2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2008 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
2008 record 4–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach Joe Tiller (14th season)
Offensive coordinator Ed Zaunbrecher (3rd season / 1st as OC)
Offensive scheme One-back shotgun spread
Defensive coordinator Brock Spack (12th season)
Base defense 4–3
Captain Ryan Baker
Captain Jermaine Guynn
Captain Curtis Painter
Captain Joe Whitest
Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 62,500)
2008 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Penn State $+  7 –1     11 –2  
No. 9 Ohio State %+  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 24 Michigan State  6 –2     9 –4  
Northwestern  5 –3     9 –4  
No. 20 Iowa  5 –3     9 –4  
Wisconsin  3 –5     7 –6  
Minnesota  3 –5     7 –6  
Illinois  3 –5     5 –7  
Purdue  2 –6     4 –8  
Michigan  2 –6     3 –9  
Indiana  1 –7     3 –9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Joe Tiller, in his 12th and final season at Purdue, was the team's head coach. The Boilermakers' home games were played at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. They posted a 4–8 record, finishing in a ninth place tie in the Big Ten.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 6 12:00 PM[1] Northern Colorado* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN BTN[1] W 42–10   51,476[2]
September 13 3:30 PM[1] No. 14 Oregon* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ABC/ESPN2[1] L 26–32 2OT  54,666[2]
September 20 12:00 PM[1] Central Michigan* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN BTN[1] W 32–25   57,101[2]
September 27 3:30 PM[3] at Notre Dame* Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) NBC[3] L 38–21   80,795[2]
October 4 12:00 PM No. 6 Penn State Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPN L 20–6   57,215[2]
October 11 3:30 PM at No. 11 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ABC/ESPN L 16–3   105,378[2]
October 18 12:00 PM[4] at Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ESPN2[4] L 26–48   27,163[2]
October 25 12:00 PM[5] No. 25 Minnesotadagger Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPNC[5] L 6–17   54,215[2]
November 1 12:00 PM Michigan Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN BTN W 48–42   59,135[2]
November 8 12:00 PM at No. 17 Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI BTN L 7–21   75,522[2]
November 15 12:00 PM at Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA BTN L 17-22   67,676[2]
November 22 12:00 PM Indiana Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) ESPN2 W 62-10   63,107[2]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

Northern Colorado

1 234Total
Northern Colorado 0 0010 10
• Purdue 7 7721 42

Oregon

1 234OT2OTTotal
• Oregon 3 314336 32
Purdue 13 70330 26

Kory Sheets rushed for an 80-yard touchdown for the Boilermakers and Matt Evensen kicked a 23-yard field goal for the Ducks. Chris Summers then kicked a 29-yard and a 38-yard field goals in the first quarter. Kory Sheets rush for 2 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter.

In the third quarter, Summers' punt was returned by Jairus Byrd for an 87-yard touchdown. Then LeGarrette Blount rushed for 5 yards for a touchdown to tie the score. Summers kicked a 27-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, but missed a field goal try to tie the game in regulation.

Both teams kicked a field goal in overtime, but the Boilermakers failed to score in the second overtime period. The Ducks scored a touchdown to win the game.

Central Michigan

1 234Total
Central Michigan 7 3015 25
• Purdue 3 7715 32

Notre Dame

1 234Total
Purdue 7 770 21
• Notre Dame 0 14213 38

Irish quarterback Jimmy Clausen threw for a career-high 275 yards and three touchdowns and Notre Dame running backs ran for 201 yards in the 38–21 defeat over the Boilermakers.[6] Purdue took a 7–0 lead on a Kory Sheets run, but Notre Dame countered with a 47-yard interception return for a touchdown by cornerback Robert J. Blanton. Purdue answered back when Aaron Valentin scored on a 3-yard pass from Curtis Painter to make the score 14–7. Clausen threw a touchdown pass to Golden Tate to tie it 14–14 heading into half-time.

The Irish scored on their first two possessions of the second half to open a 28–14 lead. The Boilermakers cut the lead to 28–21 four plays later when Painter threw a pass that Desmond Tardy caught at the Notre Dame 30 and raced up the left sideline for a touchdown. The Irish answered immediately, however, when Clausen threw a 30-yard TD pass to David Grimes on a fourth-and-7. The Boilermakers fell to 1–15 at Notre Dame Stadium since 1976. The loss also left Joe Tiller with a 5–7 record against the Irish. (Purdue had lost 11 straight to Notre Dame before Tiller arrived.)

