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Minnesota Football: RoWINg to Purdue - Opponent Preview

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (1-3) host the Purdue Boilermakers (2-1) at TCF Bank Stadium on Friday night at 6:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.

How have the Boilermakers fared so far this season?

Purdue opened the season 2-0 with narrow wins over Iowa and Illinois before having their Week 3 game cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak at Wisconsin. The Boilermakers returned to action on Saturday for a battle of Big Ten undefeateds in a 27-20 loss to Northwestern.

Can Purdue score on offense?

Head coach Jeff Brohm’s air attack is led by redshirt junior quarterback Aidan O’Connell, a former walk-on.