Indiana University
Purdue
Indiana Falls at Purdue
11/27/2021 7:20:00 PM | Football
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Aidan O'Connell tied a career high with four touchdown passes and Zander Horvath ran for another score Saturday as Purdue won the Old Oaken Bucket for the first time since 2018 with a 44-7 victory over Indiana.
The Boilermakers (8-4, 6-3 Big Ten) have won four of five to post their highest single-season victory total since 2006. It was the most lopsided game in the series since 2008 when Purdue won 62-10 in the late Joe Tiller's final regular-season game as coach.
Indiana (2-10, 0-9) lost its last eight games, finishing its first winless season in league play since 2011. Grant Gremel completed 18 passes for 147 yards.
But the annual in-state battle, which was canceled twice last season because of COVID-19, certainly carried some of the traditional rivalry themes. There were big plays, hard hits, loud chants and plenty of penalties on a rainy, windy afternoon that eventually gave way to clearing skies as night fell over cold, sold out Ross-Ade Stadium.
