Saturday, 10/25/08
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (25) Minnesota | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Purdue | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Attendance | |
|---|---|
| Attendance | 54,215 |
Play-by-Play
| 1st Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Purdue - 15:00 | ||
| 15:00 | Purdue kicks off. Touchback. Ball on Minn20. | |
| Minnesota - 15:00 | ||
| 1-10, Minn20 | 15:00 | Eskridge rush middle for 3 yards to the Minn23. |
| 2-7, Minn23 | 14:25 | Weber incomplete pass to the left. |
| 3-7, Minn23 | 14:25 | Weber pass completion to the right to Green for 71 yards to the Purdue6. |
| 1-5, Purdue5 | 13:48 | Eskridge rush middle for 0 yards to the Purdue5. |
| 2-5, Purdue5 | 13:20 | Weber rush middle for 5 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 13:20 | Monroe PAT - GOOD. | |
| 13:11 | Minnesota kicks off. Valentin returns 58 yards to the Minn25. | |
| Purdue - 13:01 | ||
| 1-10, Minn25 | 13:01 | Sheets rush left for 2 yards to the Minn23. |
| 2-8, Minn23 | 13:01 | Painter pass completion to the right to Whittington for 5 yards to the Minn18. |
| 2-8, Minn23 | 13:01 | Minnesota penalized 9 yards. |
| 1-9, Minn9 | 12:16 | Purdue penalized -5 yards. |
| 1-14, Minn14 | 12:16 | Painter incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-14, Minn14 | 11:55 | Painter incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-14, Minn14 | 11:50 | Purdue time out. |
| 3-14, Minn14 | 11:50 | Siller incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-14, Minn14 | 11:43 | Wiggs 31 yard FIELD GOAL. |
| 11:43 | Purdue kicks off. No return. Ball on Minn40. | |
| Minnesota - 11:43 | ||
| 1-10, Minn40 | 11:43 | Eskridge rush middle for 8 yards to the Minn48. |
| 2-2, Minn48 | 11:08 | Eskridge rush middle for 1 yard to the Minn49. |
| 3-1, Minn49 | 10:29 | Eskridge rush middle for -7 yards to the Minn42. |
| 4-8, Minn42 | 10:29 | Kucek punts. Tardy returns 4 yards to the Purdue27. |
| Purdue - 9:35 | ||
| 1-10, Purdue27 | 9:35 | Sheets rush middle for 3 yards to the Purdue30. |
| 2-7, Purdue30 | 9:12 | Sheets rush right for 6 yards to the Purdue36. |
| 3-1, Purdue36 | 8:35 | Sheets rush middle for -3 yards to the Purdue33. |
| 4-4, Purdue33 | 8:00 | Summers punts. No return. Ball on Minn30. |
| Minnesota - 7:58 | ||
| 1-10, Minn30 | 7:58 | Weber incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, Minn30 | 7:47 | Weber pass completion to the left to Decker for 6 yards to the Minn36. |
| 3-4, Minn36 | 7:18 | Weber incomplete pass to the left. |
| 4-4, Minn36 | 7:03 | Kucek punts. No return. Ball on Purdue23. |
| 1-10, Minn23 | 7:03 | Minnesota penalized 5 yards. |
| Purdue - 7:03 | ||
| 1-5, Purdue28 | 7:03 | Sheets rush right for 11 yards to the Purdue39. |
| 1-10, Purdue39 | 6:53 | Sheets rush middle for 6 yards to the Purdue45. |
| 2-4, Purdue45 | 6:12 | Siller pass completion to the left to Whittington for 5 yards to the Minn50. |
| 1-10, Minn50 | 6:00 | Siller pass completion to the left to Orton for 4 yards to the Minn46. |
| 2-6, Minn46 | 6:00 | Sheets rush left for 5 yards to the Minn41. |
