The scoreboard lit up above the celebrating Purdue Boilermakers players, coaches and fans pouring onto the field Saturday night showed a 49-20 win. Almost always, that type of score means the winning team dominated in every facet of the game.
But one look at the yardage picked up by both Purdue and Ohio State shows that wasn’t the case.
The Buckeyes lost by 29 points, yet outgained Purdue by racking up 546 yards compared to the Boilermakers’ 539 yards. Ohio State had seven more first downs than Purdue, and Dwayne Haskins tossed for a school-record 470 yards.