How they scored | Purdue football 46, Illinois 7

Follow along in the module below for Twitter updates from Mike Carmin and Nathan Baird in Champaign for today's Big Ten Conference football matchup between Purdue and Illinois.

PURDUE 46, ILLINOIS 7

Purdue    14   15    7   10    -    46

Illinois    7    0   0   0    -   7

FIRST QUARTER

Illinois 7, Purdue 0 - AJ Bush, Jr., 5 run (Chase McLaughlin kick). 6 plays, 77 yards. Elapsed time: 1:33. Time on the clock: 8:07. Bush's 52-yard pass to running back Reggie Corbin on third down was the key play. Corbin lined up on the outside and got behind cornerback Kenneth Major and linebacker Derrick Barnes. 

Purdue 7, Illinois 7 - Isaac Zico 3 pass from David Blough (Spencer Evans kick). 5 plays, 75 yards. Elapsed time: 1:42. Time on the clock: 6:25. Blough was 4-for-4, hitting Zico on a 39-yard pass on first down. Blough also connected with Rondale Moore and Terry Wright. 

Purdue 14, Illinois 7 - David Blough 7 pass from Jared Sparks (Spencer Evans kick). 3 plays, 65 yards. Elapsed time: 1:35. Time on the clock: 4:06. A Jeff Brohm specialty - a double reverse with Sparks throwing his first career touchdown pass and Blough catching his first career touchdown. Blough hit Rondale Moore for 60 yards on the first play. 

SECOND QUARTER

Purdue 20 Illinois 7 - Markell Jones 1 run (kick blocked). 8 plays, 58 yards. Elapsed time: 2:50. Time on the clock: 14:56. The Boilermakers took advantage of a poor Illinois punt. Blough hit Isaac Zico on a 41-yard catch and run, moving Purdue to the 5-yard line.

Purdue 23, Illinois 7 - Spencer Evans 37 field goal. Elapsed time: 4:54.10 plays, 59 yards. Time on the clock: 10:06. The Boilermakers scored on their fourth consecutive possession.

Purdue 29, Illinois 7 - Isaac Zico 42 pass from David Blough (kick failed)..3 plays, 75 yards. Elapsed time: 3:16.Elapsed time: 29 seconds. Time on the clock: 13:57.Time on the clock: 9 seconds. D.J.A spectacular catch by Zico, who jumped and adjusted in the air and maintained the catch as defensive back Jartaviius Martin tried to wrestle the ball away from the senior. 

THIRD QUARTER

Purdue 36, Illinois 7 - Rondale Moore 7 pass from David Blough (Spencer Evans kick). 10 plays, 75 yards. Elapsed time: 4:54. Time on the clock: 10:06. Thanks to the Illini jumping offsides when the Boilermakers were prepared to punt, the drive stayed alive. And Blough and company took advantage. He hit tight end Brycen Hopkins on a 22-yard pass, moving Purdue into Illinois territory. 

FOURTH QUARTER

Purdue 39, Illinois 7 - Spencer Evans 32 field goal. 9 plays, 65 yards. Elapsed time: 3:16. Time on the clock: 13:57. D.J. Knox contributed to his big game, gaining 33 yards on one play where Illini defenders were bouncing off the senior and he carried a few with him on the play. 

Purdue 46, Illinois 7 - Zander Horvath 3 run (Spencer Evans kick). 10 plays, 55 yards. Elapsed time: 5:33. Time on the clock: 4:10. Horvath, a redshirt freshman walk-on, scored his first career touchdown. 

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Purdue, Knox 17-150, M.Jones 7-56, Horvath 5-19, Fuller 6-11, Sparks 1-3, Moore 2-3, Sipe 3-0, Blough 3-(minus 15). Illinois, Bush 20-24, Corbin 6-20, R.Bonner 1-12, Epstein 1-10, Stampley 1-6, Robinson 2-(minus 3).

PASSING—Purdue, Sparks 1-1-0-7, Blough 25-36-1-377. Illinois, Bush 12-25-1-170, Robinson 3-4-0-11.

RECEIVING—Purdue, Zico 5-127, Moore 4-101, Sparks 3-18, Wright 3-18, Knox 3-15, Hopkins 2-44, Fuller 2-21, Pittman 1-16, M.Jones 1-9, Burgess 1-8, Blough 1-7. Illinois, T.Davis 3-44, C.Green 3-14, Mays 2-37, Epstein 2-6, Corbin 1-52, Stampley 1-18, Reams 1-4, Smalling 1-3, R.Bonner 1-3.

TACKLES-Purdue: J. Thieneman 7 solo-1 assist, Jones 3-2, Reviere 1-4, Larry 3-1, Barnes 0-4, Bailey 3-0, Higgins 3-0, Zico 2-1, Neal 1-2. Illinois: Brown 4-8, Phillips 4-7, Hansen 3-5, Martin 4-2.

The Boilermakers have an opportunity today to climb all the way back to a .500 record after starting the season 0-3. A victory today would also give Purdue momentum heading into the meat of its schedule beginning with a home game next week against Big Ten East leader Ohio State.

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