Notre Dame 31, Purdue 24
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 14, 2013
Where: Ross Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana
Temperature:
68°
Head Official:
Ron Cherry
Attendance:
61127
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No. 21 Notre Dame 31, Purdue 24: DaVaris Daniels caught nine balls for 177 yards, including two second-half touchdowns, as the visiting Irish rallied to beat the Boilermakers.
Tommy Rees went 21-of-34 for 319 yards and two touchdowns as Notre Dame (2-1) scored three touchdowns in a span of 3:29 in the fourth quarter. Cam McDaniel led the Irish with just 56 rushing yards.
Rob Henry finished 25-of-40 for 256 yards and three touchdowns for Purdue (1-2), which was held to 38 yards rushing. Akeem Hunt led the Boilermakers with nine catches for 72 yards.
Purdue capped its opening drive with Hunt's 15-yard touchdown on a screen pass and led 10-3 at halftime. McDaniel's 1-yard run tied it early in the third quarter but Purdue answered with B.J. Knauf's 18-yard touchdown catch.
The flurry of Irish touchdowns - Daniels' scores of 9 and 82 yards and Bennett Jackson's 34-yard interception return with 11:18 left - pushed Notre Dame ahead 31-17. Henry hit Justin Sinz on fourth down to pull within a score but Purdue couldn't capitalize on an Irish fumble on the ensuing possession.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Rees' career-long 82-yard scoring pass tied Rick Mirer (1989-92) for fourth place in Notre Dame history with 41 career touchdown passes. ... Purdue went 7-of-16 on third down after converting 8-of-28 in its first two games. ... Purdue went three-and-out after Notre Dame's late fumble and the Irish ran off the final 7:22 of the game.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Notre Dame |
|
Purdue |
Cam McDaniel
|
Player |
Akeem Hunt
|
16 |
Attempts |
12 |
56 |
Yards |
22 |
3.5 |
Avg Yards |
1.8 |
1 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Notre Dame
|
400 |
91 |
309 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
Purdue
|
294 |
38 |
256 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1.0 |
1 |