Ryan Browne passed for 317 yards and three touchdowns as Purdue opened its season with a dominating 44-19 victory over Indiana State on Friday in West Lafayette, Ind.
Browne finished 23 of 29 through the air with Assad Waseem collecting 107 yards and a score on six catches. The Boilermakers (1-0) outgained Indiana State 523-284, recorded eight tackles for a loss and beat the Sycamores for the eighth straight time.
Fame Ijeboi totaled 117 yards — 87 rushing, including a touchdown, and 30 receiving.
Elijah Owens passed for 101 yards and ran for 60 more and backup quarterback Brady Allen had 117 yards passing and a score to lead the Sycamores’ attack.
The Boilermakers took the opening kickoff and drove to the Indiana State 21 in eight plays before settling for a 39-yard field goal by Jacobo Echeverria Lozano at the 11:06 mark of the first quarter.
The Sycamores (0-2), who play in the FCS, answered with a nine-play, 65-yard march that produced a 28-yard field goal by Sebastian Lopez with 7:08 left in the opening quarter.
Browne passed six yards to Chauncey Magwood for a touchdown on Purdue’s ensuing possession, culminating a 12-play, 75-yard drive that consumed 7:04 of the clock. Echeverria Lozano added to the Boilermakers’ lead when he hit from 25 yards with 9:16 left in the half.
Indiana State responded with a 47-yard Lopez field goal with 4:07 remaining before halftime. Echeverria Lozano then added a 23-yard field goal on the final play to send Purdue to the break up 16-6.
The third quarter belonged to the Boilermakers. Ijeboi scored on a 1-yard run out of the wildcat formation with 10:50 to play in the quarter. Browne then passed to Tra’Mar Harris for a 7-yard touchdown and to Waseem on an 18-yard scoring play, the latter with 21 seconds remaining in the quarter, to expand the lead to 37-6.
Purdue’s Don Saunders intercepted Allen on the second snap of the fourth quarter and returned the pick 35 yards for a touchdown.
Allen answered with with a 45-yard catch-and-run scoring pass to Jayden Reed to cut into the Sycamores’ deficit but Lopez missed the PAT. Max McCool added a late 1-yard touchdown run for Indiana State to finalize the scoring.
–Field Level Media
