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WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (Ticker) -- Kory Sheets and Purdueadded another chapter to Notre Dame's nightmare season. Sheets rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown Saturday as Purduerolled to a 33-19 triumph over winless Notre Dame. Curtis Painter passed for 250 yards and a score for theBoilermakers (5-0), who are off to their best start in threeyears. It marks just the second time that Purdue has started aseason 5-0 since 1945. Conversely, the Fighting Irish (0-5) are off to the worst startin their program's storied history. Notre Dame entered thecontest ranked last in the nation in total offense andsecond-to-last in scoring offense. The Irish actually showed some signs of offensive improvement inthis one, scoring a trio of second-half touchdowns to make thefinal score look respectable. But Notre Dame already had dug itself too big of a hole againstPurdue, which recorded its 250th all-time win at Ross-AdeStadium. Traditionally known for its high-powered offense and boastingthe nation's eighth-best unit entering the game, Purdue built a23-0 halftime lead thanks largely to its defense, which forced apair of turnovers before the break. Although they squandered a trio of opportunities in the redzone, the Boilermakers' offense converted five third downs,including a 3rd-and-29, prior to the break. After Chris Summers opened the scoring with a 27-yard fieldgoal, Sheets made it 10-0 on a 1-yard TD run with 5:49 left inthe first quarter. Painter's 11-yard scoring strike to Dorien Bryant sandwichedbetween two more field goals by Summers gave Purdue its 23-pointhalftime lead. Painter completed 21-of-36 attempts but was intercepted twice.His favorite target was Bryant, who hauled in seven receptionsfor 80 yards. Notre Dame finally got on the scoreboard midway through thethird quarter when freshman quarterback Jimmy Clausen foundtight end John Carlson for a 5-yard TD. However, Brandon Walker missed the extra point, keeping thescore at 23-6. Summers connected on a 30-yarder to make it 26-6, but backupquarterback Evan Sharpley passed for a pair of fourth-quarterscores to draw Notre Dame within 26-19 with eight minuteremaining. Sharpley was surpassed by Clausen on the depth chart only onegame into the season. But the junior looked sharp in the secondhalf and gave the Irish some life with his 25-yard scoringstrike to Golden Tate with 7:58 to play. Purdue responded just 2 1/2 minutes later when Painter foundtight end Dustin Keller for a 14-yard TD, pushing the score to33-19 and giving the Boilermakers some breathing room. Sharpley drove the Irish to the Purdue 18-yard line on thefollowing drive. But cornerback Terrell Vinson made a leapinginterception in the end zone, essentially sealing the victory. Sharpley completed 16-of-26 passes for 208 yards while Clausenwent 18-for-26 for 169 yards. Tate finished with 104 yards onjust three catches for Notre Dame, which fell to 51-26-2all-time against Purdue.
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NCAAF: NOTRE DAME at PURDUE <div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NOTRE DAME 0 0 6 13 19 PURDUE 10 13 3 7 33 FINAL PURDUE-FG, C Summers 27 YD 4:15 1st Qtr PURDUE-TD, K Sheets 1 YD RUN (C Summers KICK) 9:11 1st Qtr PURDUE-FG, C Summers 34 YD 3:06 2nd Qtr PURDUE-TD, D Bryant 11 YD PASS FROM C Painter (C Summers KICK) 10:14 2nd Qtr PURDUE-FG, C Summers 26 YD 12:10 2nd Qtr NOTRE DAME-TD, J Carlson 5 YD PASS FROM J Clausen (PAT FAILED) 7:05 3rd Qtr PURDUE-FG, C Summers 29 YD 14:32 3rd Qtr NOTRE DAME-TD, D Kamara 7 YD PASS FROM E Sharpley (PAT FAILED) 2:17 4th Qtr NOTRE DAME-TD, G Tate 25 YD PASS FROM E Sharpley (N Whitaker KICK) 7:02 4th Qtr PURDUE-TD, D Keller 14 YD PASS FROM C Painter (C Summers KICK) 9:27 4th Qtr NOTRE DAME PURDUE First downs 21 27 Rushed-yards 26-49 42-119 Passing yards 377 252 Sacked-yards lost 2-14 2-22 Return yards 4 6 Passes 34-52-2 22-37-2 Punts 3-44 3-42.3 Fumbles-lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-yards 11-110 9-67 Time of possession 26:54 33:06 Individual Statistics RUSHING: NOTRE DAME-Armando Allen Jr. 6-25, Junior Jabbie 4-16, Jimmy Clausen 3-13, James Aldridge 5-9, Travis Thomas 1-0, Robert Hughes 1-0, - Team 1-MINUS 7, Evan Sharpley 5-MINUS 7. PURDUE-Kory Sheets 27-141, Dan Dierking 4-9, Curtis Painter 5-1, Dorien Bryant 1-MINUS 8, - Team 5-MINUS 24. PASSING: NOTRE DAME-Evan Sharpley 16-26-208- 1, Jimmy Clausen 18-26-169- 1. PURDUE-Curtis Painter 22-37-252- 2. RECEIVING: NOTRE DAME-Golden Tate 3-104, Robby Parris 7-93, Duval Kamara 6-68, George West Jr. 4-37, David Grimes 3-34, John Carlson 5-30, Junior Jabbie 4-15, Asaph Schwapp 1-5, Armando Allen Jr. 1-MINUS 9. PURDUE-Dorien Bryant 8-82, Greg Orton 3-55, Dustin Keller 5-36, Selwyn Lymon 2-28, Brandon Whittington 1-24, Jake Standeford 1-14, Kory Sheets 1-8, Desmond Tardy 1-5. Att: 62,250</div>
