Septemeber 13, 1997

No. 12 Notre Dame 17, Purdue 28

                      1  2  3  4   F 
                      -  -  -  -  -- 
Notre Dame (15)       0 10  0  7  17 
Purdue                7  7  0 14  28  FINAL 

 Purdue-Watson 1 run (Ryan kick)
 Notre Dame-FG Sanson 34
 Purdue-Watson 1 run (Ryan kick)
 Notre Dame-Denson 16 run (Sanson kick)
 Purdue-Beasley 43 fumble return (Ryan kick)
 Notre Dame-Denson 1 pass from Powlus (Sanson kick)
 Purdue-Matthews 3 run (Ryan kick)

                     Notre Dame      Purdue 
First downs                  26          25 
Rushed-yards             41-164      34-133 
Passing yards               293         352 
Sacked-yards lost           1-7        3-16 
Return yards                 75          25 
Passes                  31-43-0     26-40-1 
Punts                    6-43.5      5-45.6 
Fumbles-lost                2-1         0-0 
Penalties-yards            8-67        7-60 
Time of possession        38:51       21:09 

Individual Statistics 
RUSHING: Notre Dame-Denson 22-104, Powlus 7-25, Goodspeed 6-24,
Spencer 3-6, Rossum 1-4, Stokes 2-1. Purdue-Matthews 12-56,
Watson 9-34, Dicken 10-22, I Jones 1-20, Sutherland 2-1.

PASSING: Notre Dame-Powlus 31-43-0-293. Purdue-Dicken
26-39-1-352, I Jones 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Notre Dame-Brown 7-76, Denson 7-54, M Johnson 4-50,
Oleary 4-49, Spencer 4-22, Barry 2-19, Denvir 1-15, Goodspeed
1-4, Nelson 1-4. Purdue-Sutherland 8-100, Alford 5-65, I Jones
4-82, Watson 4-44, Matthews 3-42, Tillman 2-19.

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