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#78Purdue
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2015 week 3 · Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 2:30 PM CT · Ross-Ade Stadium · 📺 ESPNU · 45,759 att · 68°F, wind 15

Drive chart

Virginia Tech Purdue bar spans the drive · tick marks the start
OWN G255025END ZONE
Q1
PUNT
3 pl · 4 yd · 1:39
0–0
FG
6 pl · 49 yd · 2:28
3–0
FUMBLE RETURN TD
3 pl · -5 yd · 0:51
10–0
TD
9 pl · 74 yd · 3:06
10–7
PUNT
3 pl · -5 yd · 2:06
10–7
PUNT
3 pl · 9 yd · 2:05
10–7
FUMBLE RETURN TD
7 pl · 88 yd · 3:42
10–14
Q2
TD
12 pl · 75 yd · 6:03
17–14
PUNT
3 pl · -5 yd · 0:57
17–14
PUNT
3 pl · -5 yd · 0:52
17–14
FG
9 pl · 54 yd · 3:47
17–17
TD
7 pl · 75 yd · 1:16
24–17
PUNT
3 pl · -7 yd · 0:26
24–17
MISSED FG
5 pl · 28 yd · 0:40
24–17
END OF HALF
1 pl · -2 yd · 0:02
24–17
Q3
FG
4 pl · -7 yd · 1:07
27–17
PUNT
3 pl · -1 yd · 1:22
27–17
PUNT
5 pl · 19 yd · 3:01
27–17
PUNT
3 pl · -3 yd · 0:50
27–17
TD
8 pl · 42 yd · 3:30
34–17
INT
4 pl · 32 yd · 1:27
34–17
PUNT
3 pl · 7 yd · 1:48
34–17
PUNT TD
3 pl · 2 yd · 0:55
41–17
ON DOWNS
4 pl · 7 yd · 1:06
41–17
Q4
FG
4 pl · 3 yd · 1:20
44–17
INT
1 pl · 0 yd · 0:13
44–17
PUNT
3 pl · -2 yd · 2:05
44–17
FUMBLE
5 pl · 15 yd · 1:16
44–17
ON DOWNS
4 pl · 3 yd · 1:41
44–17
TD
4 pl · 68 yd · 1:17
44–24
TD
8 pl · 47 yd · 4:58
51–24
ON DOWNS
4 pl · -2 yd · 0:30
51–24
END OF GAME
4 pl · 18 yd · 1:34
51–24
33 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

4takeaways1
6three-and-outs forced4
3 of 17scoring drives allowed7 of 16
No individual defensive box score for this game — CollegeFootballData carries tackles from 2016 on, and nothing but interceptions before that. The team numbers above come from the play and drive rows, which reach back to 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Special teams

3 of 4field goals1 of 1
5punts6
41.6punt average49.3
0punts inside the 200
186return yards87
own 37average drive startown 25
Virginia Tech
K Joey Slye 3/4 FG · long 46 · 6/6 XP
P A.J. Hughes 5 punts · 41.6 avg
KR Der'Woun Greene 2 ret · 116 yds · long 82
PR Greg Stroman 5 ret · 36 yds · long 29
PR Terrell Edmunds 1 ret · 19 yds · long 19
PR Anthony Shegog 1 ret · 15 yds · long 15 · 1 TD
Purdue
K Paul Griggs 1/1 FG · long 34 · 3/3 XP
P Joe Schopper 6 punts · 49.3 avg
KR Danny Anthrop 5 ret · 74 yds · long 24
KR Garrett Hudson 1 ret · 13 yds · long 13
K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.

Series recent meetings

2023 Purdue 24 – 17 Virginia Tech
Last 1 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.
No play-by-play for this game — league-wide plays start in 2016.
Data: CollegeFootballData · terminal