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Michigan 42 Purdue 48 - November 1, 2008 - West Lafayatte, Ind.
Chris Bray (15-4)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP)—Purdue’s Justin Siller and Greg Orton helped toss out Michigan’s generations-long streaks of success.
Siller passed for three touchdowns and ran for another in his first career start, and Orton lateraled to Desmond Tardy after a catch for the final score with 26 seconds left in the Boilermakers’ 48-42 victory over slumping Michigan on Saturday.
Michigan’s first losing season since 1967 ended any possibility the Wolverines had to extend their streak of 33 straight bowl appearances.
“I’m going to keep going back to work. What do you want me to say?” first-year coach Rich Rodriguez said.
“We’re going to get up, go through the same routine. We’re going to get up, work tomorrow, try to get better,” he said “You want to look at the finality of it all? I’ve been here nine, 10 months. We’ve had great tradition; we still have great tradition, and we’re going to try to do all we can to uphold it. But right now, we’re not going to a bowl.”
Michigan (2-7, 1-4), which has lost five in a row, tied the game at 42 with
1:20 to go on the third touchdown run by Brandon Minor.
But Siller quickly passed 18 yards to Keith Smith and 20 yards to Tardy,
taking Purdue to the Michigan 35. After a 3-yard run by Siller, he passed 4
yards to Orton, who flipped the ball to Tardy for the go-ahead score.
“I usually line up at outside receiver,” Tardy said. “But on this drive
the coaches had me line up inside. Justin made a great throw, and there was a
good pitch and catch, and I was lucky enough to get around the edge.”
Purdue (3-6, 1-4 Big Ten) snapped a five-game losing streak and kept alive
its chances for an 11th bowl bid in retiring coach Joe Tiller’s 12th season.
“It was a great play call, first of all,” Siller said of the game-winner.
“G.O. caught the pass, gave a great pitch to Des and Des took it the rest of
the way.”
Michigan’s desperation heave into the end zone with no time remaining fell
harmlessly to the turf, sending the Wolverines to a school-record seventh loss.
The Wolverines, 0-3 on the road, finish at No. 20 Minnesota, at home against
Northwestern and at No. 13 Ohio State. The Boilermakers, who need to win out to
become bowl-eligible, play at No. 22 Michigan State and Iowa and finish at home
against Indiana.
Orton also had a touchdown reception. Kory Sheets, who rushed for three
touchdowns, had the third TD catch from Siller, who finished 21-of-34 for 266
yards passing.
Sheets rushed for 118 yards, and his four touchdowns tied his career high
with the Boilermakers. It also was the most points by Purdue and the most
combined points in the 54-game series with Michigan.
Tiller, who will be succeeded by associate coach Danny Hope next season,
finished 2-6 against Michigan. His only other win over the Wolverines was 32-31
in 2000, the year Drew Brees led the Boilermakers to the Rose Bowl, when Travis
Dorsch kicked a 33-yeard field goal with 4 seconds to go.
This time, Siller was the difference-maker.
“He played an outstanding game,” Tiller said. “He did a nice job
protecting the ball. I liked the decisions he made. I really liked his
composure, and of course he brings an element of athleticism to the position
that otherwise we don’t have.”
Siller, a 220-pound sophomore used primarily before as Sheets’ backup at
running back, ran for 77 yards on 15 carries Saturday, which was no surprise to
Rodriguez.
The Wolverines expected Siller to be “just like he was today, that he’d run
around and make plays,” Rodriguez said. “We didn’t do a good job keeping him
contained, and we didn’t do a good job of tackling him, and he made some
plays.”
Siller, a third-stringer until backup Joey Elliott had a season-ending
shoulder separation two weeks ago and Painter went down with a similar injury
last week, twice rallied the Boilermakers from 14-point deficits. Sheets’ second
touchdown run, a 3-yarder late in the second quarter, pulled Purdue within 28-21
at halftime, then a 35-yard pass to Orton set up Siller’s 7-yard pass to Sheets
that tied the game at 28 early in the third quarter.
