2005 – November
19
1 2 3 4 T
PUR 0 27 7 7 41
IND 7 0 0 7 14
BLOOMINGTON,
Ind. (AP) - Purdue took advantage of five Indiana turnovers, getting three
touchdown runs from Kory Sheets and two from Dorien Bryant to cruise past the
rival Hoosiers 41-14.
The Boilermakers (5-6, 3-5) claimed the Old Oaken
Bucket for the fourth straight year and the eighth time in Joe Tiller's nine seasons
as coach. Purdue won its final three games of the season but failed to reach a
bowl game for the first time in Tiller's tenure.
Indiana (4-7, 1-7) allowed 27 points in a quarter
for the third straight week and ended the year with six consecutive losses, its
last looking as dismal as it appeared on the one working scoreboard at Memorial
Stadium.
Hoosiers quarterback Blake Powers was picked off
three times, finishing 11-of-24 for 150 yards although he scored on touchdown runs
of 9 and 8 yards. Indiana also lost two fumbles.
Sheets, who replaced the injured Jerod Void early
Saturday, carried 19 times for 137 yards while Bryant scored on two of six runs.
Quarterback Curtis Painter was 14-of-27 for 124 yards and had 10 carries for 60
yards.
But Purdue made it look easy. After trailing 7-0,
the Boilermakers capitalized on Powers' first interception with a 25-yard TD
run from Sheets that gave Purdue a 10-7 lead. Three plays later, Powers was
picked off again and Sheets converted with a 5-yard TD run.
