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PURDUE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Mackey Arena, Room 2235 / 900 John R. Wooden Dr. / West Lafayette, Ind. 47907 GAME SEVEN Boilermakers head to Nebraska for fi rst ranked foe of 2016 Purdue at Nebraska Gerad Parker faces rst test as Purdue’s interim head coach. Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, 3:30 ET »GAME THEMES TEAM COMPARISON Memorial Stadium (87,000) • Saturday is Purdue’s fi rst game under Lincoln, Nebraska interim head coach Gerad Parker. THE BROADCASTS • Parker was named interim head coach Oct. 16 after Darrell Hazell was TV: ABC/ESPN2 Mike Patrick, Play-by-Play relieved of his duties. • Purdue and Nebraska meet for the Record ........... 3-3, 1-2 Record ........... 6-0, 3-0 Ed Cunningham, Analyst Conference .....Big Ten Conf. ................Big Ten Dr. Jerry Punch, Reporter fi fth time in series history. Pts/Gm ................27.5 Pts/Gm ................35.3 • The Boilermakers beat Nebraska last Opp Pts/Gm ........34.3 Opp Pts/Gm ........18.3 RADIO: Purdue Sports Network season at Ross-Ade Stadium 55-45 Tim Newton, Play-by-Play Rush Yds/Gm ....136.2 Rush Yds/Gm ....220.5 Pete Quinn, Analyst behind four touchdown passes from Pass Yds/Gm .....305.5 Pass Yds/Gm .....233.3 Kelly Kitchel, Sideline David Blough and fi ve takeaways by Total Def/Gm ....446.3 Total Def/Gm ....344.5 Rob Blackman, Producer the defense. Ret. Starters O/D ...19 Ret. Starters O/D ...17 Scott Fenstermaker, Engineer • Purdue is 2-2 all-time against Nebraska Last: ...... Iowa L 35-49 Last: at Indiana, W 27-22 and 0-1 in Lincoln. SIRIUS: Channel 81 / XM: Channel 81 TEAM STAT LEADERS • The Boilermakers are coming off a 49- TuneIn.com PASSING PASSING 35 loss to Iowa last week. SCHEDULE/RESULTS #11 David Blough #4 Tommy Armstrong Jr. • Purdue is 1-1 against Big Ten West foes 148-265, 1756 yards, 86-155, 1359 yards, 10 Date Opponent TV Result this season. 12 TD, 10 INT TD, 4 INT Sept. 3 Eastern Kentucky ESPNews W 45-24 • Purdue is 1-1 on the road this season. Sept. 10 Cincinnati BTN L 20-38 • Purdue is looking for back-to-back RUSHING RUSHING Sept. 24 Nevada ESPNews W 24-14 conference road wins for the fi rst time #8 Markell Jones #34 Terrell Newby Oct. 1 at Maryland BTN L 7-50 since 2012. 82-372, 2 TD, 4.5 AVG 81-436, 4 TD, 5.3 AVG Oct. 8 at Illinois BTN W 34-31 (OT) Oct. 15 Iowa ESPN2 L 35-49 RECEIVING RECEIVING Oct. 22 at No. 8 Nebraska ABC/ESPN2 3:30 »SERIES HISTORY #7 DeAngelo Yancey #8 Stanley Morgan Jr. Oct. 29 Penn State TBA Noon • Series record: Tied 2-2 (First meeting: 24-391, 3 TD, 16.3 YPC 16-228, 1 TD, 14.2 YPC Nov. 5 at Minnesota TBA TBA 1958 / Last meeting: 2015) Nov. 12 Northwestern TBA TBA • Purdue points: 104 DEFENSE DEFENSE Nov. 19 Wisconsin TBA TBA • Nebraska points: 124 #21 Markus Bailey #26 Kieron Williams Nov. 26 at Indiana TBA TBA • Series record in West Lafayette: Purdue 43 tkls, 25 solo, 2 PBU, INT 43 tkls, 2.0 TFL, 2 INT KEY NUMBER leads 2-1 THE SERIES • In Ross-Ade Stadium: Purdue leads 2-1 David Blough threw fi ve Purdue is 2-2 all-time against Nebraska. • Series record in Lincoln: Nebraska leads touchdowns passes last week Purdue won last year’s meeting 55-45 1-0 against Iowa, the fi rst Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium. Nebraska is 2-1 • In Memorial Stadium: Nebraska leads 1-0 quarterback to do so since against Purdue as Big Ten foes. • Games decided by 3 points or less: N/A Curtis Painter in 2008. 5 • Games decided by 7 points or less: N/A POSTGAME MEDIA INFO ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS • Longest Purdue win streak: 1 (1958; 2015) The Purdue locker room will remain closed Assoc. Director, Football ...... Matt Rector • Longest Nebraska win streak: 2 (2013- following all football games. Media should ................................... [email protected] 2014) request players through Matt Rector of ..........765.494.3196 (o); 765.237.1330 (c) • Current streak: Purdue 1 the Purdue Athletics Communications staff Assoc. Director, Secondary FB .Matt Staudt • Largest Purdue victory: 28-0 in 1958 during the fourth quarter. ................................ [email protected] • Largest Nebraska victory: 44-7 in 2013 ..........765.496.7842 (o); 765.414.1984 (c) • Last Purdue home victory: 2015 Purdue interim head coach Gerad Parker Website ........................PurdueSports.com • Last Purdue road victory: N/A and four selected players will be available Facebook ... Facebook.com/PurdueFootball • Last Nebraska home victory: 2014 in the designated media room. Assistant Twitter ..............................@BoilerFootball • Last Nebraska road victory: 2013 coaches will not be available. Instagram .........................