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Mordecai completed 17 of 27 passes for 174
yards and one interception in addition to gaining 58 yards on
the ground for Wisconsin (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten). Allen finished with
16 carries for 116 yards.
Hudson Card completed 21 of 38 passes for 202 yards but threw
two interceptions for Purdue (1-3, 0-1). Card and Tyrone Tracy
Jr. scored one rushing touchdown apiece for the Boilermakers.
Wisconsin jumped to a 14-3 lead in the first quarter and never
looked back.
The Badgers struck first on a 14-yard quarterback keeper by
Mordecai early in the first quarter.
Mordecai scored again, this time on a dive to the front left
pylon, to make it 14-0 with 3:26 to go in the first quarter. The
6-yard run was the senior's eighth career rushing touchdown.
Purdue pulled within 14-3 in the final minute of the first
quarter on a 34-yard field goal by redshirt freshman Julio
Macias.
Wisconsin carried a 21-3 lead into the half thanks to a 14-yard
rushing touchdown by Allen.
On the first possession of the second half, Nathanial Vakos
connected on a 38-yard field goal to increase the Badgers' lead
to 24-3.
The Boilermakers cut the deficit to 24-10 on Tracy's 19-yard
rushing touchdown with 8:42 left in the third quarter. Tracy cut
toward the right sideline and evaded a defender for the score.
Vakos kicked another field goal, this time from 22 yards, to
make it 27-10 with 3:54 to go in the third quarter.
Card helped Purdue pull within 27-17 on a 6-yard rushing
touchdown as time expired in the third quarter.
Vakos drilled a 48-yard field goal to make it 30-17 with 12:52
to go.
Wisconsin capped the scoring on Allen's 4-yard rushing touchdown
with 3:35 remaining. Mordecai caught a pass from Will Pauling on
a trick play for a two-point conversion.
--Field Level Media
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