Number Crunching: Purdue football Week 6
Here's our look at some of the numbers that are part of Purdue's football world this week:
11- Consecutive losses to Wisconsin by Purdue. It is the longest losing streak the Boilermakers have endured to any Big Ten foe in its history. The Boilermakers did lose 11 straight to Notre Dame, all during the Coach Lou Holtz Era from 1986-96. The Badgers have beaten Purdue by an average of 23.7 points during the 11-game streak.
3-2 - Purdue's record after five games in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017. The last time the Boilermakers started the season 4-2 was 2010.
248 - Passing yardage by Elijah Sindelar against Minnesota. The most by a Purdue non-starting quarterback since Austin Appleby threw for 259 yards after David Blough suffered a concussion in the first half at Iowa on Nov. 21, 2015.
38-0 - Score in the second half of last year's 62-24 Penn State win over Purdue. It was the last time, prior to Saturday's first half against Minnesota, that the Boilermakers had four turnovers in a half of a game. Purdue trailed 14-6 against the Gophers.
64 - Yards from the famous Drew Brees to Seth Morales touchdown pass to beat Ohio State in 2000 and catapult the Boilermakers to the 2001 Rose Bowl. It was also the last game where a Purdue team committed four turnovers against a Big Ten foe and managed to win. That is, until this past Saturday.
3 and 11 - Purdue is facing it third opponent ranked in the top-16 in Wisconsin. It is the 11th time it has happened in the first six games of a season in program history. The last time it happened was 2008, Coach Joe Tiller's final season.
328 - Yards given up by Purdue against Minnesota. It is the fourth best performance in terms of yards allowed by a Boilermaker defense dating back to 2013.
41-6 - The score of Purdue's win at Ohio State 50 years ago on Saturday, still the most lopsided loss suffered by the Buckeyes in Ohio Stadium history.
36 - Jersey number of Purdue's last linebacker to have a pick six prior to Ja'Whaun Bentley. Dan Bick wore No. 36 and had a 29-yard interception return for a score in a 2005 loss at Minnesota.
>1 minute - Bentley's pick six was the first pick six to occur in the last minute of a game since Keena Turner had a 65-yard interception return for a score in a 22-0 win at Wisconsin Nov. 5, 1977. Turner was a rush end for the Boilermakers before becoming a four-time Super Bowl champion linebacker for the Forty-Niners.
56-14 - Wisconsin's scoring margin in the fourth quarter, which falls short of its 53-7 advantage it holds over its opponents in 2017 in the third quarter.
.333 - The Badgers have allowed just five touchdowns in the 15 drives that have made it inside the Wisconsin 20. That is tops in the nation. Purdue, on the other hand, has scored 14 TDs in its 20 trips to the red zone.
15 of 15 - Wisconsin has qualified for a bowl game in football and the NCAA tournament in men’s basketball for 15 consecutive years — the longest streak in NCAA history. The next longest active streak is by North Carolina and Baylor with four each.
12 - T.J. McCollum's tackle total against Minnesota, the most by any Boilermaker dating back to last year's Northwestern game (11/12/2016) when Markus Bailey had that many. McCollum's dozen stops is not the best of any current Boilermaker, as Navon Mosely had 13 last year in a win at Illinois and Bentley had 14 in a loss to Bowling Green in 2015.
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