44 t-111 Reggie Johnson (Defensive Line) SERIES HISTORY Time of Possession 95 102 Dale Williams (Offensive Line) • Record: 72-41-6 • In West Lafayette: Purdue leads 37-22-4 Purdue and Indiana rankings are among the }Postgame Media Info • In Bloomington: Purdue leads 34-19-2 129 FBS teams. The Purdue locker room will remain closed • First Meeting: Nov. 4, 1891 - W, 60-0 }Battle of first year coaches following all football games. Media should • Last Meeting: Nov. 26, 2016 - L, 26-24 • Jeff Brohm and Tom Allen are two of the three request players through Matt Rector of the • Noteworthy: Purdue needed the Bucket for a bowl Purdue Athletics Communications staff during the first year head coaches in the Big Ten (also fourth quarter. game in 2011 and 2012. The Boilermakers won the Minnesota’s PJ Fleck). 2011 game in Bloomington 33-25, before winning • The last time Purdue and Indiana both had Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm and four selected the 2012 game 56-35. first year head coaches in the same season players will be available in the media room. • The Old Oaken Bucket: The Bucket has been was 1997. Joe Tiller led the Boilermakers to Assistant coaches will not be available. Brohm will awarded to the winner of the Purdue-Indiana rivalry speak at the podium first, then players will be a 9-3 record, including a 56-7 win over Cam made available around the room. since 1925. Purdue’s Fritz Ernst and Whiley J. Huddle Cameron’s Indiana team. of Indiana found the fabled bucket, in a bad state • In 1973, both teams also had first year head }Athletics Communications of repair and covered with moss and mold, on the coaches. Alex Agase led Purdue to a 5-6 record SID Contact Matt Rector Bruner farm between Kent and Hanover in southern and a 28-23 win over Lee Corso’s Hoosiers. Office | Cell 765.494.3196 | 765.237.1330 Indiana. The Bruner farm was settled in the 1840s, • Prior to that, the last time the two schools had Email [email protected] and family lore suggests the bucket might have a new head coach in the same year was 1922. Secondary Contact Matthew Staudt been used by Confederate General John Hunt • Full-time first-year Purdue head coaches are 12- Office | Cell 765.496.7842 | 765.414.1984 Morgan and his soldiers during their incursion into Email [email protected] 12-1 against Indiana in their first season. Website PurdueSports.com Indiana in 1863 during the Civil War. PurdueSports.com | @BoilerFootball | #BoilerUp 1 2017 PURDUE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES - vs. Indiana }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 Noon conference and teleconference in Conference Call and six selected Purdue vs. Indiana Mackey Arena media defensive players room After Practice Postgame 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 (More on page 14) } Brohm Behind the Numbers • Jeff Brohm was named the 36th head coach of Brohm at Western Kentucky Record Against... the Boilermakers on Dec. 5, 2016, becoming • Brohm came to the Boilermakers Conference Foes: 24-10 the first signal caller to lead the Cradle of from Western Kentucky, where he Non-Conference Foes: 12-6 Quarterbacks in nearly half a century. compiled a remarkable 30-10 overall AP Top 25 Teams: 1-5 • Brohm, who played collegiately at Louisville and record (.750 winning percentage), Teams in Bowl Game: 3-0 for seven seasons in the National Football League, including a 19-5 Conference USA Big Ten Conference: 3-7 is widely regarded as one of the most innovative mark (.792), from 2014 to 2016. offensive masterminds in college football. • The Hilltoppers were league Other Records champions in 2015 and 2016, the Home Record: 20-4 Brohm FBS Rankings (at Western Kentucky) school’s first back-to-back titles as an Away Record: 13-11 Category 2014 2015 2016 FBS member. Neutral Site Record: 3-1 Total Offense 4 9 5 • They won the 2014 Bahamas Bowl (49-48 over Winning at the Half: 28-8 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 Percent of Games Brohm Teams... Passing Yards Per Game 2 4 5 Boca Raton Bowl (51-31 over Memphis under Score 30+ Points: 88.4 percent Yards Per Play 4 3 1 interim head coach Nick Holt). Score 40+ Points: 67.4 percent First Down Offense 6 8 6 • Western Kentucky was ranked No. 24 in the final Score 50+ Points: 37.2 percent Passing Efficiency 3 1 3 2015 Associated Press poll. Lead at Halftime: 74.4 percent • Under Brohm, the Hilltoppers averaged 44.6 Lead after Third Quarter: 76.7 percent Brohm’s Offense (at Western Kentucky) points, 356.6 passing yards and 526.2 yards of Category 2014 2015 2016 total offense per game over three seasons.