Purdue (1-3, 0-1 Big Ten) Purdue Boilermakers (1-3, 0-1 Big Ten) vs. Aug. 31 at Cincinnati (ESPNU) .....................L, 7-42 Northern Illinois Huskies (3-0, 0-0 MAC) Sept. 7 INDIANA STATE (BTN) ............... W, 20-14 Sept. 14 #21 NOTRE DAME (ABC) .............L, 24-31 Saturday, September 28, 2013 - Noon ET Sept. 21 at #24 Wisconsin* (ABC) .............L, 10-41 Sept. 28 NORTHERN ILLINOIS (ESPN2) .........Noon Ross-Ade Stadium (62,500), West Lafayette, Ind. Oct. 5 Open Date Oct. 12 NEBRASKA* .....................................TBA Series vs. Northern Illinois: .......... 0-1 Oct. 19 at Michigan State* ...........................TBA Record at Purdue: .......................... 0-1 Oct. 26 Open Date Last Meeting: ................Sept. 19, 2009 Nov. 2 OHIO STATE* ....................................TBA ................Northern Illinois 28, Purdue 21 Nov. 9 IOWA* ............................................. TBA Nov. 16 at Penn State* ..................................TBA Nov. 23 ILLINOIS* ......................................... TBA THE GAME Nov. 30 at Indiana* .......................................TBA • Purdue and Northern Illinois meet for the second time in series history. • The Boilermakers are coming off a 41-10 loss at Wisconsin in their Big Ten opener. Northern Illinois (3-0, 0-0 MAC) • Saturday is Homecoming at Ross-Ade Stadium. Purdue is 50-36-4 in Homecoming games. Aug. 31 at Iowa .....................................W, 30-27 • Northern Illinois is coming off a 43-39 victory over Eastern Illinois in the Huskies fi rst home Sept. 7 Open Date game of the season. Sept. 14 at Idaho ....................................W, 45-35 Sept. 21 EASTERN ILLINOIS ....................W, 43-39 • The Boilermakers play their third home game of the season (1-1) while Northern Illinois Sept. 28 at Purdue..................................3:30 p.m. plays its third road game of the year (2-0). Oct. 5 at Kent State* ..........................3:30 p.m. • Northern Illinois won the only previous meeting in series history against Purdue with a Oct. 12 AKRON* ...................................3:30 p.m. 28-21 win in 2009. Oct. 19 at Central Michigan* ....................3 p.m. • While Northern Illinois and Purdue both have new coaches, the Boilermaker staff is very Oct. 26 EASTERN MICHIGAN* ..............3:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at Massachusetts* .........................Noon familiar with the Huskies. Nov. 9 Open Date • Head coach Darrell Hazell faced Northern Illinois in the MAC Championship game last Nov. 13 BALL STATE* .................................8 p.m. season when he was the coach of Kent State. NIU won that game 44-37. Nov. 20 at Toledo* .....................................8 p.m. • Linebackers coach Marcus Freeman, defensive backs coach John Heacock and running Nov. 26 WESTERN MICHIGAN* ..................7 p.m. backs coach Jafar Williams were also part of that staff at Kent State. *Conference Game • Saturday’s game is the fi nal of three straight for Purdue against a team that went to a BCS All Times Eastern and subject to change bowl last season (Notre Dame on Sept. 14, at Wisconsin last week). Broadcast Information • Purdue is one of just two Big Ten teams with a non-conference game this week. Illinois wraps up non-conference play at home against Miami (Ohio). Television ESPN2 • The game begins at noon EDT on ESPN2 with Beth Mowins calling the action. Joey Play-By-Play: Beth Mowins Galloway will color the action while Paul Caraterra will join from the sideline. Analyst: Joey Galloway • Tim Newton will handle the play-by-play on the Purdue Sports Properties radio broadcast Sideline: Paul Caraterra with Pete Quinn at his side. Kelly Kitchel will join the crew from the sideline. Radio HEAD COACH DARRELL HAZELL Purdue Sports Properties • Purdue head coach Darrell Hazell (Muskingum, 1986) is 1-3 as Purdue’s head coach and Play-By-Play ................................ Tim Newton Analyst .......................................... Pete Quinn 0-3 against teams ranked or receiving votes. Sideline ....................................... Kelly Kitchel • Hazell was named the school’s 35th head coach on Dec. 5, 2012, after two seasons as the Producer ...................................Rob Blackman head coach at Kent State. Engineer ............................Scott Fenstermaker • Hazell is 17-13 overall as a head coach, including 16-10 at Kent State. • Hazell was named the 2012 MAC Coach of the Year after leading Kent State to 11 wins Sirius ..........................................Channel 113 and its fi rst bowl appearance in 40 years. XM ..............................................Channel 194 • Hazell also has served seven years on staff at Ohio State and been an assistant coach at 1 Rutgers, West Virginia, U.S. Military