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Saturday, November 30, 2013 03:30 PM (ET)

Recap: Indiana 56, Purdue 36

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Nov 30, 2013

Indiana 56, Purdue 36: Sophomore Tre Roberson passed for a career-high six touchdowns and piled up 427 yards in total offense as the host Hoosiers reclaimed the Old Oaken Bucket from the Boilermakers in a Big Ten shootout.

Roberson finished 25-of-37 for 273 yards passing and had 154 yards rushing on 21 carries as Indiana (5-7, 3-5 Big Ten) scored its most points ever against Purdue in the 116-year history of the rivalry. Stephen Houston rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns, D'Angelo Roberts rushed for 113 yards and Shane Wynn caught a career-high three TD passes for the Hoosiers, who rolled up 692 yards in total offense.

Freshman Danny Etling passed for a career-high 485 yards and four touchdowns, going 33-of-49 for Purdue (1-11, 0-8), which finished winless in the Big Ten for the first time since 1993. Danny Anthrop hauled in five passes for 151 yards and an 80-yard touchdown while DeAngelo Yancey had a career-best 11 catches for 125 yards and a touchdown in the Boilermakers' worst defensive showing ever at Indiana.

The Hoosiers set a single-season school scoring record of 461 points as they reached the end zone on five of their six drives in the first half, when they outrushed the Boilermakers 213-12. Roberson threw touchdowns to Wynn (2, 4 yards) and Cody Latimer (27) while Houston had a 53-yard touchdown run on the fourth play of the game and another score from 14 yards out to help Indiana to a 35-9 halftime lead.

In the second half, Roberson found Wynn (17 yards) and Ted Bolser (2), and Kofi Hughes (6) for his sixth touchdown to tie Bob Hoernschemeyer's 1943 single-game school record. Three Etling TD passes and Brandon Cotton's 1-yard score in the final two quarters closed out the Boilermakers' highest-scoring game this season.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Latimer became the fifth Hoosier ever to reach 1,000 receiving yards in a season, finishing with seven catches for 110 yards. ... Houston moved into ninth place on Indiana's all-time rushing list with 2,304 career yards. ... Purdue leads the battle for the Old Oaken Bucket 58-28-3.

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