@BoilerFootball #BoilerUp 1 2016 PURDUE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES - at NEBRASKA MEDIA AVAILABILITY Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Sunday Monday No availability Noon - 12:45 ET After Practice No availability – GAME DAY No availability TBA Gerad Parker press Coach Parker and Coach Parker on 3:30 ET conference and requested assistant “Purdue Football Purdue at Nebraska teleconference in coaches and players Show” at 6 p.m. at All-American Dining (limit six players) Stacked Pickle Postgame Room* Coach Parker and four requested play- 1:20 ET ers in the interview Coach Parker on B1G room Conference Call Friday After Practice Requested assistant No availability coaches and players (limit six players) *Out-of-town media request teleconference number from Matt Rector GERAD PARKER FILE »GAME SIX REWIND • Purdue lost at home to Iowa 49-35. Gerad Parker was coaching career as a graduate assistant • David Blough had a career day, elevated to interim head at Kentucky, his alma mater. completing 30 of 59 passes for 458 coach Oct. 16, 2016, A four-year letterwinner for the yards and five touchdowns, with one taking over for Darrell Wildcats, Parker twice was named to interception. Hazell, who was relieved the Southeastern Conference Scholar • Cole Herdman had a big day, becoming of his duties. Athlete Honor Roll (2002 and 2003), the first tight end at Purdue to go over Parker is in his fourth was selected the Most Inspirational 100-yards receiving since Dustin Keller season at Purdue. He Player by his teammates (2004) and was in 2007. Herdman had seven catches was hired Feb. 11, 2013, and spent his the UK Football Scholar Athlete of the for 104 yards. first two seasons as tight ends coach Year (2004). • Brycen Hopkins also had a big day, before becoming wide receivers coach Parker (born Jan. 4, 1981) earned marking one of the best receiving in 2015. He also has served as recruiting his bachelor’s degree in business days by the tight end group in a single coordinator. management in 2003 and his master’s in game. He had three catches for 80 In Parker’s first season as wide education in 2005, both from Kentucky. yards and two touchdowns receivers coach, junior DeAngelo Yancey He and his wife, Kandi, have three • Purdue tied its second-best offensive regained the form he displayed as a daughters: Kolbi, Gwyneth and Rosalyn. performance of the season, putting up true freshman. After totaling merely Rosalyn was born Sept. 7, 2016, three 504 total yards. 12 catches as a sophomore, Yancey days before the Boilermakers hosted • Evan Panfil had a big day with 2.0 bounced back with 48 receptions Cincinnati. sacks to lead the Boilermakers. for a team-high 700 yards and five • Markus Bailey had his second straight touchdowns. Senior Danny Anthrop led 11-tackle game. He leads the team this all Boilermakers with 57 receptions in “We have a lot of football still ahead season with 43 tackles. 2015, the most by a Purdue player since of us this season, and it’s important • The Boilermakers were without Jake Antavian Edison had 58 catches in 2012. that our primary focus be on providing Replogle and Ja’Whaun Bentley on Parker previously worked at our team with the best possible defense, both among the top players Marshall, joining the Thundering Herd preparation and opportunity for for Purdue on that side of the ball. coaching staff in the spring of 2011 and success. I appreciate Gerad taking over • Bilal Marshall had four catches for 65 spending two years as wide receivers on an interim basis and look forward yards and a touchdown. coach. In 2012, Marshall led all Football to his leadership and the continued • C.J. Parker had a career-high nine Bowl Subdivision teams in passing commitment and efforts of our entire tackles, including 1.0 for loss. offense with an average of 365.1 yards football coaching staff.” • The Boilermakers were perfect in the per game. Wide receiver Tommy Shuler - Athletics Director Mike Bobinski red zone for the second game in a row. led all FBS players with 9.2 receptions per game and ranked 18th nationally »FIRST(S) AND 10 with 94.8 yards per game average. In a “I have an obligation to Mike • Saturday’s game is Purdue’s first under Sept. 29 game against Purdue in West (Bobinski), Purdue University, the guys interim head coach Gerad Parker. Lafayette, Shuler set an opponent in the locker room and our coaching • David Blough is first in the Big Ten in record vs. the Boilermakers with 19 staff to make sure we put our best foot completions per game (24.7), passing receptions for 200 yards. forward over the last six games to do yards (1,756), passing yards per game Prior to Marshall, Parker spent three something for our seniors and the guys (292.7) and total offense per game seasons at UT-Martin as the Skyhawks’ in this program can be proud of.” (302.7).