Purdue Runs All over Minnesota in a 41-13 Win
Take away all three Fame Ijeboi touchdowns and Purdue still wins 20-13. That is how lopsided this was. Purdue beat Minnesota 41-13 by running 47 times for 305 yards while the Gophers managed 27 yards on 13 carries.
Purdue led from the first score to the last. Jacobo Echeverria Lozano kicked a 45-yard field goal with 12:53 left in the first quarter, and Ryan Browne found George Burhenn from 15 yards to make it 10-0. Minnesota's Luke Drzewiecki cut it to 10-3 with a 49-yarder, and Ijeboi went to work: a 3-yard run before the half made it 20-3, and a 1-yard run early in the third made it 27-3. Minnesota got a field goal and a 42-yard touchdown from Drake Lindsey to Jalen Smith, and it was 27-13 with 3:11 left in the third. That was as close as it got.
Browne ran in from 12 yards early in the fourth, and Ijeboi scored again from a yard out with 7:35 left. The Gophers threw 39 passes (Lindsey was 22 of 39 for 248 yards) but had an interception and a lost fumble, while Purdue turned it over zero times and finished with 464 yards.
Minnesota went into the fourth quarter down 27-13 and came out of it down 41-13, which is the whole second half in one line. The Boilermakers outscored the Gophers 14-0 in the fourth quarter alone.
Purdue moves to 3-3. Minnesota drops to 4-2. For fantasy, Ijeboi had 31 carries for 195 yards and 39.1 points, and Browne added 81 rushing yards on top of his passing.