WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue football team dropped a 66-7 decision to No. 18 Notre Dame on Saturday afternoon at Ross-Ade Stadium.
Senior running back Reggie Love III led the rushing attack, logging 10 carries for 61 yards and a 6.1 average against a stout Notre Dame defense.
Quarterback Hudson Card completed 11-of-24 passes for 124 yards and a touchdown. After a tough first half, the senior from Austin, Texas, got the Boilers moving down the field with a 52-yard pass to Kam Brown in the third quarter.
The throw to Brown, a sixth-year transfer from UCLA, was good for Purdue’s longest pass this season.
Two plays later, Card tossed a five-yard touchdown to De’Nylon Morrissette, scoring the Boilermakers’ only points of the afternoon. It was Morrissette’s second score of the season.
Leading the team in catches again was Max Klare, who recorded three receptions for 36 yards.
On defense, sophomore Dillon Thieneman was Purdue’s leading tackler for the ninth time in his young career, finishing with nine stops (six solos) and his first sack of the season.
Shitta Sillah notched his first sack as a Boilermaker, dropping quarterback Steve Angeli for a 10-yard loss in the third quarter. Will Heldt and Kydran Jenkins also combined for a sack in the fourth quarter.
Punter Keelan Crimmins averaged 47.3 yards per kick on his 10 reps Saturday with two balls over 50 yards, a long of 64, and three inside the 20-yard line.
Notre Dame built up a 42-0 lead at the break and led by 49 before Purdue got on the board with Morrissette’s touchdown grab with 9:33 to play in the third.
UP NEXT
The Boilermakers head to Corvallis, Ore., next Saturday to take on Oregon State in their first road trip of the season. Kickoff is set for 8:30 p.m. ET on The CW Network.
