Purdue football loses to Fresno State in Ryan Walters' head coaching debut
A new era begins today for Purdue football.
First-year head coach Ryan Walters will look to start his time with the Boilermakers with a win against Fresno State. The last Purdue coach to start his Boilermaker career with a win was Danny Hope, whose team beat Toledo in 2009.
Purdue's honorary captain today is Mike Alstott, the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers standout who rushed for 3,365 yards and scored 42 touchdowns during his time in West Lafayette in the 1990s.
There will be plenty of new faces suited up for the Boilermakers. Seventeen players on the depth chart for today's game joined Purdue in the offseason from the transfer portal.
Among those transfers is quarterback Hudson Card, who will start. Card started five games at Texas between 2021-22 and threw for 1,523 yards, 11 touchdowns and 2 interceptions with the Longhorns.
Sam King, Akeem Glaspie and Gregg Doyel will have analysis throughout, and we will have scoring updates, highlights and more. Please remember to refresh.
Final: Fresno State 39, Purdue 35
Purdue led 28-17 at one point but Fresno State turned it on in the second half. Hudson Card threw for 254 yards (17 for 30) and 2 touchdowns. Deion Burks caught 4 passes for 152 yards and 2 touchdowns.
The running game was less successful. Devin Mockobee ran for 60 yards on 16 carries and a score, but in total the team had 110 yards on the ground.
:31 left 4Q: Fresno State stops Purdue on 4th down
Ryan Walters will start his Purdue career off with a loss. The Boilermakers couldn't convert on 4th down and Fresno State will exit this one with a win.
Card's pass is incomplete on 4th down. Looks like Fresno State will spoil Ryan Walters debut. Bulldogs lead 39-35, 31 seconds left.
— Akeem Glaspie (@THEAkeemGlaspie) September 2, 2023
:59 left 4Q: Fresno State takes back the lead
Uh oh. Fresno State's Mikey Keene found Erik Brooks for a 22-yard touchdown. Less than a minute left for Purdue.
Fresno State 39, Purdue 35
TOUCHDOWN BULLDOGS 🔥
FRESNO STATE TAKES IT RIGHT BACK WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE REMAINING pic.twitter.com/zM6v2CeOia— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 2, 2023
1:04 left 4Q: Fresno State drives into Purdue territory
Fresno State is in Purdue territory at the 22-yard line. OC Brothers was down on the field for a moment but walked off on his own.
4:36 left 4Q: Purdue takes back the lead with a Devin Mockobee touchdown
After the interception, the Purdue offense needed just 2 plays to score. Devin Mockobee ran in an 11-yard touchdown. It was set up by a 44-yard pass from Hudson Card to Deion Burks.
Purdue 35, Fresno State 32
PURDUE REGAINS THE LEAD! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/kCdjt6dUzz
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 2, 2023
5:17 left 4Q: Dillon Thieneman gives Purdue life with an interception
Fresno State quarterback Mikey Keene threw up a high-arching pass toward the left sideline. Purdue's Dillon Thieneman made an impressive catch that was initially called an incompletion. After a review, the call was reversed.
Purdue takes over at its own 45.
DILLON THIENEMAN INTERCEPTS IT 👀 pic.twitter.com/gDC5uumaLo
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 2, 2023
8:13 left 4Q: Purdue gets stuffed on 4th and goal
The Boilermakers had 1st and goal at one point from Fresno State's 9-yard line, but could not generate any points. Devin Mockobee tried several times to score but was stopped each time, including a 4th and goal attempt from the 1.
Fresno State's defense comes up HUGE 🚫 pic.twitter.com/xEEDILdVWg
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 2, 2023
Devin Mockobee is stuffed. Turnover on downs. Fresno State leads 32-28, 8:13 left 4Q.
— Akeem Glaspie (@THEAkeemGlaspie) September 2, 2023
13:44 left 4Q: Fresno State takes its first lead of the game
From 1-yard out, Malik Sherrod took a pitch and lost his footing for a moment. Sherrod regrouped quickly and found the endzone to give Fresno State its first lead.
Fresno State 32, Purdue 28
LEEK FOR THE LEAD‼️ @MalikSherrod pic.twitter.com/k64KCtFy3u
— Fresno State Football 🏆 (@FresnoStateFB) September 2, 2023
End 3Q: Purdue 28, Fresno State 25
Fresno State isn't going away. The Purdue defense will have its hands full to start the fourth quarter.
Elijah Gilliam ran 17 yards to the Boilermaker 3-yard line to end the third quarter.
