Maryland Holds Off Purdue 34-29 After Purdue Kicks Five Field Goals
Malik Washington had a very busy afternoon, and his 87-yard touchdown pass to Chris Durr Jr. with 9:13 left in the fourth quarter is what separated Maryland from Purdue. Maryland won 34-29, and both teams are 3-6 now, so the loser gets to feel exactly as bad as the winner gets to feel good.
Purdue started fast, but only in the way that kickers like. Jacobo Echeverria Lozano hit field goals of 47, 26 and 24 yards, and Purdue was up 9-0 in the second quarter with no touchdown to show for it. Washington's 15-yard run at 6:34 got Maryland on the board, Echeverria Lozano answered with a fourth field goal, and then Maryland took over for good in the third. Na'eem Abdul-Rahim Gladding caught a 44-yard pass from Washington to make it 14-12, the only lead change of the game, and Washington's 1-yard run made it 21-12.
Purdue got it back to 21-19 on a 30-yard Xavier Townsend run, and then it all went wrong in 11 seconds. DeJuan Williams answered with a 75-yard touchdown run, and it was 28-19. Echeverria Lozano's fifth field goal made it 28-22, Durr's 87-yarder (the two-point try failed) made it 34-22, and Fame Ijeboi's 2-yard run with 3:50 left was the last score, cutting it to 34-29. Purdue finished with 425 yards to Maryland's 390 and 296 passing yards without a passing touchdown, which is a hard way to lose.
Maryland threw one interception and Purdue none, but Purdue lost a fumble. For fantasy, Washington had 37.3 points on four touchdowns (two passing, two rushing), a season high.