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Purdue vs. Notre Dame final score: Fighting Irish take down Boilermakers, 30-14

By Dan Zinski

Sep 13, 2014; Indianapolis, IN, USA; The Notre Dame leprechaun waves the flag after a Notre Dame Fighting Irish touchdown in the second quarter against the Purdue Boilermakers at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 13, 2014; Indianapolis, IN, USA; The Notre Dame leprechaun waves the flag after a Notre Dame Fighting Irish touchdown in the second quarter against the Purdue Boilermakers at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /
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It wasn’t always pretty between Notre Dame and Purdue, but when is it ever very pretty between those two teams?

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You can almost always count on a slugfest when the Irish and Boilermakers get together, and that was true again this year as the two old rivals came together for their last meeting until 2020.

The Irish came in looking to up their mark to 3-0 while validating their #11 ranking. And Purdue was just trying to get their season on track.

Things got extra-ugly early when starting Notre Dame safety Max Redfield was ejected for targeting Purdue QB Danny Etling. The vicious hit was as clear cut a case of targeting as you’re going to see.

It wasn’t all as nasty as that though. Purdue showed some offensive life when Etling hit DeAngelo Yancey for a gorgeous TD in the back of the end zone to take a 14-10 lead late in the second.

The Irish would come back quickly with a 20-yard Everett Golson TD run to cap off the scoring in the first half, carrying the lead into halftime.

The Purdue offense couldn’t find a rhythm at all in the second half, and the Notre Dame offense did more than enough to take over control of the game and keep it that way.

The Irish rattled off 20 unanswered points behind the super-efficient Everett Golson, who finished with 315 total yards and 3 TDs on the night, one coming on a scramble. Golson showed the whole repertoire, hitting passes from the pocket with great efficiency and using his legs to hurt the defense when the opportunity arose.

There was just too much Golson out there for Purdue to handle. Notre Dame simply ground down the Purdue defense as the night wore on. Purdue could not conjure up the big play it needed to break the Irish stranglehold and turn the game in its favor.

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