Academy, Western Michigan, Pennsylvania, Oberlin College and Eastern Illinois. Purdue Football Quick Facts • Hazell is 0-2 against Northern Illinois as a head coach. Location ...........................................West Lafayette, Ind. Founded ......................................................May 6, 1869 Conference ...........................................................Big Ten NORTHERN ILLINOIS Colors ................................................Old Gold and Black • Rod Carey is in his fi rst year as the head coach at Northern Illinois after spending a year Nickname ....................................................Boilermakers as the team’s offensive coordinator. President ........................................Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. • Carey helped lead the team to its fi rst ever appearance in a BCS bowl as the team went Athletics Director ...................................Morgan J. Burke to the Orange Bowl last season. Football History • Carey is 3-0 as the head coach at Northern Illinois and one of four fi rst year coaches First Season .............................................................1887 who are still unbeaten this season (Mike MacIntyre and Colorado 2-0, Mark Helfrich All-Time Record ............................................593-518-48 and Oregon 3-0 and Kliff Kingsbury and Texas Tech 4-0). All-Time Big Ten Record ...............................320-361-32 • The Huskies are coming off an exciting 43-39 win over Eastern Illinois in a game that First Team All-Americans .................45 players, 51 times First Team All-Big Ten ..................131 players, 170 times Northern Illinois trailed 20-0 before making a comeback. Bowl Appearances ......................................................17 • Northern Illinois was the MAC Champion last season, the second-straight week that the Bowl Wins .....................................................................9 Boilermakers have played a conference champion. • Jordan Lynch leads the team in passing and rushing with 662 passing yards and seven Coaching Information touchdowns, while rushing for 404 yards (5.9 avg) and two scores. Head Coach ...............................................Darrell Hazell Alma Mater ........................................Muskingum, 1986 • Northern Illinois beat Purdue 28-21 in Ross-Ade Stadium in 2009 after scoring Career Record (Years) .................................17-13 (Third) 28-straight points during the second and third quarters. Purdue Record (Years) .....................................1-3 (First) THIS DATE IN BOILERMAKER HISTORY Team Information • Purdue is 8-4 all-time in games played on Sept. 28. 2012 Record ..............................................................6-7 2012 Big Ten Record/Finish .............3-5/Fourth (Leaders) • The fi rst six meetings in series history featured a shutout. Purdue won the fi rst three 2012 Bowl Game ....................................Heart of Dallas before losing the next three. 2012 Bowl Result ...............................................L, 14-58 • Purdue has had one previous homecoming game on Sept. 28. The Boilermakers beat Minnesota 28-15 in 2002. Big Ten Conference Standings • Purdue fi rst year coaches are 1-1 in games played on Sept. 28. David Balliet beat Legends Franklin 24-0 in 1901, while Jim Colletto lost to No. 8 Notre Dame 45-20 in 1991. School Big Ten Overall • The last non-conference game for Purdue on Sept. 28 was in 1996 against North Michigan 0-0 4-0 Carolina State. The Boilermakers won 42-21. Minnesota 0-0 4-0 • Purdue has played eight home games on Sept. 28 and is 6-2. Northwestern 0-0 4-0 Iowa 0-0 3-1 • The Boilermakers have won the last two contests on Sept. 28. Michigan State 0-0 3-1 Nebraska 0-0 3-1 LAST TIME OUT Leaders • Purdue played its second of three consecutive opponents that went to BCS bowl games School Big Ten Overall last season. Wisconsin 1-0 3-1 • Purdue fell 41-10 at then-No. 24 Wisconsin. Ohio State 0-0 4-0 Penn State 0-0 3-1 • The Boilermakers scored 10-straight points in a 2:15 span in the second quarter to cut Illinois 0-0 2-1 the defi cit to 14-10. Indiana 0-0 2-2 • Rob Henry scored Purdue’s longest touchdown from scrimmage this season with a 22- Purdue 0-1 1-3 yard scamper. It was also the Boilermakers’ longest rush this season. • Ricardo Allen intercepted the ninth pass of his career. He is now tied for ninth all-time Athletics Communications in Purdue history for career interceptions. For all media inquiries regarding Purdue football, please • Purdue gave up 14 points in the fi rst quarter, the fi rst time the Boilermakers have contact Associate Sports Information Director Matt allowed a point in the fi rst quarter this season. Rector. • The Boilermakers played in front of 80,772 fans, the most the team