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Cougars' Day in the Sun
WSU's Jason David (29) celebrates with Isaac Brown (9) after a TD.
Score one for the Pac-10 courtesy of Washington State. The Cougars notched the conference's first victory of the bowl season with a 33-27 victory over Purdue in a wild Sun Bowl. Washington State wins its 10th game of the season for just the third time in school history.
• Washington State's Bush doing double duty
| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS |
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WASHINGTON STATE |
YDS |
PURDUE |
YDS |
| Passing |
Jason Gesser |
2729 |
Brandon Hance |
1529 |
| Rushing |
Dave Minnich |
764 |
Montrell Lowe |
595 |
| Receiving |
Nakoa McElrath |
1047 |
Taylor Stubblefield |
714 |
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| TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON |
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| Total Offense |
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402.1 | | | 
280.6 |
Passing Yards |
| | 275.8 | | |
187.2 |
Passing completion % |
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54.5 | | |
51.2 |
Completions |
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214 | | |
206 |
Attempts |
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393 | | |
402 |
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| Scoring Offense |
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35 | | |
20.8 |
Scoring Defense |
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22.4 | | |
23.2 |
Rushing Yards |
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126.2 | | |
93.4 |
Rushing attempts |
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444 | | |
397 |
Key: |
| Washington State | | Purdue |
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"Purdue is struggling. Washington State is steaming. Not to long ago, this might have been a Rose Bowl matchup. Purdue 37, Washington State 27."
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WITH ROD GILMORE
It was a tremendous, exciting game in which the receivers for both teams put on a show. Taylor Stubblefield had a great game for Purdue. And for Washington State, Mike Bush was much too athletic for Purdue secondary. The outcome came down to the Washington State defense making a fourth-down play at the end after Purdue had recovered an onside kick. It was a big win for the Pac-10; there is no assurance the conference will get another because Oregon has to play a tough Colorado team. The quarterback play, which had been pretty good all season in the Pac-10, has not been very good in the bowl season. Even though Jason Gesser engineered a win for Washington State, he also threw three interceptions.
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| IT WAS OVER WIN |
| Purdue QB Kyle Orton's fourth down pass finally fell incomplete. After Orton drove the Boilermakers to the Washington State 22, he threw three straight incompletions and the Cougars ran out the clock to seal the win. |
| GAME BALL GOES TO |
| The entire Washington State team. The Cougars reached the 10-win mark for just the third time in school history. Congrats. |
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