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2003 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Despite being dominated, Purdue had a chance to seize momentum late in the first half when the Boilers recovered a fumble from a Shaun Phillips sack of Michigan QB John Navarre.

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Notwithstanding the late rally, Purdue's defense had another fine performance, as it held terrific Iowa RB Fred Russell to 35 yards rushing on 18 carries, and sacked Chandler 4 times.

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Purdue's senior-laden defense battered freshman QB Brady Quinn in his first college start with many QB ppressures, knockdowns, and forcing 4 interceptions (FS Stuart Schweigert had 2 picks).

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After Chambers' punt return TD made the score 17-7, Purdue's promising late first half drive was thwarted by CB Alan Zemaitis' 90-yard interception return, setting up a Robinson TD pass to cut Purdue's lead to 3.

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