Painter on point as Purdue rolls over N. Colorado

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	22	17
Total Yards	338	402
Passing	216	286
Rushing	122	116
Penalties	7-48	8-54
3rd Down Conversions	7-18	6-11
4th Down Conversions	0-1	0-1
Turnovers	0	1
Possession	37:20	22:40

Air/Ground Leaders
Northern Colorado Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Waggener 27/42 216 1 0	Purdue Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Painter 15/28 286 2 0
Northern Colorado Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Muns 6 49 0 20 Wilson 8 28 0 15	Purdue Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Sheets 16 81 2 18 Halliburton 2 13 0 12
Northern Colorado Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Chesla 9 99 0 22 Smith 3 29 0 14	Purdue Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Tardy 3 112 0 60 Orton 4 89 1 43

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				UNCO	PUR
	TD	08:40	Keith Smith 26 Yd Pass From Curtis Painter (Chris Summers Kick)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER				UNCO	PUR
	TD	04:35	Kory Sheets 9 Yd Run (Chris Summers Kick)	0	14
THIRD QUARTER				UNCO	PUR
	TD	02:32	Kory Sheets 2 Yd Run (Chris Summers Kick)	0	21
FOURTH QUARTER				UNCO	PUR
	FG	14:19	Michael York 37 Yd	3	21
	TD	13:02	Greg Orton 43 Yd Pass From Curtis Painter (Chris Summers Kick)	3	28
	TD	10:54	Mike Conway 11 Yd Return Of Blocked Punt (Chris Summers Kick)	3	35
	TD	07:08	Jason Caprioli 3 Yd Pass From Bryan Waggener (Michael York Kick)	10	35
	TD	04:12	Joey Elliott 2 Yd Run (Chris Summers Kick)	10	42

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Curtis Painter passed for 286 yards and two touchdowns, and Purdue defeated Northern Colorado 42-10 on Saturday.

Desmond Tardy caught three passes for 112 yards and Kory Sheets ran for 81 yards and two touchdowns for Purdue (1-0).

Purdue coach Joe Tiller tied Jack Mollenkopf for the most wins in school history with 84. He also beat one of his former assistants -- Northern Colorado coach Scott Downing worked under Tiller for 12 years at Wyoming and Purdue.

Bryan Waggener passed for 216 yards and a touchdown and Ryan Chesla caught nine passes for 99 yards for Northern Colorado (0-1), a Football Championship Subdivision team that went 1-11 last season.

Purdue's first score came on Painter's 26-yard strike down the middle to slot receiver Keith Smith.

In the second quarter, Purdue's Frank Halliburton tipped a Northern Colorado punt, and the Boilermakers took over on the Northern Colorado 37. Two plays later, Sheets' 9-yard touchdown run gave Purdue a 14-0 lead.

On the Boilermakers' next possession, Tardy took a screen pass 60 yards, but Purdue was unable to score from inside the 20. Purdue moved into Northern Colorado territory six times in the first half, but led 14-0 at halftime.

Early in the third quarter, Northern Colorado went for it on fourth-and-5 from the Purdue 30, but Ryan Baker sacked Waggener and the Boilermakers took over.

Halliburton got pressure on another Bears punt after a poor snap, and Purdue took over at the Northern Colorado 34 with about 6 minutes left in the third quarter. Sheets scored again, a 2-yard run that gave Purdue a 21-0 lead with 2:32 left in the third quarter.

Northern Colorado caught a break early in the fourth quarter. The Bears punted to Purdue, and the ball bounced off a Boilermaker player's leg before Northern Colorado's C.J. Stemo recovered at the Purdue 25. Michael York made a 37-yard field goal.

On Purdue's next possession, Painter found Greg Orton down the left sideline for a 43-yard touchdown pass that gave the Boilermakers a 28-3 lead.

Minutes later, Halliburton blocked another punt, and Mike Conway's recovery and runback for a touchdown made it 35-3.

Northern Colorado scored a TD on Waggener's 3-yard pass to Jason Caprioli with 7:08 to play.