College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Purdue 55, Nebraska 45
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 31, 2015
Where: Ross Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana
Temperature: 47°
Head Official: Don Willard
Attendance: 31351

Quarterback David Blough was 28 of 43 for 274 yards and ran for 82 yards and a score as Purdue defeated Nebraska 55-45 on Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind.

Purdue (2-6, 1-3 Big Ten) won only its second conference game under third-year coach Darrell Hazell and third over an FBS team under Hazell, who improved to 6-26 with the Boilermakers.

Nebraska (3-6, 1-4 Big Ten) suffered its sixth loss before November for the first time in school history. Its first five losses had come by a combined 13 points, but without five injured offensive starters Saturday, this one became one-sided.

Purdue led 21-9 at halftime, and Nebraska scored on running back Imani Cross' 9-yard touchdown run to open the second half.

But Purdue answered with three straight touchdowns, including Blough's 83-yard pass to DeAngelo Yancey - Purdue's longest play this season - for 42-16 lead.

Nebraska walk-on quarterback Ryker Fyfe made his first career start in place of Tommy Armstrong, who'd made 22 straight starts but sat out with a foot injury. Fyfe threw for 407 yards but threw four interceptions, three caught by Purdue cornerback Anthony Brown, and lost a fumble on a bad snap.

Purdue turned four of those turnovers into touchdowns.

Nebraska led 3-0 when Blough scored on a 56-yard run, a designed quarterback draw in which he ran through a huge hole and untouched into the end zone for a 7-3 lead.

Garrett Hudson pounced on a fumbled snap by Fyfe and returned the ball 27 yards to the Nebraska 16-yard line. Five plays later, Blough hit wide receiver Danny Anthrop on a 3-yard touchdown pass for a 14-3 lead.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Nebraska   Purdue
Terrell Newby Player Markell Jones
10 Attempts 23
56 Yards 92
5.6 Avg Yards 4.0
0 Touchdowns 2
0 Long 0
Receiving
Nebraska   Purdue
Jordan Westerkamp Player DeAngelo Yancey
9 Receptions 5
123 Yards 111
13.7 Avg Yards 22.2
1 Touchdowns 2
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Nebraska 484 77 407 6 1 0 1.0 0
Purdue 457 183 274 8 0 4 2.0 0