| 3-1, Minn41 | 6:00 | Minnesota penalized 5 yards. |
| 1-10, Minn36 | 5:15 | Siller rush middle for 5 yards to the Minn31. |
| 2-5, Minn31 | 4:24 | Sheets rush right for 6 yards to the Minn25. |
| 1-10, Minn25 | 4:15 | Sheets rush right for 5 yards to the Minn20. |
| 2-5, Minn20 | 3:32 | Siller incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-5, Minn20 | 3:19 | Siller rush right for -2 yards to the Minn22. |
| 4-7, Minn22 | 3:19 | Wiggs 40 yard FIELD GOAL. |
| 2:40 | Purdue kicks off. Stoudermire returns 14 yards to the Minn19. | |
| Minnesota - 2:34 | ||
| 1-10, Minn19 | 2:34 | Eskridge rush left for 5 yards to the Minn24. |
| 2-5, Minn24 | 2:02 | Weber pass completion to the left to Kuznia for 7 yards to the Minn31. |
| 1-10, Minn31 | 1:39 | Weber pass completion to the right to Smith for 7 yards to the Minn38. |
| 2-3, Minn38 | 1:00 | Eskridge rush middle for 2 yards to the Minn40. |
| 3-1, Minn40 | 0:36 | Eskridge rush middle for 4 yards to the Minn44. |
| 2nd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota - 15:00 | ||
| 1-10, Minn44 | 15:00 | Weber incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, Minn44 | 14:53 | Weber rush middle for 12 yards to the Purdue44. |
| 1-10, Purdue44 | 14:43 | Decker rush middle for 3 yards to the Purdue41. |
| 2-7, Purdue41 | 13:56 | Eskridge rush right for 0 yards to the Purdue41. |
| 3-7, Purdue41 | 13:04 | Weber pass completion to the right to Kuznia for 12 yards to the Purdue29. |
| 1-10, Purdue29 | 13:04 | Weber pass completion to the right to Decker for 2 yards to the Purdue27. |
| 2-8, Purdue27 | 12:13 | Weber incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-8, Purdue27 | 12:00 | Weber incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-8, Purdue27 | 11:56 | 44 yard field goal attempt by Monroe is NO GOOD. |
| Purdue - 11:56 | ||
| 1-10, Purdue27 | 11:56 | Sheets rush left for 7 yards to the Purdue34. |
| 2-3, Purdue34 | 11:21 | Painter pass completion to the middle to Orton for 4 yards to the Purdue38. |
| 1-10, Purdue38 | 10:50 | Sheets rush middle for 3 yards to the Purdue41. |
| 2-7, Purdue41 | 10:19 | Painter rush right for 9 yards to the Minn50. |
| 1-10, Minn50 | 9:43 | Painter incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, Minn50 | 9:38 | Painter pass completion to the right to Whitest for 6 yards to the Minn44. |
| 3-4, Minn44 | 9:19 | Painter pass to the right intercepted by Sherels and returned 24 yards. |
| Minnesota - 9:00 | ||
| 1-10, Purdue38 | 9:00 | Weber pass completion to the right to Decker for 9 yards to the Purdue29. |
| 2-1, Purdue29 | 8:34 | Eskridge rush middle for 3 yards to the Purdue26. |
| 1-10, Purdue26 | 8:14 | Eskridge rush right for 8 yards to the Purdue18. |
| 1-10, Purdue26 | 8:14 | Eskridge fumbles, Eskridge of Minnesota recovers and returns 0 yards to the Purdue18. |
| 2-2, Purdue18 | 8:02 | Eskridge rush right for 10 yards to the Purdue8. |
| 1-8, Purdue8 | 7:30 | Minnesota penalized -10 yards. |
| 1-18, Purdue18 | 7:30 | Weber pass completion to the left to Eskridge for -1 yards to the Purdue19. |
