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2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2008
team	Purdue Boilermakers
image	Purdue Boilermakers workmark.svg
image_size	150px
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	4–8
conf_record	2–6
head_coach	Joe Tiller (12th season)
off_coach	Ed Zaunbrecher (3rd season)
def_coach	Brock Spack (12th season)
captain	Ryan Baker
captain2	Jermaine Guynn
captain3	Curtis Painter
captain4	Joe Whitest
off_scheme	One-back shotgun spread
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 62,500)

(Capacity: 62,500) The 2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Joe Tiller, in his 12th and final season at Purdue, was the team's head coach. The Boilermakers' home games were played at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. They posted a 4–8 record, finishing in a ninth place tie in the Big Ten.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Northern Colorado

Oregon

Kory Sheets rushed for an 80-yard touchdown for the Boilermakers and Matt Evensen kicked a 23-yard field goal for the Ducks. Chris Summers then kicked a 29-yard and a 38-yard field goals in the first quarter. Kory Sheets rush for 2 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter.

In the third quarter, Summers' punt was returned by Jairus Byrd for an 87-yard touchdown. Then LeGarrette Blount rushed for 5 yards for a touchdown to tie the score. Summers kicked a 27-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, but missed a field goal try to tie the game in regulation.

Both teams kicked a field goal in overtime, but the Boilermakers failed to score in the second overtime period. The Ducks scored a touchdown to win the game.

Central Michigan

Notre Dame

Irish quarterback Jimmy Clausen threw for a career-high 275 yards and three touchdowns and Notre Dame running backs ran for 201 yards in the 38–21 defeat over the Boilermakers. Purdue took a 7–0 lead on a Kory Sheets run, but Notre Dame countered with a 47-yard interception return for a touchdown by cornerback Robert J. Blanton. Purdue answered back when Aaron Valentin scored on a 3-yard pass from Curtis Painter to make the score 14–7. Clausen threw a touchdown pass to Golden Tate to tie it 14–14 heading into half-time.

The Irish scored on their first two possessions of the second half to open a 28–14 lead. The Boilermakers cut the lead to 28–21 four plays later when Painter threw a pass that Desmond Tardy caught at the Notre Dame 30 and raced up the left sideline for a touchdown. The Irish answered immediately, however, when Clausen threw a 30-yard TD pass to David Grimes on a fourth-and-7. The Boilermakers fell to 1–15 at Notre Dame Stadium since 1976. The loss also left Joe Tiller with a 5–7 record against the Irish. (Purdue had lost 11 straight to Notre Dame before Tiller arrived.)

Penn State

The Nittany Lions defeated the Boilermakers 20–6, outgaining Purdue 422 to 241 in total offense.

Penn State quarterback Daryll Clark completed 18 of 26 passes for 226 yards and a ran for a touchdown on a quarterback sneak on 4th-and-goal in the second quarter for the first points of the game. Running back Evan Royster ran for 141 yards and a touchdown and also caught four balls for 53 yards.

Curtis Painter finished 13-for-22 for 112 yards but was replaced in the fourth quarter by backup Joey Elliott after throwing an interception to Nittany Lion safety Drew Astorino. Placekicker Chris Summers missed all three of his kick attempts—two field goal attempts and an extra point attempt. Kory Sheets' fourth-quarter touchdown run was Purdue's first offensive touchdown against Penn State since 2005.

Ohio State

Purdue managed to keep Ohio State's offense out of the end zone with OSU's only touchdown coming from a blocked punt. While the Purdue defense shut down Ohio State's Terelle Pryor and Beanie Wells, Ohio State's defense shut down Purdue's high powered offense. Purdue did manage to cut the lead to 13–3 in the third, but an Ohio State field goal restored the lead to 13. Ohio State stopped a late Purdue chance to make things interesting to hold on for the win.

Northwestern

Minnesota

Michigan

In his first collegiate start, third-string quarterback Justin Siller completed 21-of-34 passes for 266 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for 77 yards and another score. Kory Sheets rushed for 118 yards and tied a career-high with four touchdowns.

