PURDUE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Mackey Arena, Room 2235 / 900 John R. Wooden Dr. / West Lafayette, Ind. 47907 GAME TEN Purdue hosts Northwestern for penultimate home game Purdue vs. Northwestern The game is Boilermaker Kids Club Game 2 at Ross-Ade Stadium. Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, Noon ET »GAME THEMES TEAM COMPARISON Ross-Ade Stadium (57,236) • Saturday is Purdue’s fourth game West Lafayette, Indiana under interim head coach Gerad THE BROADCASTS Parker and second at home. • Parker was named interim head TV: Big Ten Network coach Oct. 16 after Darrell Hazell was Wayne Randazzo, Play-by-Play Record ........... 3-6, 1-5 Record ........... 4-5, 3-3 J Leman, Analyst relieved of his duties. • The combined record of the three Conference .....Big Ten Conf. ................Big Ten RADIO: Purdue Sports Network Pts/Gm ................26.0 Pts/Gm ................23.1 teams Parker has faced as head coach Opp Pts/Gm ........37.7 Opp Pts/Gm ........22.0 Tim Newton, Play-by-Play is 21-6. Pete Quinn, Analyst Rush Yds/Gm ....101.2 Rush Yds/Gm ....127.7 Kelly Kitchel, Sideline • Purdue and Northwestern meet for the Pass Yds/Gm .....314.2 Pass Yds/Gm .....247.0 Rob Blackman, Producer 81st time in series history. Total Def/Gm ....451.6 Total Def/Gm ....407.0 Scott Fenstermaker, Engineer • The Boilermakers look for their first Ret. Starters O/D ...19 Ret. Starters O/D ...14 win in the series since 2010. Last: ..at Minn., L 31-43 Last:....Wisconsin L 7-21 SIRIUS: Channel 135 / XM: Channel 195 • The Boilermakers are coming off a 43- TuneIn.com TEAM STAT LEADERS 31 loss at Minnesota. PASSING PASSING • The Boilermakers have led at the half SCHEDULE/RESULTS #11 David Blough #18 Clayton Thorson in two of the three games Parker 236-406, 2737 yards, 193-341, 2219 yards, Date Opponent TV Result has coached and were tied after 30 20 TD, 13 INT 16 TD, 6 INT Sept. 3 Eastern Kentucky ESPNews W 45-24 minutes in the other. Sept. 10 Cincinnati BTN L 20-38 RUSHING RUSHING Sept. 24 Nevada ESPNews W 24-14 »SERIES HISTORY #8 Markell Jones #21 Justin Jackson Oct. 1 at Maryland BTN L 7-50 112-504, 3 TD, 4.5 AVG 201-910, 6 TD, 4.5 AVG Oct. 8 at Illinois BTN W 34-31 (OT) • Series record: Purdue leads 50-29-1 Oct. 15 Iowa ESPN2 L 35-49 • Purdue points: 1,694 RECEIVING RECEIVING Oct. 22 at No. 8 Nebraska ABC/ESPN2 L 14-27 • Northwestern points: 1,195 #7 DeAngelo Yancey #80 Austin Carr Oct. 29 No. 24 Penn State ABC/ESPN2 L 24-62 • Series record in West Lafayette: Purdue 34-683, 7 TD, 20.1 YPC 70-1010, 10 TD, 14.4 YPC Nov. 5 at Minnesota BTN L 31-43 leads 22-11 Nov. 12 Northwestern BTN Noon • At Ross-Ade Stadium: Purdue leads 20-7 DEFENSE DEFENSE Nov. 19 Wisconsin TBA Noon/3:30 • Series record in Evanston: Purdue leads #21 Markus Bailey #16 Godwin Iqwebuike Nov. 26 at Indiana TBA TBA 27-18-1 68 tkls, 1.5 TFL, 2 PBU, INT 79 tkls, 7.0 TFL, INT, 6 PBU KEY NUMBER • At Ryan Field: Purdue leads 21-14-1 THE SERIES Purdue had a 100-yard • Games decided by 3 points or less: Purdue leads the series 50-29-1. North- receiving duo for the 25th Purdue leads 9-3 western has won the last two meet- time in school history with • Games decided by 7 points or less: ings, but the Boilermakers have won Cameron Posey (128) and Purdue leads 15-11 10 of the last 16 in the series. DeAngelo Yancey (126) at • Longest Purdue win streak: 12 (1976- 25Minnesota. 1987) POSTGAME MEDIA INFO ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS • Longest Northwestern win streak: 4 The Purdue locker room will remain closed Assoc. Director, Football ...... Matt Rector (1945-1950) following all football games. Media should ................................... [email protected] • Current streak: Northwestern 2 request players through Matt Rector of ..........765.494.3196 (o); 765.237.1330 (c) • Largest Purdue victory: 49-7 in 1984 the Purdue Athletics Communications staff Assoc. Director, Secondary FB .Matt Staudt • Largest Northwestern victory: 38-6 in during the fourth quarter. ................................ [email protected] 1916 ..........765.496.7842 (o); 765.414.1984 (c) • Last Purdue home victory: 2007 Purdue interim head coach Gerad Parker Website ........................PurdueSports.com • Last Purdue road victory: 2010 and four selected players will be available Facebook ... Facebook.com/PurdueFootball • Last Northwestern home victory: 2015 in the media room located across the street Twitter ..............................@BoilerFootball • Last Northwestern road victory: 2014 in Mackey Arena. Assistant coaches will not Instagram .........................