Rourke ties record for throwing 6 TDs as No. 10 Indiana shuts out Purdue 66-0 and now waits for the CFP selection. Today we will discuss about Purdue vs Indiana: Score| Prediction.
Purdue vs Indiana: Score| Prediction
The Indiana–Purdue rivalry is notable in Indiana, USA, since it involves two important public universities: Indiana University Bloomington Hoosiers and the Purdue University Boilermakers. Flat believers would hardly contest to the impact of competitive spirit between the institutions, as it is among the top most used in sports in America, and features strongly in the Big Ten Conference. As far as the competitive rivalries in US colleges are concerned Newsweek ranked it on position twelve, Huffington Post attributed it fifth best.
Score
It was only fitting that Indiana wrapped up a historic regular season with record breaking gains.
Now the 10th-ranked Hoosiers can only wait to see if they qualify for the College Football Playoffs.
Kurtis Rourke threw two of his six touchdown passes to Elijah Sarratt for a record tying performance with ‘Justice Ellison’ and ‘Ty Son Lawton’ rushing for touchdowns as the hoosiers thrashed their rival Purdue 66-0 to reclaim Old Oaken Bucket and possibly secure a playoff spot on Saturday.
“This has been a tremendous season, the coaches and the players, everything’s been great, leadership has been tremendous and everything’s been good at Indiana,” coach Curt Cignetti recounted. “But we are not done yet, and we are not content as yet.”
When Cignetti was questioned on whether Indiana deserved a playoff berth, he remarked, “Yeah, absolutely.
The time of the game was 11:23 Eastern standard time.
Indiana stretches its win record to 11-1 and 8-1 in the Big 10 conference. Indiana has a win total that is a school record for most victories in a single season in history, Indiana has achieved history by defeating Purdue 66-0 which is now the largest margin of victory against their archrival. Indiana also doubled Purdue’s previous record for lowest margin of victory at 52-7 in 1988. In addition, Indiana also has its biggest home victory against Purdue thus far eclipsing the 37-0 that was enjoyed in 1917.
Prediction
As part of a Big Ten rivalry, the Purdue Boilermakers will visit the Indiana Hooisers on Saturday, Nov. 30. FS1 will air the match live.
Record-wise, all indications are that Purdue (1-10, 0-8 Big Ten) suffered a defeat against Michigan State last week by 24-17. In turn, Indiana (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten) suffered no better a fate either as they lost to Ohio State 38-15.
The points converting rate is very low as Boilermakers are underdogs, the predictors place them at a shocking +29.5 points while the saddle o6.5 points line holds firm.
There has been something positively dire about the fortunes of the Purdue Boilermakers in American college football this season. Purdue has hardly been able to put in good performances and that might not change in this contest as well.
