NCAA College Football Result: Purdue vs Central Michigan
Purdue Boilermakers top the Central Michigan Chippewas 51-48 to win the Motor City Bowl. Purdue Boilermakers kicker Chris Summers delivered the final blow with a 40-yard field goal as time expired.
Purdue Boilermakers quarterback Curtis Painter threw for a school-record 546 yards and three touchdowns, helping the Purdue Boilermakers build three 21-point leads and set up the winning kick.
Purdue Boilermakers with a 9-5 record did not seem inspired to play early in the game, perhaps because playing in Detroit is not exactly what a Big Ten team has in mind when it dreams of playing in the postseason. Purdue Boilermakers seemed to get fired up and appeared to be rolling toward a rout, leading 27-6 midway through the second quarter, 34-13 at halftime and 41-20 early in the third. But the Central Michigan Chippewas proved they also want to win the title.
Central Michigan Chippewas comeback started with Central Michigan’s quarterback Dan LeFevour scoring pass to Central Michigan Chippewas wide receiver Bryan Anderson at 10:19 of the third and the quarterback tied the game with two runs late in the quarter. Purdue Boilermakers answered with Boilermakers’ running back Jaycen Taylor’s TD run midway through the fourth quarter and seemed to seal the win with a sack when Central Michigan had the ball with 2:15 and no timeouts.
“It was a heck of college football game and it might go down as one of the best bowls,” Central Michigan coach Butch Jones said. “I can’t say enough about our kids. These kids are special. “Obviously, it didn’t turn out the way we wanted it to, but I think you saw something special out there. They fought to the bitter end.”
Central Michigan Chippewas quarterback Dan LeFevour threw for 293 yards and four scores and ran for 114 yards and two TDs. Central Michigan Chippewas quarterback Dan LeFevour escaped a sack on the next play and got out of bounds. Then, he connected on some passes for first downs before lobbing a pass to Anderson from 20 yards to make it 48-all with 1:09 left to play.
Purdue Boilermakers quarterback Curtis Painter broke the Purdue Boilermnakers record shared by Drew Brees and Kyle Orton, was 4-of-5 for 42 yards on the winning drive.
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