Fresno State will start the fourth quarter 3 yards away from taking its first lead. Purdue defense looked really good for the first couple of series. Team getting gashed for too many big plays since.
— Sam King (@samueltking) September 2, 2023
6:44 left 3Q: Fresno State gets back in it with a touchdown
Mikey Keene, the Fresno State quarterback who exited the game late in the first half, is back. Keene tossed an 18-yard touchdown pass to Jaelen Gill. Fresno State then successfully converted the 2-point attempt when Keene found Jalen Moss in the endzone.
Purdue 28, Fresno State 25
1⃣➕5⃣🟰6⃣
TOUCHDOWN, @jaelengill21‼️ pic.twitter.com/BDbdCK9U4H— Fresno State Football 🏆 (@FresnoStateFB) September 2, 2023
OC Brothers beat down the sideline. Mikey Keene with another easy TD toss. Fresno lines up and gets another pitch and catch to an open receiver for 2-point conversion. PURDUE 28, FRESNO STATE 25, 6:44 to go Q3.
— Sam King (@samueltking) September 2, 2023
10:43 left 3Q: Purdue misses field goal
Boilermaker kicker Ben Freehill had a chance to extend Purdue's lead, but his 43-yard field goal attempt went wide right.
Ben Freehill's FG try from 43 yards is wide right. PURDUE 28, FRESNO STATE 17, 10:43. ... Bulldogs still hanging around.
— Sam King (@samueltking) September 2, 2023
14:49 left 3Q: Tyrone Tracy Jr. returns kickoff for a touchdown
Purdue's Tyrone Tracy Jr. found the endzone again. This time, it was in exciting fashion.
Tracy returned a kickoff for 98 yards to start the second half. He tip-toed the left sideline for a bit for an impressive start. It marks the first time in 10 years that the Boilermakers returned a kick for a score.
Purdue 28, Fresno State 17
TYRONE TRACY ALL THE WAY 🙌 pic.twitter.com/FbcaNOJJtd
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 2, 2023
Tyrone Tracy returns the second half kickoff 98 yards for TD. Looked like he might've stepped out, but officials never review it. House call stands. Last Purdue KO return touchdown was Raheem Mostert in 2013, 100 yards at Penn State.
— Sam King (@samueltking) September 2, 2023
And there he goes 98 yards with a kick return for a touchdown. Tyrone Tracy Jr. is electric. https://t.co/RMXURsMrcH
— Gregg Doyel (@GreggDoyelStar) September 2, 2023
Halftime: Purdue 21, Fresno State 17
Fresno State kicker Dylan Lynch booted a 52-yard field goal to end the half. Earlier he missed one from 21 yards.
Hudson Card completed 8 of 13 passes for 153 yards and 2 touchdowns. Deion Burks' two receptions resulted in touchdowns.
Markevious Brown leads the Boilermaker defense with 8 total tackles. OC Brothers and Kydran Jenkins each have sacks for Purdue.
Fresno State quarterback Mikey Keene was pressured late in the first half and was down on the field for a period of time after being hit hard by a couple of Purdue defenders. Backup quarterback Logan Fife came in for Fresno State to end the half.
Fresno State 52-yard field goal and a ton of momentum going into halftime. What a debacle by Purdue in the final minute of the half after getting lucky on a missed 21-yard FG by Fresno. Allowing points late in halves was a problem for Purdue defense last season.
— Sam King (@samueltking) September 2, 2023
:57 left 2Q: Fresno State misses a field goal
A long Fresno State drive ended in a missed 21-yard field goal. Kicker Dylan Lynch couldn't convert after the drive lasted 17 plays for 72 yards (8 minutes, 8 seconds).
Fresno State lines up for 21-yard field goal here in the final minute. Bad snap. Bad hold. Bad kick. No good. Purdue leads 21-14 and escapes danger after 17-play drive by the Bulldogs.
— Sam King (@samueltking) September 2, 2023
9:05 left 2Q: Purdue's Deion Burks scores again
Deion Burks and Hudson Card do it again. This time around, Card tossed a 17-yard score to Burks. The receiver has 2 catches for 101 yards.
Purdue 21, Fresno State 14
Hudson Card finds Deion Burks 🎯
Purdue retakes the lead! pic.twitter.com/bKP2PhqMGf— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 2, 2023
Deion Burks had his first career TD earlier. He now has two. This one on second-and-14.
— Sam King (@samueltking) September 2, 2023
12:29 left 2Q: Fresno State evens the score once again
We're tied up again after Mikey Keene connected with Jalen Moss for an 8-yard touchdown pass.