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (Ticker) -- Kory Sheets and Purdueadded another chapter to Notre Dame's nightmare season. Sheets rushed for 141 yards and a touchdown Saturday as Purduerolled to a 33-19 triumph over winless Notre Dame. Curtis Painter passed for 252 yards and a score for theBoilermakers (5-0), who are off to their best start in threeyears. It marks just the second time that Purdue has started aseason 5-0 since 1945. "We can't really think about the record right now," Boilermakerstight end Dustin Keller said. "I remember the last time wewere 5-0 when Wisconsin came here, and we lost a heartbreaker." Sheets, who carried the ball 27 times and also hauled in aneight-yard reception, took some time to savor the victory. Thesenior also admitted he is looking forward to next week'scontest here against eighth-ranked Ohio State. "We'll celebrate tonight and come in Sunday morning and look atthe film and fix mistakes," Sheets said. "We'll enjoy this winright now, but on Tuesday we're going to start preparing forOhio State." Conversely, the Fighting Irish (0-5) are off to the worst startin their program's storied history. Notre Dame entered thecontest ranked last in the nation in total offense andsecond-to-last in scoring offense. The Irish actually showed some signs of offensive improvement inthis one, scoring a trio of second-half touchdowns to make thefinal score look respectable. "For the first time this year, we played a half of footballwhere you could win," Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis said."That's closer to winning football." But Notre Dame already had dug itself too big of a hole againstPurdue, which recorded its 250th all-time win at Ross-AdeStadium. Traditionally known for its high-powered offense and boastingthe nation's eighth-best unit entering the game, Purdue built a23-0 halftime lead thanks largely to its defense, which forced apair of turnovers before the break. Although they squandered a trio of opportunities in the redzone, the Boilermakers' offense converted five third downs,including a 3rd-and-29, prior to the break. After Chris Summers opened the scoring with a 27-yard fieldgoal, Sheets made it 10-0 on a 1-yard TD run with 5:49 left inthe first quarter. Painter's 11-yard scoring strike to Dorien Bryant sandwichedbetween two more field goals by Summers gave Purdue its 23-pointhalftime lead. Painter completed 22-of-37 attempts but was intercepted twice.His favorite target was Bryant, who hauled in eight receptionsfor 82 yards. "As an offense we have a word that we use a lot, and that wordis 'today,'" Painter said. "It means to focus on today only,and not on the past or the future. That will be our approacheach day this week going in the Ohio State game." Notre Dame finally got on the scoreboard midway through thethird quarter when freshman quarterback Jimmy Clausen foundtight end John Carlson for a 5-yard TD. However, Brandon Walker missed the extra point, keeping thescore at 23-6. Summers connected on a 30-yarder to make it 26-6, but backupquarterback Evan Sharpley passed for a pair of fourth-quarterscores to draw Notre Dame within 26-19 with eight minuteremaining. Sharpley was surpassed by Clausen on the depth chart only onegame into the season. But the junior looked sharp in the secondhalf and gave the Irish some life with his 25-yard scoringstrike to Golden Tate with 7:58 to play. Purdue responded just 2 1/2 minutes later when Painter foundtight end Dustin Keller for a 14-yard TD, pushing the score to33-19 and giving the Boilermakers some breathing room. "We always talk about matching (the other team) score-to-score,"Purdue coach Joe Tiller said. "I thought we started poorly atthe start of the second half because we didn't make gooddecisions." Sharpley drove the Irish to the Purdue 18-yard line on thefollowing drive. But cornerback Terrell Vinson made a leapinginterception in the end zone, essentially sealing the victory. Sharpley completed 16-of-26 passes for 208 yards while Clausenwent 18-for-26 for 169 yards. Tate finished with 104 yards onjust three catches for Notre Dame, which fell to 51-26-2all-time against Purdue.