Penn State

1 234Total
• Penn State 0 1073 20
Purdue 0 006 6

The Nittany Lions defeated the Boilermakers 20–6, outgaining Purdue 422 to 241 in total offense.

Penn State quarterback Daryll Clark completed 18 of 26 passes for 226 yards and a ran for a touchdown on a quarterback sneak on 4th-and-goal in the second quarter for the first points of the game. Running back Evan Royster ran for 141 yards and a touchdown and also caught four balls for 53 yards.

Curtis Painter finished 13-for-22 for 112 yards but was replaced in the fourth quarter by backup Joey Elliott after throwing an interception to Nittany Lion safety Drew Astorino. Placekicker Chris Summers missed all three of his kick attempts—two field goal attempts and an extra point attempt. Kory Sheets' fourth-quarter touchdown run was Purdue's first offensive touchdown against Penn State since 2005.[7]

Ohio State

1 234Total
Purdue 0 030 3
• Ohio State 10 303 16

Purdue managed to keep Ohio State's offense out of the end zone with OSU's only touchdown coming from a blocked punt. While the Purdue defense shut down Ohio State's Terelle Pryor and Beanie Wells, Ohio State's defense shut down Purdue's high powered offense. Purdue did manage to cut the lead to 13–3 in the third, but an Ohio State field goal restored the lead to 13. Ohio State stopped a late Purdue chance to make things interesting to hold on for the win.

Northwestern

1 234Total
Purdue 6 6014 26
• Northwestern 0 241014 48

Minnesota

1 234Total
• Minnesota 7 307 17
Purdue 6 000 6

Michigan

1 234Total
Michigan 14 14014 42
• Purdue 14 71413 48

In his first collegiate start, third-string quarterback Justin Siller completed 21-of-34 passes for 266 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for 77 yards and another score. Kory Sheets rushed for 118 yards and tied a career-high with four touchdowns.[8]

Michigan State

1 234Total
Purdue 0 007 7
• Michigan State 7 770 21

Iowa

1 234Total
Purdue 0 1007 17
• Iowa 6 637 22

Indiana

1 234Total
Indiana 0 307 10
• Purdue 24 17147 62

To finish a mostly dismal season for Purdue, the Boilermakers blew out arch-rival Indiana to reclaim the Old Oaken Bucket in Joe Tiller's final game. The win produced the largest ever margin of victory in the Bucket series.

Statistics

Team

TeamOpp
Scoring296301
  Points per Game24.725.1
First Downs254230
  Rushing93116
  Passing13997
  Penalty2317
Total Offense44934297
  Avg per Play5.05.2
  Avg per Game374.4358.1
Fumbles-Lost12-1020-10
Penalties-Yards60-48476-603
  Avg per Game40.350.2
TeamOpp
Punts-Yards57-210655-2097
  Avg per Punt36.938.1
Time of Possession/Game29:5830:02
3rd Down Conversions71/18460/169
4th Down Conversions15/2910/21
Touchdowns Scored3736
Field Goals-Attempts-Long13-21-5317-25-49
PAT-Attempts33-3632-34
Attendance396,915356,534
  Games/Avg per Game7/56,7025/71,307

Scores by quarter

1 2 3 4OT Total
Purdue 80 68 52 933 296
Opponents 54 90 62 869 301

Offense

Rushing

NameGP-GSAttGainLossNetAvgTDLongAvg/G
Kory Sheets1223411855411314.8168094.2
Justin Siller960240731672.822018.6
Anthony Heygood1216106161.00615.1
Frank Halliburton1113392372.80123.4
Dan Dierking129340343.80132.8
Ralph Bolden816313281.8093.5
Joey Elliott372613131.9174.3
Curtis Painter1044120110100.20191.0
Desmond Tardy12514591.8080.8
Chris Bennett116066.0066.0
Keith Smith1214044.0040.3
Team9102-2-2.000-0.2
Total12392176026214983.81980124.8
Opponents12466237828020984.41775174.8

Passing

NameGP-GSEfficAtt-Cmp-IntPctYdsTDLngAvg/G
Curtis Painter10118.6379-227-1159.924001379240.0
Justin Siller9100.5106-59-255.749633555.1
Joey Elliott398.715-8-053.38102127.0
Desmond Tardy12125.62-1-050.0180181.5
Team        
Total12114.2502-295-1358.829951679249.6
Opponents12115.0359-202-1056.321991471183.2