Michigan State

Iowa

Indiana

To finish a mostly dismal season for Purdue, the Boilermakers blew out arch-rival Indiana to reclaim the Old Oaken Bucket in Joe Tiller's final game. The win produced the largest ever margin of victory in the Bucket series.

Statistics

Team

Team	Opp
Scoring	296
Points per Game	24.7
First Downs	254
Rushing	93
Passing	139
Penalty	23
Total offense	4493
Avg per Play	5.0
Avg per Game	374.4
Fumbles-Lost	12–10
Penalties-Yards	60–484
Avg per Game	40.3

Team	Opp
Punts-Yards	57-2106
Avg per Punt	36.9
Time of Possession/Game	29:58
3rd Down Conversions	71/184
4th Down Conversions	15/29
Touchdowns Scored	37
Field Goals-Attempts-Long	13–21–53
PAT-Attempts	33–36
Attendance	396,915
Games/Avg per Game	7/56,702

Scores by quarter

{{Linescore Amfootball		Road=Purdue	R1=80	R2=68	R3=52	R4=93	R5=3	Home=Opponents	H1=54	H2=90	H3=62	H4=86	H5=9

Offense

Rushing

Name	GP-GS	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Kory Sheets	12	234	1185	54	1131	4.8	16	80	94.2
Justin Siller	9	60	240	73	167	2.8	2	20	18.6
Anthony Heygood	12	1	61	0	61	61.0	0	61	5.1
Frank Halliburton	11	13	39	2	37	2.8	0	12	3.4
Dan Dierking	12	9	34	0	34	3.8	0	13	2.8
Ralph Bolden	8	16	31	3	28	1.8	0	9	3.5
Joey Elliott	3	7	26	13	13	1.9	1	7	4.3
Curtis Painter	10	44	120	110	10	0.2	0	19	1.0
Desmond Tardy	12	5	14	5	9	1.8	0	8	0.8
Chris Bennett	1	1	6	0	6	6.0	0	6	6.0
Keith Smith	12	1	4	0	4	4.0	0	4	0.3
Team	9	1	0	2	−2	−2.0	0	0	−0.2
Total	12	392	1760	262	1498	3.8	19	80	124.8
Opponents	12	466	2378	280	2098	4.4	17	75	174.8

Passing

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Pct	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G
Curtis Painter	10	118.6	379–227–11	59.9	2400	13	79	240.0
Justin Siller	9	100.5	106–59–2	55.7	496	3	35	55.1
Joey Elliott	3	98.7	15–8–0	53.3	81	0	21	27.0
Desmond Tardy	12	125.6	2–1–0	50.0	18	0	18	1.5
Team
Total	12	114.2	502–295–13	58.8	2995	16	79	249.6
Opponents	12	115.0	359–202–10	56.3	2199	14	71	183.2

Receiving

Name	GP-GS	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Greg Orton	12	69	720	10.4	5	43	60.0
Desmond Tardy	12	67	876	13.1	5	60	73.0
Keith Smith	12	49	486	9.9	2	31	40.5
Kory Sheets	12	37	253	6.8	1	25	21.1
Brandon Whittington	12	25	182	7.3	1	14	15.2
Jake Wasikowski	12	13	89	6.8	0	18	7.4
Aaron Valentin	12	11	224	20.4	2	79	18.7
Joe Whitest	10	7	59	8.4	0	16	5.9
Ralph Bolden	8	3	18	6.0	0	10	2.2
Arsenio Curry	9	2	18	9.0	0	9	2.0
Roberto Mcbean	12	2	16	8.0	0	13	1.3
Waynelle Gravesande	1	2	13	6.5	0	8	13.0
Colton McKey	10	2	9	4.5	0	6	0.9
Frank Halliburton	11	2	8	4.0	0	7	0.7
Curtis Painter	10	1	18	18.0	0	18	1.8
Jeff Lindsay	12	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.7
Dan Dierking	12	1	2	2.0	0	2	0.2
Jared Zwilling	7	1	−4	−4.0	0	0	−0.6
Total	12	295	2995	10.2	16	79	249.6
Opponents	12	202	2199	10.9	14	71	183.2

