GOLDEN GOPHER FOOTBALL

Purdue 59, Minnesota 43

HHH Metrodome - Minneapolis, Minnesota
October 11, 1997

Scoreboard 1 2 3 4 Final
Purdue 17 21 14 7 59
Minnesota 14 7 7 15 43

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter
MN 10:31 Nelson 31 pass from Atwell (Bailey kick)
PUR 10:03 Watson 65 pass from Dicken (Ryan kick)
PUR 6:30 Ryan 32 FG
PUR 3:21 Matthews 33 run (Ryan kick)
MN 0:23 Duerr 2 pass from Sauter (Bailey kick)
 
Second Quarter
PUR 8:05 Watson 21 pass from Dicken (Ryan kick)
MN 5:07 Wyrick 42 pass from Rindels (Bailey kick)
PUR 4:45 Alford 93 pass from Dicken (Ryan kick)
PUR 1:36 Watson 1 run (Ryan kick)
 
Third Quarter
MN 13:53 Evans 45 run (Bailey kick)
PUR 10:11 Dicken 11 run (Ryan kick)
PUR 1:33 Alford 89 pass from Dicken (Ryan kick)
 
Fourth Quarter
PUR 9:40 Jones 4 pass from Dicken (Ryan kick)
MN 7:21 Atwell 46 pass from Cockerham (Bailey kick)
MN 0:38 Bean 1 run (Bean run)

 

 

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Minnesota Purdue
First Downs 27 15
Rushing Yards 313 158
Passing Yards 266 334
Net Yards 579 492
Comp/Att/Int 17/24/1 11/24/1
Punts/Avg 4/32.5 3/49.3
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0
Penalties/Yds 8/80 4/39
Time of Possession 37:34 22:26
Attendance 37,821

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING Att Yds TD
Minnesota
Byron Evans 7 83 1
Billy Cockerham 11 56 0
Thomas Hamner 12 55 0
Jim Bean 9 44 1
Tutu Atwell 2 44 0
Cory Sauter 16 31 0
Purdue
Kendall Matthews 7 55 1
Billy Dicken 8 44 1
Edwin Watson 12 42 1
Vinny Sutherland 1 11 0
Haddad 2 6 0
Graham 1 3 0
Drew Brees 1 -3 0

PASSING Cmp Att Yds TD Int
Minnesota
Cory Sauter 10 14 115 1 0
Billy Cockerham 4 7 78 1 1
Ryan Rindels 2 2 42 1 0
Tutu Atwell 1 1 31 1 0
Purdue
Billy Dicken 10 22 333 5 1
Drew Brees 0 1 0 0 0
Haddad 1 1 1 0 0

RECEIVING No. Yds TD
Minnesota
Tutu Atwell 2 61 1
Greg Nelson 3 58 1
Alex Hass 4 57 0
Jimmy Wyrick 1 42 1
Ryan Hubbard 1 19 0
Luke Leverson 1 10 0
Byron Evans 2 8 0
Thomas Hamner 1 6 0
Jim Bean 1 3 0
Troy Duerr 1 2 1
Purdue
Brian Alford 4 215 2
Edwin Watson 4 115 2
Isaac Jones 2 3 1
Billy Dicken 1 1 0