Receiving

NameGP-GSNo.YdsAvgTDLongAvg/G
Greg Orton126972010.454360.0
Desmond Tardy126787613.156073.0
Keith Smith12494869.923140.5
Kory Sheets12372536.812521.1
Brandon Whittington12251827.311415.2
Jake Wasikowski1213896.80187.4
Aaron Valentin121122420.427918.7
Joe Whitest107598.40165.9
Ralph Bolden83186.00102.2
Arsenio Curry92189.0092.0
Roberto Mcbean122168.00131.3
Waynelle Gravesande12136.50813.0
Colton McKey10294.5060.9
Frank Halliburton11284.0070.7
Curtis Painter1011818.00181.8
Jeff Lindsay12188.0080.7
Dan Dierking12122.0020.2
Jared Zwilling71-4-4.000-0.6
Total12295299510.21679249.6
Opponents12202219910.91471183.2

Defense

Name GP Tackles Sacks Pass Defense Interceptions Fumbles Blkd
Kick
SoloAstTotalTFL-YdsNo-YdsBrUpQBHNo.-YdsAvgTDLongRcv-YdsFF
Anthony Heygood1265491146.0-17-3-1-22.0021-01-
Torri Williams125429830.5-1-6-2-2914.50291-02-
Joe Holland123640762.0-51.0-24--------
Ryan Kerrigan1231255611.5-497.0-404-1-88.00--2-
Brandon King122424482.0-7-9-1-6060.00601-01-
Frank Duong93011412.0-8-2-1-5858.01581-02-
Chris Carlino121224360.5-2-------1-0--
Dwight McLean122214360.5-2-3-2-168.00141-0--
Mike Neal1218153310.0-515.5-39---------
David Pender12248321.0-2-12-1-00.00----
Ryan Baker1221103111.0-261.5-6--1-44.00-1-0--
Alex Magee121414286.0-293.5-18------1-01-
Royce Adams12153181.0-1----------
Josh McKinley8116171.0-3----------
Jermaine Guynn1288162.5-111.0-8---------
Keyon Brown1296151.5-111.5-11---------
Gerald Gooden Jr.12113144.0-152.0-12---------
Nicardo Golding105813-----------
Dan Dierking128210-----------
Total1248532581064-24924-14544-10-17717.716010-092
Opponents1251727979668-24624-14848-13-20615.814710-3972

Special teams

Name Punting Kickoffs
No.YdsAvgLongTBFCI20Blkd No.YdsAvgTBOB
Chris Summers50191938.4595161411693558.421
Carson Wiggs618731.238115041240358.631
Total57210636.95961719157333858.652
Opponents55209738.15991614261382862.8102
Name Punt Returns Kick Returns
No.YdsAvgTDLongNo.YdsAvgTDLong
Desmond Tardy9576.30131234528.8068
Frank Halliburton11313.000-----
Mike Conway0110.0111-----
Kory Sheets-----1425918.5045
Aaron Valentin-----1641125.7064
Royce Adams-----59418.8028
Kyle Adams-----133.003
Total11857.711348111223.2068
Opponents1830016.73874893819.5068

Statistics as of November 22, 2008 taken from Purdue CSTV

2009 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Alex MageeDefensive Tackle367Kansas City Chiefs
Curtis PainterQuarterback6201Indianapolis Colts

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Schedule Stuff". Purdue University Department of Athletics. July 2, 2008. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Cumulative Season Statistics". Purdue University Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Notre Dame Announces 2008 Home Football Kickoff Times". University of Notre Dame Department of Athletics. February 29, 2008. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
  4. 1 2 "Big Ten Announces Start Times for 2008 Homecoming Games". Northwestern University Department of Athletics. May 12, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
  5. 1 2 "High-Noon Homecoming". Purdue University Department of Athletics. May 12, 2008. Archived from the original on May 25, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Irish Defeat Boilermakers, 38–21". University of Notre Dame Department of Athletics. September 27, 2008. Archived from the original on September 29, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
  7. ↑ "No. 6 Nittany Lions Halt Purdue, 20–6". Penn State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 4, 2008. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Purdue Wins, Ends Michigan's 33-Year Bowl Appearance Streak". ESPN. November 1, 2008. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
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