Defense

Name	GP	Tackles	Sacks	Pass Defense	Interceptions	Fumbles	Blkd
Kick	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL-Yds	No-Yds	BrUp	QBH	No.-Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Rcv-Yds	FF
Anthony Heygood	12	65	49	114	6.0–17	–	3	–	1–2	2.0	0	2	1–0	1	–
Torri Williams	12	54	29	83	0.5–1	–	6	–	2–29	14.5	0	29	1–0	2	–
Joe Holland	12	36	40	76	2.0–5	1.0–2	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Kerrigan	12	31	25	56	11.5–49	7.0–40	4	–	1–8	8.0	0	8	–	–	2	–
Brandon King	12	24	24	48	2.0–7	–	9	–	1–60	60.0	0	60	1–0	1	–
Frank Duong	9	30	11	41	2.0–8	–	2	–	1–58	58.0	1	58	1–0	2	–
Chris Carlino	12	12	24	36	0.5–2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1–0	–	–
Dwight McLean	12	22	14	36	0.5–2	–	3	–	2–16	8.0	0	14	1–0	–	–
Mike Neal	12	18	15	33	10.0–51	5.5–39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
David Pender	12	24	8	32	1.0–2	–	12	–	1–0	0.0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Ryan Baker	12	21	10	31	11.0–26	1.5–6	–	–	1–4	4.0	0	4	–	1–0	–	–
Alex Magee	12	14	14	28	6.0–29	3.5–18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1–0	1	–
Royce Adams	12	15	3	18	1.0–1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh McKinley	8	11	6	17	1.0–3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jermaine Guynn	12	8	8	16	2.5–11	1.0–8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Keyon Brown	12	9	6	15	1.5–11	1.5–11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gerald Gooden Jr.	12	11	3	14	4.0–15	2.0–12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nicardo Golding	10	5	8	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dan Dierking	12	8	2	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	12	485	325	810	64–249	24–145	44	–	10–177	17.7	1	60	10–0	9	2
Opponents	12	517	279	796	68–246	24–148	48	–	13–206	15.8	1	47	10–39	7	2

Special teams

Name	Punting	Kickoffs	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TB	FC	I20	Blkd	No.	Yds	Avg
Chris Summers	50	1919	38.4	59	5	16	14	1	16	935	58.4	2	1
Carson Wiggs	6	187	31.2	38	1	1	5	0	41	2403	58.6	3	1
Total	57	2106	36.9	59	6	17	19	1	57	3338	58.6	5	2
Opponents	55	2097	38.1	59	9	16	14	2	61	3828	62.8	10	2

Name	Punt returns	Kick returns	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	No.	Yds	Avg
Desmond Tardy	9	57	6.3	0	13	12	345	28.8	0	68
Frank Halliburton	1	13	13.0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
Mike Conway	0	11	0.0	1	11	–	–	–	–	–
Kory Sheets	–	–	–	–	–	14	259	18.5	0	45
Aaron Valentin	–	–	–	–	–	16	411	25.7	0	64
Royce Adams	–	–	–	–	–	5	94	18.8	0	28
Kyle Adams	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	3.0	0	3
Total	11	85	7.7	1	13	48	1112	23.2	0	68
Opponents	18	300	16.7	3	87	48	938	19.5	0	68

Statistics as of November 22, 2008 taken from Purdue CSTV

2009 NFL draft

Curtis Painter	Quarterback	6	201	[Indianapolis Colts](2009-indianapolis-colts-season)

References

(July 2, 2008). "Schedule Stuff". Purdue University Department of Athletics.
"Cumulative Season Statistics". Purdue University Department of Athletics.
(February 29, 2008). "Notre Dame Announces 2008 Home Football Kickoff Times". University of Notre Dame Department of Athletics.
(May 12, 2008). "Big Ten Announces Start Times for 2008 Homecoming Games". Northwestern University Department of Athletics.
(May 12, 2008). "High-Noon Homecoming". Purdue University Department of Athletics.
(September 27, 2008). "Irish Defeat Boilermakers, 38–21". University of Notre Dame Department of Athletics.
(October 4, 2008). "No. 6 Nittany Lions Halt Purdue, 20–6". Penn State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
(November 1, 2008). "Purdue Wins, Ends Michigan's 33-Year Bowl Appearance Streak". [[ESPN]].

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