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Lennies McFerren

Football By Jeff Honza, Southeast Missouri Sports Information

Football Loses to Purdue, 59-0

Lennies McFerren made his first career start against the Boilermakers
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Southeast Missouri (0-2) saw its streak of 47-straight games without being shutout come to an end with a 59-0 loss to Purdue (2-1) in front of a crowd of 46,116 Saturday afternoon at Ross-Ade Stadium.

Southeast made it past midfield once and had just 57 yards of total offense in the first half.

Purdue put up 17 points in the first quarter with all three of its scores coming in less than two minutes.

Carson Wiggs gave the Boilermakers an early 3-0 lead when he kicked a 19-yard field goal at the 9:15 mark.

Purdue's next two scoring drives culminated in rushing touchdowns by Akeem Shavers. Shavers' 8-yard run capped a 7-play, 61-yard strike with 5:45 left. He followed that up with a 1-yard run to polish off a 7-play, 59-yard march (1:01).

The Boilermakers continued to pour it on in the second quarter, adding 21 more points to their lead.

Ralph Bolden scored a pair of rushing touchdowns from one and six yards out, respectively. Former Miami quarterback Robert Marve's 5-yard pass to Gary Bush also helped extend Purdue's lead to 38-0 at the half.

Marve completed each of his first six passes and threw for 91 yards and a TD on 7-of-8 attempts in his first game this season.

Purdue owned a 396-57 advantage in total offense over the game's first 30 minutes.

The Redhawks did manage to build some momentum in the first 3:02 of the game.

Bryan Blanfort delivered a big hit on wide receiver O.J. Ross. Ross fumbled the ball and Ben Kargbo recovered and ran 24 yards to the Southeast 36-yardline. However, the Redhawks drive ended at their own 45.

Purdue added three more rushing touchdowns in the second half, including two by Akeem Hunt, to complete its first shutout victory since 2004.

The Boilermakers used a balanced offensive attack with 10 different players finishing with at least one rushing attempt and eight players catching a minimum of one pass.

“Purdue is a good football team,” said Southeast head coach Tony Samuel. “They have a nice set of skilled players. We need to put this game behind us and prepare for next week's conference-opener.”

Caleb TerBush completed 14-of-17 passes for 143 yards. Shavers, Bolden and Hunt led the Boilermakers ground game with two TDs apiece. Shavers added a game-high 75 yards on 11 carries.

Justin Stiller led Purdue's receiving corps with five catches for 61 yards.

The Boilermakers piled up 627 total yards to Southeast's 153. Purdue held Southeast under 100 (87) yards rushing on the day.

Levi Terrell led the Redhawks with 33 yards on nine carries.

Matt Scheible completed 7-of-16 passes for 61 yards and had Southeast's longest play, a 16-yard rush.

Defensively, Blake Peiffer and Bryan Blanfort paved the way with eight tackles each. Blanfort also forced a fumble. Peiffer has led Southeast in tackles during both of his starts this season.

The Redhawks open Ohio Valley Conference play at Tennessee Tech on Sept. 24.

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