| 2-19, Purdue19 | 6:34 | Weber incomplete pass to the left. |
| 3-19, Purdue19 | 6:25 | Minnesota penalized -5 yards. |
| 3-24, Purdue24 | 6:25 | Weber incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-24, Purdue24 | 6:19 | Minnesota time out. |
| 4-24, Purdue24 | 6:19 | Monroe 41 yard FIELD GOAL. |
| 6:15 | Minnesota kicks off. Valentin returns 22 yards to the Purdue27. | |
| Purdue - 6:03 | ||
| 1-10, Purdue27 | 6:03 | Bolden rush middle for 2 yards to the Purdue29. |
| 2-8, Purdue30 | 5:32 | Painter pass completion to the right to Whittington for 5 yards to the Purdue35. |
| 3-3, Purdue35 | 5:13 | Painter pass completion to the right to Whittington for 5 yards to the Purdue40. |
| 1-10, Purdue40 | 4:53 | Bolden rush right for 9 yards to the Purdue49. |
| 2-1, Purdue49 | 4:20 | Bolden rush middle for 0 yards to the Purdue49. |
| 3-1, Purdue49 | 3:48 | Painter rush middle for 2 yards to the Minn49. |
| 1-10, Minn49 | 3:40 | Painter rush left for 5 yards to the Minn44. |
| 2-5, Minn44 | 2:54 | Painter rush middle for -3 yards to the Minn47. |
| 2-5, Minn44 | 2:54 | Painter fumbles, Brown of Minnesota recovers and returns 0 yards to the Minn47. |
| Minnesota - 2:34 | ||
| 1-10, Minn47 | 2:34 | Weber pass completion to the middle to Kuznia for 15 yards to the Purdue38. |
| 1-10, Purdue39 | 2:24 | Weber rush middle for 2 yards to the Purdue37. |
| 2-8, Purdue37 | 1:49 | Weber sacked by Magee for a 9 yard loss to the Purdue46. |
| 3-17, Purdue46 | 1:00 | Weber rush left for -1 yards to the Purdue47. |
| 3-17, Purdue47 | 0:45 | Purdue time out. |
| 4-18, Purdue47 | 0:45 | Kucek punts. Tardy returns 3 yards to the Purdue15. |
| Purdue - 0:42 | ||
| 1-10, Purdue15 | 0:42 | Painter incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, Purdue15 | 0:36 | Painter pass completion to the right to Tardy for 11 yards to the Purdue26. |
| 1-10, Purdue26 | 0:28 | Painter incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, Purdue26 | 0:21 | Painter sacked by Lawrence for a 6 yard loss to the Purdue20. |
| 3rd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota - 15:00 | ||
| 15:00 | Minnesota kicks off. Valentin returns 16 yards to the Purdue22. | |
| Purdue - 14:52 | ||
| 1-10, Purdue22 | 14:52 | Sheets rush left for 1 yard to the Purdue23. |
| 2-9, Purdue23 | 14:26 | Siller rush right for 15 yards to the Purdue38. |
| 1-10, Purdue38 | 13:47 | Sheets rush left for 3 yards to the Purdue41. |
| 2-7, Purdue41 | 13:17 | Sheets rush left for 21 yards to the Minn38. |
| 2-7, Purdue41 | 13:17 | Purdue penalized -10 yards. |
| 1-10, Minn48 | 12:28 | Sheets rush middle for 2 yards to the Minn46. |
| 2-8, Minn46 | 12:28 | Siller incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-8, Minn46 | 12:12 | Purdue penalized -10 yards. |
| 3-18, Purdue44 | 11:47 | Siller rush left for 11 yards to the Minn45. |
| 3-18, Purdue44 | 11:47 | Minnesota penalized 15 yards. |
| 1-10, Minn30 | 11:20 | Siller incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, Minn30 | 11:07 | Siller pass completion to the right to Whittington for 5 yards to the Minn25. |