The game was tied again at 35 after a 5-yard run by Sheets late in the third
quarter and a 12-yard run by Minor early in the fourth quarter. Midway through
the period, Purdue linebacker Anthony Heygood took the snap on a fake punt and
ran 61 yards to the Michigan 7, and three plays later Siller hit Orton from 4
yards out for a 42-35 lead.
Minor’s third TD run from 1 yard out tied the game for the final time.
Michigan also got two touchdown passes from Steven Threet and a 73-yard punt
return for freshman Martavious Odoms’ first career TD.
Scoring Summary
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
----------------- -- -- -- -- -----
Michigan............ 14 14 0 14 - 42 Record: (2-7,1-4)
Purdue.............. 14 7 14 13 - 48 Record: (3-6,1-4)
Attendance: 59,135
1st 12:13 MICH - Minor, Brandon 45 yd run (Lopata, K.C. kick)
1 play, 45 yards, TOP 0:09, MICH 7 - PUR 0
09:56 MICH - Odoms, M 73 yd punt return (Lopata, K.C. kick)
MICH 14 - PUR 0
05:42 PUR - Sheets,Kory 2 yd run (Wiggs,Carson kick)
9 plays, 62 yards, TOP 4:14, MICH 14 - PUR 7
01:06 PUR - Siller,Justin 10 yd run (Wiggs,Carson kick)
2 plays, 14 yards, TOP 0:40, MICH 14 - PUR 14
2nd 12:28 MICH - Savoy, L 11 yd pass from Threet, Steven (Lopata, K.C. kick)
8 plays, 42 yards, TOP 3:38, MICH 21 - PUR 14
05:29 MICH - Stonum, Darryl 51 yd pass from Threet, Steven (Lopata, K.C. kick)
1 play, 51 yards, TOP 0:10, MICH 28 - PUR 14
00:35 PUR - Sheets,Kory 3 yd run (Wiggs,Carson kick)
9 plays, 80 yards, TOP 4:54, MICH 28 - PUR 21
3rd 10:21 PUR - Sheets,Kory 7 yd pass from Siller,Justin (Wiggs,Carson kick)
8 plays, 66 yards, TOP 4:39, MICH 28 - PUR 28
00:04 PUR - Sheets,Kory 5 yd run (Wiggs,Carson kick)
11 plays, 43 yards, TOP 4:47, MICH 28 - PUR 35
4th 12:19 MICH - Minor, Brandon 12 yd run (Lopata, K.C. kick)
6 plays, 42 yards, TOP 2:45, MICH 35 - PUR 35
07:14 PUR - Orton,Greg 4 yd pass from Siller,Justin (Wiggs,Carson kick)
7 plays, 70 yards, TOP 3:09, MICH 35 - PUR 42
01:20 MICH - Minor, Brandon 1 yd run (Lopata, K.C. kick)
14 plays, 68 yards, TOP 5:54, MICH 42 - PUR 42
00:26 PUR - Tardy,Desmond 28 yd pass from Siller,Justin (Wiggs,Carson kick blockd)
4 plays, 73 yards, TOP 0:54, MICH 42 - PUR 48
Kickoff time: Noon End of Game: 3:22 Total elapsed time: 3:22
Officials: Referee: Dan Capron; Umpire: Jim Krogstad; Linesman: Jim Ryan;
Line judge: Paul Engelberts; Back judge: Dennis Morris; Field judge: Craig Jeffreys;
Side judge: John Roggeman;
Temperature: 59 Wind: WNW 4 Weather: Partly Cloudy
Team Statistics
MICH PUR
FIRST DOWNS................... 15 25
Rushing..................... 9 11
Passing..................... 4 13
Penalty..................... 2 1
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 177 256
Rushing Attempts............ 37 46
Average Per Rush............ 4.8 5.6
Rushing Touchdowns.......... 3 4
Yards Gained Rushing........ 207 266
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 30 10
NET YARDS PASSING............. 123 266
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 9-21-0 21-34-0
Average Per Attempt......... 5.9 7.8
Average Per Completion...... 13.7 12.7
Passing Touchdowns.......... 2 3
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 300 522
Total offense plays......... 58 80
Average Gain Per Play....... 5.2 6.5
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 3-1 1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 5-40 6-48
PUNTS-YARDS................... 6-292 6-207
Average Yards Per Punt...... 48.7 34.5
Net Yards Per Punt.......... 42.5 20.8
Inside 20................... 0 2
50+ Yards................... 2 0
Touchbacks.................. 1 0
