The statistics from yesterday’s 14-12 victory for Rutgers over Purdue paint a very clear picture:
Purdue gained 474 yards on offense, Rutgers only had 217 yards.
Purdue threw for 195 yards while Rutgers threw for 87 yards.
Purdue rushed for 279 yards, five more than Rutgers did in their win over Illinois and 149 yards more than the Scarlet Knights ran for yesterday. Of the 130 yards Rutgers rushed for, 74 of them came on the Gus Edwards touchdown on the second play from scrimmage in the game. Their 3.5 yards per carry average in the game was actually just 1.