Purdue rolls past No.2 Iowa

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Purdue at #2 Iowa
Oct. 16, 2021
POSTGAME NOTES
Purdue (4-2, 2-1) defeated Iowa (6-1, 3-1), 24-7, on Saturday at Kinnick Stadium.
Purdue snapped Iowa’s streak of 12 consecutive overall wins and nine straight conference wins.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
RB Tyler Goodson rushed 12 times for 68 yards. He has 1,986 career rushing yards (16th all-time). He is 14 yards shy of
becoming the 16th player in program history to rush for 2,000 yards in a career.
RB Ivory Kelly-Martin’s 3-yard touchdown rush in the second quarter was his first rushing touchdown since 2018 (at
Purdue). He has six career rushing touchdowns.
DB Terry Roberts made his first career start and had a career-high five tackles. LB Seth Benson had a game-high 12
tackles, one short of his career high.
MISCELLANEOUS
Iowa has played 29 straight games without surrendering 25 points, the longest streak in the nation among Power 5
teams. Purdue scored 24 points, the most by an Iowa opponent since the 2020 season opener (at Purdue).
Iowa had played 36 straight games without a double-digit defeat (2018 vs. Wisconsin, 28-17).
Iowa won the toss and elected to receive. The Hawkeyes have played 281 games under head coach Kirk Ferentz. Iowa
has opened the game on offense 212 times (136-76). The Hawkeyes have opened the game on defense 69 times (38-31).
Purdue WR David Bell set a Kinnick Stadium record with 240 receiving yards (11 catches).
INSTANT REPLAY
1) Purdue first down (confirmed)
2) Purdue touchdown (reversed)
3) Iowa short of first down (confirmed)
UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes are idle next week and return to action Oct. 30 at Wisconsin. Kickoff for that game is 11 a.m. (CT).

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