| 3-5, Minn25 | 10:22 | Siller pass completion to the left to Smith for 8 yards to the Minn17. |
| 1-10, Minn17 | 10:12 | Sheets rush middle for 0 yards to the Minn17. |
| 1-10, Minn17 | 10:12 | Sheets fumbles, Triplett of Minnesota recovers and returns 0 yards to the Minn17. |
| Minnesota - 9:41 | ||
| 1-10, Minn17 | 9:41 | Eskridge rush left for 2 yards to the Minn19. |
| 2-8, Minn19 | 9:11 | Weber pass completion to the right to Green for 5 yards to the Minn24. |
| 3-3, Minn24 | 8:40 | Weber pass completion to the left to Decker for 12 yards to the Minn36. |
| 1-10, Minn36 | 8:10 | Minnesota penalized -5 yards. |
| 1-15, Minn31 | 7:50 | Weber pass completion to the right to Decker for 5 yards to the Minn36. |
| 2-10, Minn36 | 7:08 | Weber incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-10, Minn36 | 7:08 | Purdue penalized 15 yards. |
| 1-10, Purdue49 | 7:08 | Weber pass completion to the left to Green for 8 yards to the Purdue41. |
| 2-2, Purdue41 | 6:38 | Minnesota penalized -5 yards. |
| 2-7, Purdue46 | 6:00 | Weber pass completion to the right to Salamon for 8 yards to the Purdue38. |
| 1-10, Purdue38 | 5:30 | Weber pass completion to the right to Eskridge for 1 yard to the Purdue37. |
| 2-9, Purdue38 | 5:07 | Minnesota penalized -5 yards. |
| 2-14, Purdue43 | 4:39 | Weber incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-14, Purdue43 | 4:21 | Weber pass completion to the left to Decker for 13 yards to the Purdue30. |
| 4-1, Purdue30 | 4:00 | Weber rush middle for 0 yards to the Purdue30. |
| Purdue - 3:57 | ||
| 1-10, Purdue30 | 3:57 | Sheets rush middle for 0 yards to the Purdue30. |
| 2-10, Purdue28 | 3:10 | Tardy rush right for 8 yards to the Purdue36. |
| 3-2, Purdue36 | 2:55 | Sheets rush middle for 0 yards to the Purdue36. |
| 4-2, Purdue36 | 2:30 | Summers punts. No return. Ball on Minn23. |
| 4-2, Purdue36 | 2:21 | Minnesota penalized -5 yards. |
| Minnesota - 2:21 | ||
| 1-10, Minn17 | 2:21 | Weber incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, Minn17 | 2:15 | Weber rush middle for 17 yards to the Minn34. |
| 1-10, Minn34 | 1:58 | Weber incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, Minn34 | 1:51 | Eskridge rush left for 0 yards to the Minn34. |
| 3-10, Minn34 | 1:16 | Weber sacked by Neal for a 7 yard loss to the Minn27. |
| 4-17, Minn27 | 1:16 | Kucek punts. Tardy returns 6 yards to the Purdue44. |
| Purdue - 0:31 | ||
| 1-10, Purdue44 | 0:31 | Sheets rush left for 3 yards to the Purdue47. |
| 4th Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Purdue - 15:00 | ||
| 2-7, Purdue47 | 15:00 | Purdue penalized -5 yards. |
| 2-12, Purdue42 | 15:00 | Minnesota penalized 15 yards. |
| 1-10, Minn43 | 14:47 | Siller pass completion to the right to Whittington for 8 yards to the Minn35. |
| 2-2, Minn35 | 14:24 | Sheets rush middle for -5 yards to the Minn40. |
| 3-7, Minn40 | 13:50 | Siller rush middle for 9 yards to the Minn31. |
| 1-10, Minn31 | 13:35 | Siller pass completion to the left to Whittington for 3 yards to the Minn28. |
| 2-7, Minn28 | 12:50 | Siller pass completion to the left to Wasikowski for 7 yards to the Minn21. |
