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College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Purdue 27, Iowa 24
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 10, 2012
Where: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Temperature: 63°
Head Official: Dave Witvoet
Attendance: 70585

Purdue 27, Iowa 24:
Paul Griggs hit a 46-yard field goal as time expired to propel the visiting Boilermakers past the Hawkeyes in a back-and-forth Big Ten battle.

Taking over with 21 seconds left and the score tied 24-24, Robert Marve, who finished with 266 yards and two touchdowns, drove Purdue 37 yards on three plays to set up Griggs’ game-winner.

Ralph Bolden rushed for a game-high 102 yards as Purdue (4-6, 1-5) spoiled a 10-point comeback by the Hawkeyes (4-6, 2-4).

After Marve pushed the score to 24-14, finding Gary Bush on a 10-yard scoring strike with 1:38 left in the third quarter, Iowa cornerback Micah Hyde returned a Marve fumble 9 yards for a score with 10 seconds left in the third quarter. Mike Meyer hit a 24-yard field goal to tie the score at 24-24 with 3:32 left.

Marve rushed up the middle for 17 yards before finding Antavian Edison for a 20-yard gain to put Griggs in position.

GAME NOTEBOOK
: Purdue’s Akeem Shavers and Iowa’s Damon Bullock traded short rushing touchdowns early in the first half. Marve's 9-yard touchdown toss to Gabe Holmes game the Boilermakers a 14-7 halftime lead. … Purdue committed 10 penalties for 100 yards. … Iowa was held to 74 rushing yards.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Purdue   Iowa
Ralph Bolden Player Damon Bullock
14 Attempts 23
102 Yards 43
7.3 Avg Yards 1.9
0 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Receiving
Purdue   Iowa
OJ Ross Player Kevonte Martin-Manley
4 Receptions 4
57 Yards 63
14.2 Avg Yards 15.8
0 Touchdowns 0
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Purdue 490 211 279 3 2 0 3.0 0
Iowa 264 74 190 2 1 0 1.0 2