Kurtis Rourke threw two of his career-high six landing passes to Elijah Sarratt, Justice Ellison and Ty Son Lawton every ran for scores and No. 10 Indiana defeated rival Purdue 66-0 to reclaim the Old Oaken Bucket and now he has to attend to seek out out his destiny within the College Football Playoff.
The Hoosiers (11-1, 8-1 Big Ten, No. 10 CFP) concluded a historic common season with a school-record eleventh win. They handed Purdue its most lopsided defeat within the 125-game sequence, eclipsing its earlier mark of 52-7 in 1988. It was additionally Indiana’s largest residence win within the sequence, surpassing the 37-0 win in 1917 and the biggest championship win at school historical past.
The solely blemish: Indiana was eradicated from the Big Ten championship recreation when No. 4 Penn State beat Maryland 44-7 final Saturday.
Purdue (1-11, 0-9) ended the season with one other ugly chapter.
The Boilermakers have misplaced their final 11 video games, suffered three shutouts and 6 losses by 35 or extra factors, together with Saturday — probably the most lopsided defeat in Purdue historical past, shattering the 66-7 file set earlier this season .
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Purdue went winless in league play for the fourth time since 1946, did not beat an FBS opponent for under the second time within the fashionable period of school soccer, and was shut out by Indiana for the primary time since 1945.
Cold, snowy circumstances that pressured discipline crew members to make use of leaf blowers to clear hash marks and yard strains throughout the first half solely made this loss worse.
Ellison’s 2-yard run halfway via the primary quarter gave Indiana the lead. The Hoosiers made it 28-0 with three scores within the second quarter: a 14-yard go from Rourke to Ke’Shawn Williams, an 84-yard TD go from Rourke to Elijah Sarratt and a 4-yard run by Lawton.
The Boilermakers by no means recovered.
Rourke was 23 of 31 with 349 yards, turning into the third Indiana participant with six landing passes in a recreation. Sarratt caught eight passes for 165 yards as Indiana outgained Purdue 582-67 in complete yards.
Boilermakers quarterback Hudson Card was 6 of 13 with 35 yards and an interception. He did not play within the second half.
The Boilermakers added one other unhappy reminder to maybe the worst season at school historical past: gifting away the previous oak bucket. Now the questions start. What went mistaken? What will be solved? Will head coach Ryan Walters return for his third season?
The Hoosiers bounced again from their first loss with one other robust efficiency. Indiana fastened the blocking errors that had plagued them the earlier two weeks and though the Hoosiers did not play for a Big Ten title, they nonetheless bought to host a playoff recreation.
Associated Press reporting.
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