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Ryker Fyfe passes under pressure.

Purdue 55
Nebraska 45

Oct. 31, 2015 • 11 a.m. Central
Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN • ESPNU
1st 2nd 3rd 4th  F 
Nebraska 3 6 7 29 45
Purdue 7 14 21 13 55 
1st quarter
NEB: Drew Brown 41 field goal, 7:53
PUR: David Blough 56 run (Paul Griggs kick) 5:06
2nd quarter
PUR: Danny Anthrop 3 pass from Blough (Griggs kick) 13:48
NEB: Stanley Morgan 20 pass from Ryker Fyfe (kick blocked) 11:52
PUR: Domonique Young 4 run (Griggs kick) 4:12
3rd quarter
NEB: Imani Cross 9 run (Brown kick) 12:04
PUR: Jordan Jurasevich 5 pass from Blough (Griggs kick) 7:42
PUR: DeAngelo Yancy 83 pass from Blough (Griggs kick) 5:19
PUR: Yancy 9 pass from Blough (Griggs kick) 2:34
4th quarter
NEB: Lane Hovey 17 pass from Fyfe (Brown kick) 14:56
NEB: Andy Janovich 1 run (Westerkamp pass from Fyfe)
PUR: Markell Jones 6 run (Griggs kick) 5:51
NEB: Brandon Reilly 8 pass from Fyfe (Brown kick) 3:27
PUR: Jones 8 run (kick blocked) 1:02
NEB: Westerkamp 35 pass from Fyfe (Brown kick) 0:30
 
                             NEB      PUR
FIRST DOWNS.................. 28       20
  Rushing..................... 3        8
  Passing.................... 22       10
  Penalty..................... 3        2
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)........ 29-77   37-183
PASSING YDS (NET)........... 407      274
  Att-Comp-Int.......... 48-29-4  43-28-0
TOTAL OFFENSE ........... 77-484   80-457
Fumble Returns-Yards........ 0-0     1-27
Punt Returns-Yards.......... 0-0      0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards..... 8-163     4-86
Int. Returns-Yards.......... 0-0     4-46
Punts (Number-Avg)....... 3-48.0   5-41.6
Fumbles-Lost................ 1-1      0-0
Penalties-Yards............ 7-40     6-58
Possession Time........... 29:26    30:34
Third-Down Conv. ....... 7 of 12  8 of 17
Fourth-Down Conv. ....... 0 of 0   2 of 3
Red-Zone Scores-Chances..... 6-6      6-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 1-1     2-18

RUSHING
NEB: Newby 10-56; Cross 8-39; Reilly 1-20; Janovich 2-2; Pierson-El 1-minus 5; Fyfe 7-minus 35. 

PUR: Jones 23-92; Blough 10-82; Phillips 1-5; Young 1-4; Monteroso 1-2; Anthrop 1-minus 2.

PASSING
NEB: Fyfe 29-48-4-407.
PUR: Blough 28-43-0-274.

RECEIVING
NEB: Westerkamp 9-123; Reilly 5-88; Carter 3-45; Ozigbo 3-42; Morgan 3-26; Hovey 2-33; Turner 1-17; Newby 1-13; Pierson-El 1-12; Cross 1-8.

PUR: Anthrop 10-40; Yancey 5-111; Jones 5-51; Posey 3-16; Herdman 2-23; Jurasevich 2-5; Phillips 1-8; Burgess 0-20.

Attendance: 31,351

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Stats & Recap
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Huskers Fall at Purdue: An injury-riddled Nebraska team turned the ball over five times and suffered a 55-45 loss to Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium.

Ryker Fyfe took the loss in his first career start despite throwing for 407 yards and four touchdowns. He also threw four interceptions and lost one fumble, and Purdue turned those turnovers into 28 points.

The Big Red trailed 42-16 entering the fourth quarter but refused to quit, rallying for 29 points – the second-highest point total in the quarter in school history, trailing only 30 points at Hawaii in 1982.

The Huskers entered the game without the services of quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. and wide receiver Alonzo Moore. The offense took additional hits with first-half injuries to receiver De’Mornay Pierson-El and running back Terrell Newby.

