ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Drew Brees threw for 273 yards and four touchdowns Saturday night as Purdue (No. 23 ESPN/USA Today, No. 22 AP) matched its longest winning streak in 20 years with a season-opening 47-13 rout of Central Florida.

The victory was the seventh straight for the Boilermakers, who won six in a row each of the past two seasons.

Brees took up where he left off in a record-breaking sophomore year with TD passes of 27 yards to Chris Daniels, 18 to Tim Stratton, 2 to Randall Lane and 22 to Vinny Sutherland.

Safety Adrian Beasley set up touchdowns with two of Purdue's four interceptions off Vic Penn, a junior college transfer making his debut as Daunte Culpepper's successor for Central Florida.

Mike Rose scored on a 25-yard interception return. The Boilermakers also got a TD pass from kicker Travis Dorsch, who threw to Chris Randolph after his 22-yard field goal attempt was blocked in the third quarter.

Central Florida increased its national profile the past four seasons with Culpepper, who was the 11th pick in this year's NFL draft.

Penn, 24-of-45 for 250 yards and one touchdown, began his college career with South Carolina in 1997 before spending last season at Garden City (Kan.) Community College.

Central Florida's September schedule is one of the toughest in the nation with all four opponents ranked in the Top 25. The Knights visit No. 4 Florida next week, then travel to No. 10 Georgia Tech and No. 12 Georgia.

Purdue's winning streak is the longest since the Boilermakers won seven straight in 1979.

Brees threw for 3,753 yards and 36 touchdowns a year ago, setting school and Big Ten records for attempts, completions, yards and TDs.

The junior didn't have one of his more productive games in Purdue's 35-7 rout of Central Florida in 1998, but moved the ball almost at will in building a 23-6 halftime lead this time.

Daniels scored late in the first quarter, taking a pass over the middle and using a burst of speed to elude two defenders and a couple of nifty moves to get past two more would-be tacklers to get into the end zone.

Brees capped a 79-yard, second-quarter drive by finding Stratton alone on a play in which Central Florida had 12 men on the field. While the penalty was declined, the mistake was indicative of the kind of errors that hindered the overmatched Knights.

Central Florida marched 83 yards to open the game, taking the lead on Penn's 26-yard TD pass to Kenny Clark. Central Florida botched the extra point when Mike Hedge snapped the ball over the heads of the kicker and holder.

Seven minutes later, the Knights lined up to punt and Hedge snapped the ball through the end zone for a safety.

Purdue also blocked a punt, and Central Florida's Javier Beorlegui missed a 40-yard field goal after the Knights recovered a first-quarter fumble at the Boilermakers 39.