University of Minnesota Athletics
University of Minnesota
4-2 , 2-1
Purdue
2-4 , 0-3
Team Stats
PUR 7, UMN 0
PUR - Singleton,Malachi 40 yd run (Porath,Spencer kick), 7 plays, 75 yards, TOP 02:48
PUR 10, UMN 0
PUR - Porath,Spencer 33 yd field goal 8 plays, 33 yards, TOP 02:39
PUR 10, UMN 7
UMN - Brockington,Lemeke 24 yd pass from Lindsey,Drake (Denaburg,Brady kick) 3 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:23
PUR 10, UMN 10
UMN - Denaburg,Brady 46 yd field goal 4 plays, 1 yards, TOP 00:55
PUR 17, UMN 10
PUR - Browne,Ryan 12 yd run (Porath,Spencer kick), 13 plays, 75 yards, TOP 06:52
PUR 17, UMN 13
UMN - Denaburg,Brady 29 yd field goal 12 plays, 64 yards, TOP 01:52
PUR 20, UMN 13
PUR - Porath,Spencer 20 yd field goal 13 plays, 76 yards, TOP 05:42
PUR 20, UMN 20
UMN - Geers,Jameson 4 yd pass from Lindsey,Drake (Denaburg,Brady kick) 14 plays, 70 yards, TOP 06:29
PUR 20, UMN 27
UMN - Perich,Koi 27 yd interception (Denaburg,Brady kick)
Game Leaders
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Perich Pick-Six Seals 27-20 Homecoming Win Over Purdue
10/11/2025 10:15:00 PM | Football
Drake Lindsey threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns for the Golden Gophers (4-2, 2-1 in the Big Ten), who overcame deficits of 10-0 and 20-13.
Ryan Browne threw for 203 yards and ran for 61 yards and a touchdown for Purdue (2-4, 0-3), who outrushed the Gophers 253-30 but were done in by numerous mistakes.
Minnesota tied the game 20-20 midway through the fourth on a 14-play, 70-yard drive that ended in Lindsey's 4-yard touchdown pass to Jameson Geers. The drive was aided by two face mask penalties on the Boilermakers.
On the next play from scrimmage, Perich — a sophomore safety who made many preseason All-America lists — jumped in front of a Browne pass and returned it 27 yards for the go-ahead touchdown.
Browne then marched the Boilermakers all the way to Minnesota's 5-yard line, but a holding penalty pushed them back 10 yards and a fourth-down pass was broken up at the goal line by Jai'Onte' McMillan.
Myles Slusher had six tackles, broke up two passes and intercepted another for the Boilermakers, who have lost four straight.
The Takeaway
Purdue: The Boilermakers dominated both lines of scrimmage and outgained the Gophers by nearly 200 total yards, but they couldn't overcome nine penalties, three dropped passes and three interception, including one at the goal line on a halfback pass.
Minnesota: The return of leading rusher Darius Taylor, who missed two games due to injury, was supposed to reinvigorate Minnesota's rushing attack. But in the two games since he came back, Taylor has just 44 yards rushing on 22 carries.
Up Next
Minnesota hosts Nebraska on Friday; Purdue visits Northwestern on Saturday.