Purdue 14, Fresno State 14.
Mikey Keene finds a wide open Jalen Moss for the TD!
Fresno State with a quick response 🐶 pic.twitter.com/vPjGOVBO7A— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 2, 2023
14:57 left 2Q: Purdue's Tyrone Tracy Jr. breaks through
Purdue's Tyrone Tracy Jr. had to work for it, but the senior running back scored on a 1-yard touchdown run on 3rd and goal to give the Boilermakers a lead.
Purdue 14, Fresno State 7
TOUCHDOWN 🙌
Purdue converts the 3rd and goal! pic.twitter.com/wHPoBGI4Rm— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 2, 2023
PURDUE 14, FRESNO STATE 7 - Tyrone Tracy 1 run (Ben Freehill kick), 14:57 to go Q2. Tracy didn't score a TD last season after transferring from Iowa. Hinted earlier in fall camp he felt he was a bit underutilized in last year's offense. Moved from WR to RB this season.
— Sam King (@samueltking) September 2, 2023
End 1Q: Purdue 7, Fresno State 7
The Boilermaker offense is knocking on the door again and is close to scoring. For the past few plays, Fresno State has stopped Purdue from getting in the endzone from the 1-yard line.
This is embarrassing for Purdue's offensive line. How many plays inside the 2 can you have? Purdue starts drive at Fresno 17 after great PR by Sheffield, has run six plays from the 1 or 2. Got an offsides and a PI, but line has gotten no push. Now 3rd-and-goal from 1 to start Q2.
— Sam King (@samueltking) September 2, 2023
7:26 left 1Q: Fresno State strikes back with Erik Brooks touchdown
We're even after Mikey Keene threw a 29-yard touchdown to Erik Brooks. The drive lasted 6 plays and 55 yards.
Purdue 7, Fresno State 7
Fresno State answers back! 💪 pic.twitter.com/VN2aUeDsOp
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 2, 2023
Defensive breakdown there. That was as easy of a touchdown pitch and catch as you'll see. Botros Alisandro was beat there.
FRESNO STATE 7, PURDUE 7 - Erik Brooks 29 pass from Mikey Keene, 7:26 to go Q1.— Sam King (@samueltking) September 2, 2023
Get to know Purdue quarterback Hudson Card
Hudson Card is the redshirt junior starting quarterback for Purdue football after transferring from Texas.
Card played three seasons at Texas, appearing in 21 games, completing 65.5% of his passes for 1,523 yards, 11 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.
In 2022, Card filled in for injured starter Qwinn Ewers for four games. In his first start, Card completed 14-of-22 passes for 158 yards in a narrow loss to Alabama. His best start was also his last, going 21-of-27 for 303 yards and 3 touchdowns on Oct. 1 in a win over West Virginia. He threw one pass the rest of the season.
Read more on Card here.
11:40 left 1Q: Purdue starts things off with a bang
What a way to start the Ryan Walters era off. Hudson Card tossed a short pass to receiver Deion Burks, who broke away from several defenders for an 84-yard touchdown. The drive lasted 3 plays and 92 yards.
Purdue 7, Fresno State 0
DEION BURKS 💨
84 YARD TD FOR THE BOILERMAKERS 🔥 pic.twitter.com/bcjDD4qPfU— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 2, 2023
Purdue coach Ryan Walters told me earlier this week WR Deion Burks "is a freak." Checks out. Burks goes 84 yards for a TD on Boilers' third offensive snap of the season. Purdue 7, Fresno State 0.
— Gregg Doyel (@GreggDoyelStar) September 2, 2023
Touchdown will stand. Deion Burks is Purdue's fastest player. And he just proved it by beating everyone.
— Sam King (@samueltking) September 2, 2023
Purdue vs. Fresno State injury report
Purdue injury report: Questionable - Daniel Johnson and Mahamane Moussa. Both LTs. If both out, Ben Farrell is the 3rd LT listed on depth chart. OUT: DB Salim Turner-Muhammad, WR Jahmal Edrine (out for year), C Gus Hartwig, C Josh Kaltenberger, TE Garrett Miller, TE Paul Piferi.
— Sam King (@samueltking) September 2, 2023
Purdue vs. Fresno State start time
Noon ET Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023.
What channel is Purdue vs. Fresno State on?
TV: BTN
Radio: 96.5 FM in Lafayette, 1260 AM in Indianapolis
Streaming: Here
Purdue vs. Fresno State betting odds
Purdue is a 4-point favorite, according to Draft Kings. The over/under is 47.5 points.
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