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PURDUE FOOTBALL
Purdue (4-2,1-1) vs. Northwestern (2-4,0-2) |  | Preview for October 14, 2006
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| | Kickoff Time: 12:00pm Location: Ryan Field Surface: natural grass | | Stadium Capacity: 49,256 Tickets: Available $50, $30 (endzone) | | Head Coaches: Purdue - Joe Tiller; Northwestern - Pat Fitzgerald |
| Television: ESPN+ | | Series win-loss history: Purdue 47 Northwestern 25 Tie 1 | | Last Meeting: 10/15/05 at West Lafayette: Purdue 29 Northwestern 34 » 2005 Boilermakers vs Wildcats |
- Purdue
Last football game played: loss (10/07/06) Purdue 17 Iowa 47 National Poll Rankings: none. QB Curtis Painter: 2006 Quarterback Rating 136.1. 2006 Stats: Passing 220-127-7 (57.7%), 1787 yards, 11 TDs, 4 sacks; Rushing 68 net yards, 3 TDs. 15 career games played with 14 career touchdown passes. Currently #4 nationally and #1 in the Big Ten in Total Offense, 309.2 yds/game.
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- Northwestern
Last football game played: loss (10/07/06) Northwestern 9 Wisconsin 41 National Poll Rankings: none. Two RS Freshman QBs: Mike Kafka 2006 Quarterback Rating 95.87 (4 games). Andrew Brewer 2006 Quarterback Rating 80.55 (5 games). Brewer started against Penn St and Wisconsin. 2006 N'western QB Position Stats: Passing 150-81-7 (54.0%), 762 yards, 1 TD, 10 sacks; Rushing 429 net yards, 4 TDs. Ryan Field: Known as Dyche Stadium prior to 1997; Playing surface - natural grass; Capacity 49,256; Average home attendance for 2006 season 21,022.
» 2006 Northwestern schedule with scores
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2006 Team Statistical Comparison - Purdue
- Total Offense/game: 465.3
- Passing/game (net): 307.0
- Rushing/game (net): 158.3
- Offense Points/game: 33.5
- Possession/game: 27:30
- Total Defense/game: 439.3
- Passing Defense/gm: 284.7
- Rushing Defense/gm: 154.7
- Defense Points/game: 32.8
- Purdue six games
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- Northwestern
- Total Offense/game: 291.2
- Passing/game (net): 127.0
- Rushing/game (net): 164.2
- Offense Points/game: 14.8
- Possession/game: 27:48
- Total Defense/game: 353.0
- Passing Defense/gm: 190.0
- Rushing Defense/gm: 163.0
- Defense Points/game: 24.7
- N'western six games
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