COLUMBIA, MO. • We’ll get to a review of Saturday’s wacky game in Purdue as soon as David Blough throws for another first down ….
Let’s get the bad out of the way first: Missouri’s historically bad night defending the pass.
The most amazing stat from Saturday begins with the number two. That’s where Blough’s passing yardage of 572 ranks on the Big Ten’s all-time single-game list. Illinois’ Dave Wilson is the only player in the conference’s history to throw for more yards in a game. He had 621 against Ohio State in 1980. Purdue legend Drew Brees has two of the top 10 passing games in Big Ten history.