Omaha World-Herald*
• Boiling point: After painful loss to Purdue, Huskers “focused on progress” | PDF
• Alt. version of above
• Tom’s Takes
• McKewon analysis (video)
• Why can’t – or won’t – Nebraska run the ball? Riley and Langsdorf try to explain
• Tracking the offense, defense
• Five things we learned, still don’t know
• Nebraska back with injury problems at WR after Pierson-El goes down
• Quarter by quarter
• Game replay
• Notes: Pierson-El’s injury, Morgan’s good day, Gangwish thanks fans
• Fyfe’s confidence remained after a few passes got away
• Purdue gives Wildcat film thumbs up
• From the sidelines
Lincoln Journal Star*
• Huskers go off the rails in loss to Purdue
• Report card
• A little bit of everything contributes to bad day for Blackshirts
• BC’s Extra Points: The “Ohhh, boy” edition
• Notebook: Fyfe has big numbers but wishes he had a few throws back
• Morgan says Pierson-El injury “heartbreaking”
• The Scene: Every football Saturday is Halloween at Purdue
More Neb. sources

Grand Island Independent*

• Sinking feeling: Five turnovers hamper NU in loss at Purdue
• Huskers burned by quarterback run once again
• Fyfe produces both good, bad
• Ground-game success eludes NU – again

Daily Nebraskan

• Huskers fall to worst in Big Ten West
• Fyfe has rocky first start

Hail Varsity

• Beyond the box score
• They said it

Huskers Illustrated

• Huskers dominated on road
• Turnovers tell the story of Fyfe’s debut
• Turnover margin telling
• Notes: Injuries, running game and more

HuskerOnline

• Huskers fall flat in 55-45 loss
• Notes: Huskers find new recipe for defeat
• Game Rewind: Gangwish provides ray of light

Big Red Report

• Huskers get outplayed at Purdue

Nebraska Radio Network

• Purdue stings Huskers with sixth loss

Huskers.com

• Postgame notes
Opponent sources

Lafayette Journal & Courier

• Blough sparks Purdue’s offense
• Grading the Boilermakers
• Thumbs up, down
• How they scored

Purdue Exponent

• Boilers win, 55-45

Purdue Athletics

• Purdue air attack beats Nebraska
• Postgame quotes
National sources

Associated Press

• Purdue air attack beats Nebraska 55-45

Campus Insiders

• Purdue husks Nebraska

Sports Xchange

• Purdue 55, Nebraska 45

Chicago Tribune*

• Purdue breaks through, beats Nebraska
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Pregame & team info
Pregame press
Pregame page & opp. info
Predictions | Stats matchup
Series history
2015 schedule
04/11 Whites 15, Reds 24
09/05 BYU L 28-33
09/12 South Alabama W 48-9
09/19 @ Miami L 33-36
09/26 S. Miss W 36-28
10/03 @ Illinois L 13-14
10/10 Wisconsin L 21-23
10/17 @ Minnesota W 48-25
10/24 Northwestern L 28-30
10/31 @ Purdue L 45-55
11/07 Michigan St. W 39-38
11/14 @ Rutgers W 31-14
11/27 Iowa L 20-28
12/26 UCLA W 37-29
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De’Mornay Pierson-El is carted off the field.

Commentary

Stryker

When Purdue more than doubles you up in rushing yardage, and hangs 50 points on you, it’s time to re-evaluate every part of your football program.

Tad Stryker
HuskerMax
Chatelain

The sheer volume of fundamental breakdowns is appalling. So is the apparent disinterest among the players.

Dirk Chatelain *
Omaha World-Herald
Ellis

It’s up to Riley to prove he can fix a broken situation in Lincoln.

Zac Ellis
SI.com
Bender

Nebraska hit the low point since joining the Big Ten somewhere among all those big plays by the Boilermakers.

Bill Bender
Sporting News
Bennett

Losing to Purdue in this fashion might be the lowest point for this program in decades.

Brian Bennett
ESPN.com
Kelly

This loss damages the Nebraska football brand worse than any before.

Josh Kelly
Daily Nebraskan
Callahan

I don’t know where you go from here or how you even begin to spin this.

Sean Callahan
HuskerOnline
Vogel

It’s becoming hard to say this team is better than what the record shows. It looks like a 3-6 team. Hard, too, to say how it got there.

Brandon Vogel
Hail Varsity
Sipple

I’m told Eichorst has very limited support among the upper-level administration, and support continues to wane with each loss.

Steven M. Sipple *
Lincoln Journal Star
Shatel

Suddenly, there is less room for Riley. And his boss Eichorst. From here on, both will be viewed through a different prism: from the suites down to the cheap seats.

Tom Shatel *
Omaha World-Herald
York

For Fyfe, it was the best of the world and the worst of the world in simultaneous time.

Randy York
Huskers.com
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