WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue football team fell to Washington, 38-26, on Friday night in Ross-Ade Stadium.
The Boilermakers (3-4, 2-2 B1G) forced five turnovers from the Huskies (4-3, 1-3 B1G), Purdue’s most takeaways in a game since also forcing five against Nebraska on Oct. 31, 2015. But Washington totaled 488 yards of offense to Purdue’s 371 and finished with 15 plays that went for 15 or more yards, pulling away in the fourth quarter after narrowly leading most of the game.
Quarterback Ryan Browne completed 21-of-41 passes for 273 yards and a touchdown, also tacking on 15 rushing yards and a rushing score. Asaad Waseem was his top target, making a season-high nine catches for 116 yards for his third 100-yard game of the season.
Fame Ijeboi scored his first receiving touchdown as a Boilermaker on a 10-yard pass near the end of the first half, improving his season touchdown tally to 10. He is the first Purdue player to score 10 touchdowns through the first seven games of a season since Kory Sheets (10) in 2008.
Antonio Harris led the rushing effort with four carries for 65 yards and a touchdown, including a 59-yard scamper in the second quarter for Purdue’s longest run of the season.
Jojo Hayden logged his second straight game with an interception, as Smiley Bradford and Hudauri Hines recorded their first picks of the season as well. It was the first time Purdue had three different players notch interceptions since Oct. 30, 2021, at Nebraska.
Hayden led the team with nine tackles, including one for a loss. Keyshawn Burgos recorded his first unassisted sack as a Boilermaker when he brought down Washington quarterback Elijah Brown on a third down in the third quarter, forcing a punt.
Kicker Jacobo Echeverria Lozano converted both field goal attempts from 24 and 48 yards, the latter of which matched his career long. The freshman is now 15-of-16 (93.8%) on field goals this season.
The Purdue faithful turned out 50,941 strong under the lights of Ross-Ade Stadium for the second Friday night game of the season.
UP NEXT
The Boilermakers head into a bye week before returning to action for a Halloween game at Penn State on Saturday, Oct. 31.
The broadcast channel and kickoff time will be announced in the coming week.