The Gopher defense was unable to slow down the Purdue offense as the Boilermakers destroyed Minnesota 49-30. David Mockobee rushed for 145 yards and the Purdue rushing attack averaged 8 yards per rush, which set up huge pass plays and led to a lot of points. In total Purdue had over 600 yards of offense.
The Minnesota offense showed some signs of life early, but consistency and finishing drives with touchdowns kept them from keeping pace with Purdue. Their opening drive of the game was 4 plays, 65 yards and a quick touchdown. Their next two drives totaled 96 yards, and ate up over 12 minutes of clock but both stalled out and they settled for a field goal on each one.