Ryan Browne threw for a career-high 317 yards and three touchdowns to lead Purdue to a 44-19 victory over Indiana State on Friday night in the Boilermakers’ season opener.
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Browne → throw → opener
Browne, who surpassed his previous record of 311 set last year, completed 23 of 29 passes.
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who → surpass → passes
The junior had TD passes of 6 yards to Chauncey Magwood, 7 yards to Tra’Mar Harris and 18 yards to Asaad Waseem.
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junior → have → Waseem
“I’ve had help from NFL quarterbacks, but the coaching staff has done a great job with me as well,” Browne said.
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Browne → have → me
Eleven different Boilermakers caught passes, led by Florida Atlantic University transfer Waseem, who caught six passes for 107 yards in his Purdue debut.
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who → catch → debut
“Ryan was putting the ball right on the money,” Waseem said.
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Waseem → put → money
Purdue coach Barry Odom called it a solid performance by the second-year starter.
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Odom → call → starter
“He made some good checks and put us in position to make some big-time plays,” he said.
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he → make → plays
The Boilermakers (1-0) led 16-6 at halftime before scoring 28 unanswered points.
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Boilermakers → lead → points
“We need to start faster,” Browne said.
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Browne → need → ?
“We’ve talked about it before, Purdue can not beat Purdue.”
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Purdue → talk → Purdue
Odom said the defensive start in the second half set the tone.
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start → say → tone
“Then the offense responded the way they did,” he said.
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they → respond → ?
“We played good complementary football.
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We → play → football
Good teams find ways to self-correct.”
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teams → find → ways
Purdue took a 44-6 lead on a 35-yard interception return by Don Saunders with 12 seconds gone in the fourth quarter.
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seconds → take → quarter
“I just was doing my job, broke on the ball and made a play,” Saunders said.
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Saunders → do → play
The Sycamores (0-2) scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
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Sycamores → score → quarter
Brady Allen, in relief of Elijah Owens, completed 3 of 5 passes for 117 yards and one touchdown in the fourth quarter.
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Allen → complete → quarter
The Sycamores, winless in eight games against Purdue, fared better than the last two meetings — 56-0 in 2022 and 49-0 in 2024.
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Sycamores → fare → 2024
Indiana State did manage to keep it close in the first half and compile 284 yards.
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State → manage → yards
Fame Ijeboi, a transfer from Minnesota, rushed for 87 yards and a touchdown in his Boilermakers debut,
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Ijeboi → rush → debut
It could have been bigger as he had a 63-yard TD run nullified by penalty.
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run → have → penalty
The Boilermakers were penalized nine times for 85 yards.
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Boilermakers → penalize → yards
Purdue finished with 523 total yards.
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Purdue → finish → yards
“Ijeboi did a good job getting to the second level,” Odom said.
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Odom → do → level
“He’s got good vision and good balance..”
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He → get → vision
First half stalls
The Boilermakers’ offense sputtered inside the opponents’ 25-yard line three times in the opening half and had to settle for field goals.
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offense → sputter → goals
The good news for Purdue is freshman Jacobo Echeverria Lozano made all three from 39, 25 and 23 yards.
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Lozano → make → yards
Spencer Porath transferred from Purdue to Notre Dame after making 15 of 17 field goals last season.
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Porath → transfer → goals
“We have to be better in the red zone,” Browne said.
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Browne → have → zone
Purdue: Hosts Wake Forest on Sept. 12.
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Purdue → host → Sept.
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