@BoilerFootball be available. #BoilerUp 1 2016 PURDUE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES - vs. NORTHWESTERN MEDIA AVAILABILITY Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Sunday Monday No availability Noon - 12:45 ET After Practice No availability – GAME DAY No availability No availability Gerad Parker press Coach Parker and Coach Parker on Noon ET conference and four requested “Purdue Football Purdue vs. Northwestern teleconference in players Show” at 6 p.m. at All-American Dining 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 Four requested No availability players *Out-of-town media request teleconference number from Matt Rector GERAD PARKER FILE »GAME NINE REWIND • Purdue lost at Minnesota 43-31. Gerad Parker was coordinator, wide receivers and running • It was a tale of two halves for the third elevated to interim head backs coach. He began his collegiate week in a row, as the Boilermakers led coach Oct. 16, 2016, coaching career as a graduate assistant at the half 28-23. taking over for Darrell at Kentucky, his alma mater. • David Blough had a huge first half, Hazell, who was relieved A four-year letterwinner for the completing 12 of 15 passes for 231 of his duties. Wildcats, Parker twice was named to yards and four touchdowns, including Parker is in his fourth the Southeastern Conference Scholar an 89-yard scoring strike to Cameron season at Purdue. He Athlete Honor Roll (2002 and 2003), Posey. was hired Feb. 11, 2013, and spent his was selected the Most Inspirational • Antonio Blackmon had his first career first two seasons as tight ends coach Player by his teammates (2004) and was interception late in the first half and before becoming wide receivers coach the UK Football Scholar Athlete of the returned it to the Minnesota 2-yard in 2015. He also has served as recruiting Year (2004). line with five seconds left. That coordinator. Parker (born Jan. 4, 1981) earned set up a Blough to Brycen Hopkins Parker is the second-youngest head his bachelor’s degree in business touchdown as time expired. coach in college football this season. management in 2003 and his master’s in • DeAngelo Yancey had a 60-yard In Parker’s first season as wide education in 2005, both from Kentucky. touchdown reception in the first half, receivers coach, junior DeAngelo Yancey He and his wife, Kandi, have three giving him at least one touchdown regained the form he displayed as a daughters: Kolbi, Gwyneth and Rosalyn. catch in four straight games. true freshman. After totaling merely Rosalyn was born Sept. 6, 2016, four • Cole Herdman caught a 20-yard 12 catches as a sophomore, Yancey days before the Boilermakers hosted touchdown pass, his third of the bounced back with 48 receptions Cincinnati. season. for a team-high 700 yards and five • Jake Replogle returned to action after touchdowns. Senior Danny Anthrop led missing the last three games, but he all Boilermakers with 57 receptions in “We have a lot of football still ahead did not play in the second half. 2015, the most by a Purdue player since of us this season, and it’s important • Posey finished the day with a career- Antavian Edison had 58 catches in 2012. that our primary focus be on providing high 128 receiving yards on seven Parker previously worked at our team with the best possible catches. He and Yancey both went Marshall, joining the Thundering Herd preparation and opportunity for over 100 yards, the 25th time in school coaching staff in the spring of 2011 and success. I appreciate Gerad taking over history the Boilermakers have had a spending two years as wide receivers on an interim basis and look forward 100-yard receiving duo. coach. In 2012, Marshall led all Football to his leadership and the continued • Purdue had the ball down 37-31 with Bowl Subdivision teams in passing commitment and efforts of our entire less than four minutes to go in the offense with an average of 365.1 yards football coaching staff.” game, but were unable to convert a per game. Wide receiver Tommy Shuler - Athletics Director Mike Bobinski fourth-and-one, which gave the ball led all FBS players with 9.2 receptions back to Minnesota. per game and ranked 18th nationally • Markus Bailey led the defense with a with 94.8 yards per game average. In a “I have an obligation to Mike career-high 12 tackles. Sept. 29 game against Purdue in West (Bobinski), Purdue University, the guys • Gelen Robinson finished with five Lafayette, Shuler set an opponent in the locker room and our coaching tackles, including a sack and 2.0 tackles record vs. the Boilermakers with 19 staff to make sure we put our best foot for loss. receptions for 200 yards. forward over the last six games to do • Purdue had seven points off turnovers, Prior to Marshall, Parker spent three something for our seniors and the guys while Minnesota scored 21 off seasons at UT-Martin as the Skyhawks’ in this program can be proud of.” Boilermaker miscues.