| 1-10, Minn21 | 12:20 | Sheets rush left for -3 yards to the Minn24. |
| 2-13, Minn24 | 11:47 | Siller rush right for 0 yards to the Minn24. |
| 3-13, Minn24 | 11:20 | Siller incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-13, Minn24 | 11:20 | 41 yard field goal attempt by Wiggs is NO GOOD. |
| Minnesota - 11:03 | ||
| 1-10, Minn24 | 11:03 | Weber rush middle for 2 yards to the Minn26. |
| 2-8, Minn26 | 10:25 | Weber pass completion to the left to Green for 6 yards to the Minn32. |
| 3-2, Minn32 | 9:55 | Weber pass completion to the right to Decker for 4 yards to the Minn36. |
| 1-10, Minn36 | 9:33 | Weber sacked by Neal for a 8 yard loss to the Minn28. |
| 2-18, Minn28 | 8:56 | Weber rush middle for 9 yards to the Minn37. |
| 3-9, Minn37 | 8:00 | Weber pass completion to the right to Green for 11 yards to the Minn48. |
| 1-10, Minn48 | 7:34 | Weber pass completion to the left to Eskridge for 4 yards to the Purdue48. |
| 2-6, Purdue48 | 7:05 | Weber rush middle for 39 yards to the Purdue9. |
| 1-9, Purdue9 | 6:45 | Weber pass completion to the right to Simmons for 9 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 6:45 | Monroe PAT - GOOD. | |
| 6:14 | Minnesota kicks off. Valentin returns 23 yards to the Purdue24. | |
| Purdue - 6:11 | ||
| 6:11 | Minnesota penalized 15 yards. | |
| 1-10, Purdue39 | 6:11 | Siller sacked by Brown for a 7 yard loss to the Purdue32. |
| 2-17, Purdue32 | 6:11 | Siller pass completion to the left to Orton for 10 yards to the Purdue42. |
| 3-7, Purdue42 | 5:34 | Siller sacked by Brown for a 5 yard loss to the Purdue37. |
| 4-12, Purdue37 | 4:50 | Siller rush right for 2 yards to the Purdue39. |
| Minnesota - 4:43 | ||
| 1-10, Purdue39 | 4:43 | Eskridge rush left for -1 yards to the Purdue40. |
| 2-11, Purdue40 | 4:04 | Eskridge rush middle for 3 yards to the Purdue37. |
| 3-8, Purdue37 | 3:20 | Weber pass to the right intercepted by Kerrigan and returned 7 yards. |
| Purdue - 3:12 | ||
| 1-10, Purdue39 | 3:12 | Siller pass completion to the left to Sheets for -4 yards to the Purdue35. |
| 1-10, Purdue35 | 3:04 | Purdue time out. |
| 2-14, Purdue35 | 3:04 | Tardy incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-14, Purdue35 | 2:56 | Siller sacked by McKinley for a 9 yard loss to the Purdue26. |
| 4-23, Purdue26 | 2:21 | Siller incomplete pass to the right. |
| Minnesota - 2:06 | ||
| 1-10, Purdue26 | 2:06 | Weber rush middle for 1 yard to the Purdue25. |
| 2-9, Purdue25 | 1:27 | Eskridge rush middle for 0 yards to the Purdue25. |
| 2-9, Purdue25 | 1:18 | Purdue time out. |
| 3-9, Purdue25 | 1:18 | Salamon rush middle for 1 yard to the Purdue24. |
| 3-9, Purdue24 | 0:28 | Minnesota time out. |
| 4-8, Purdue24 | 0:28 | Salamon rush middle for 3 yards to the Purdue21. |
| Purdue - 0:23 | ||
| 1-10, Purdue21 | 0:23 | Siller pass completion to the right to Valentin for 26 yards to the Purdue47. |
| 1-10, Purdue21 | 0:23 | Minnesota penalized 15 yards. |
| 1-10, Minn38 | 0:23 | Siller pass to the right intercepted by Theret and returned 0 yards. |
| Minnesota - 0:06 | ||
| 1-10, Minn20 | 0:06 | Rush middle for -1 yards to the Minn19. |










