WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Football looks to continue its winning streak and remain atop the Big Ten West, traveling to Wisconsin for a divisional battle (Oct. 22). The Boilermakers play their third road contest over the past four games, with kickoff set for 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Purdue enters the matchup with a 5-2 record, winning five of seven games to start a season for the first time since 2007. The Boilermakers are coming off a 43-37 victory over Nebraska in front of a sellout crowd of 61,320, their fourth straight win. The last time Purdue won four games in-a-row came during the 2018 season, a winning streak that included a 49-20 thumping over No. 2 Ohio State.
Purdue is 3-1 in B1G play for the second time under head coach Jeff Brohm (2018); prior to Brohm’s arrival, the last time the Boilermakers won three of their first four conference games occurred during the 2003 season.
MOCKOBEE, O’CONNELL EARN B1G WEEKLY HONORS
• Leading Purdue Football to a 43-37 win over Nebraska, a pair of Boilermakers earned weekly accolades from the Big Ten Conference. Quarterback Aidan O’Connell was named B1G Co-Offensive Player of the Week, while running back Devin Mockobee became the B1G Freshman of the Week.
• Mockobee collected the first weekly award of his career, Purdue’s first B1G Freshman of the Week since David Bell three years ago (Nov. 25, 2019).
• O’Connell earned offensive player of the week honors for the second time, his first coming after the Boilermakers’ upset victory over No. 3 Michigan State last season. • • The two give Purdue three on the season, including Cam Allen becoming B1G Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 3).
• Mockobee accounted for 206 yards of offense, running for 178 yards and catching a pair of passes from O’Connell for 28 yards. Carrying the ball 30 times, Mockobee’s 178 yards on the ground set a Purdue freshman rushing record for a single game. The walk-on running back found the end zone as well, recording his team-leading fifth rushing touchdown of the season.
• O’Connell marched Purdue down the field all night long, throwing for 391 yards for the 12th 300-yard game of his career. The sixth-year senior tossed four touchdown passes as well, the fifth time he has produced a four-touchdown game.
BIG WINS AWAY FROM HOME
• Playing on the road in Big Ten play…
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