Boilermakers overcome delay, own 4th quarter vs. Gophers
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Markell Jones scored on a 12-yard run with 1:17 left and Elijah Sindelar rallied Purdue twice — once before a heavy storm delayed Saturday’s game and once after — to beat Minnesota 31-17.
Sindelar replaced David Blough in the first half and had the best game of his career. He finished 19 of 26 with a career-high 248 yards and one touchdown.
And he helped make Jeff Brohm’s first Big Ten win with the Boilermakers (3-2, 1-1) a memorable one.
The game was delayed for 1 hour, 28 minutes after rain and lightning moved into the area — just moments after Purdue made a 19-yard field goal to take a 16-14 lead with 9:58 left in the fourth quarter.
When play resumed, the Golden Gophers (3-2, 0-2) took more than 7 ½ minutes off the clock and took a 17-16 lead on Emmit Carpenter’s 38-yard field goal.
NO. 4 PENN STATE 31, NORTHWESTERN 7: Trace McSorley threw for 245 yards and a touchdown, Saquon Barkley ran for two scores in the second half for the Nittany Lions (6-0, 3-0) in Evanston, Illinois. Clayton Thorson threw for 142 yards and two interceptions while getting sacked four times in another rough outing for Northwestern (2-3, 0-2). IOWA 45, ILLINOIS 16: Nate Stanley threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns and the Hawkeyes (4-2, 1-2) rolled past the Fighting Illini (2-3, 0-2) in Iowa City, Iowa.
INDIANA 27, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 0: Peyton Ramsey completed 10 of his first 11 passes, including a touchdown to Taysir Mack, and finished 32 of 41 for a 321 yards as the Hoosiers (3-2) beat the Buccaneers (2-3) in Bloomington, Indiana. Ramsey added 54 rushing yards.