Fair catch.................. 3 0
KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 7-424 8-465
Average Yards Per Kickoff... 60.6 58.1
Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 38.9 34.4
Touchbacks.................. 0 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 3-82-1 2-17-0
Average Per Return.......... 27.3 8.5
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 8-190-0 7-152-0
Average Per Return.......... 23.8 21.7
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 22:18 37:42
1st Quarter................. 4:24 10:36
2nd Quarter................. 4:51 10:09
3rd Quarter................. 3:10 11:50
4th Quarter................. 9:53 5:07
Third-Down Conversions........ 5 of 13 8 of 17
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 1 2 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 3-3 6-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 3-21
PAT Kicks..................... 6-6 6-7
Field Goals................... 0-0 0-0
Michigan Individual Statistics
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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Minor, Brandon 24 156 1 155 3 45 6.5
Shaw, Michael 4 16 6 10 0 7 2.5
Threet, Steven 7 27 21 6 0 13 0.9
Clemons, Toney 2 8 2 6 0 8 3.0
Totals... 37 207 30 177 3 45 4.8
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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Threet, Steven 21-9-0 123 2 51 3
Totals... 21-9-0 123 2 51 3
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Odoms, M 4 26 0 13
Stonum, Darryl 2 61 1 51
Mathews, Greg 2 25 0 14
Savoy, L 1 11 1 11
Totals... 9 123 2 51
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
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Mesko, Zoltan 6 292 48.7 58 0 1
Totals... 6 292 48.7 58 0 1
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Odoms, M 3 82 73 3 60 45 0 0 0
Cissoko, B 0 0 0 4 129 53 0 0 0
Moundros, Mark 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Totals... 3 82 73 8 190 53 0 0 0
Field goal attempts
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Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg
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Gingell, Jason 7 424 0 0 60.6
FUMBLES: Odoms, M 1-1; Threet, Steven 1-0; Moundros, Mark 1-0.
Purdue Individual Statistics
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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Sheets,Kory 30 128 10 118 3 18 3.9
Siller,Justin 15 77 0 77 1 12 5.1
Heygood,Anthony 1 61 0 61 0 61 61.0
Totals... 46 266 10 256 4 61 5.6
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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Siller,Justin 34-21-0 266 3 35 0
Totals... 34-21-0 266 3 35 0
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Orton,Greg 8 89 1 35
Sheets,Kory 3 43 1 23
Wasikowski,J. 3 28 0 18
Smith,Keith 3 22 0 18
Whitest,Joe 2 29 0 16
Tardy,Desmond 1 48 1 20
Whittington,B. 1 7 0 7
Totals... 21 266 3 35
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
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Summers,Chris 5 170 34.0 41 1 0
Wiggs,Carson 1 37 37.0 37 1 0
Totals... 6 207 34.5 41 2 0
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Tardy,Desmond 2 17 13 3 70 27 0 0 0
Valentin,Aaron 0 0 0 4 82 25 0 0 0
Totals... 2 17 13 7 152 27 0 0 0
Field goal attempts
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Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg
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Summers,Chris 8 465 0 0 58.1
FUMBLES: Siller,Justin 1-1.
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