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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Craig Terrill won't mind the welt on his
chest this week.
The freshman defensive tackle blocked Vitaly Pisetsky's 58-yard
field-goal attempt in overtime and Ashante Woodyard returned it 36
yards for a touchdown as 17th-ranked Purdue beat Wisconsin 30-24 on
Saturday.
|  | | Purdue's Drew Brees threw for 274 yards Saturday, making him the Big Ten's career passing leader. |
"I squeezed through and it hit me right in the chest," Terrill
said. "I couldn't believe it. I went after the ball, and Ashante
just flew by me."
Woodyard said he wanted the block, "but I don't mind somebody
else getting the glory."
And the bruise that goes with it.
Drew Brees became the Big Ten's career passing leader and the
Boilermakers won in Madison for the first time since 1988, keeping
them on track for their first Rose Bowl berth in 34 years.
The Boilermakers (6-2, 4-1 Big Ten) won the coin toss in
overtime and elected to defend. The Badgers (4-4, 1-4) only went
backward.
Michael Bennett was stuffed for no gain and Jim Sorgi threw an
incomplete pass in the end zone. After a false start, Sorgi was
sacked by Akin Ayodele on third-and-15.
That brought up fourth-and-25 from the 40 and after a high snap,
Pisetsky's kick was flat.
Woodyard scooped up the bouncing ball, shook of Pisetsky and
outraced holder Kevin Stemke along the Boilermakers' sideline.
Woodyard's teammates ran alongside him, then tackled him after he
pranced into the end zone.
"It's not a fun way to lose," said Badgers coach Barry
Alvarez, whose team must win three of its final four games just to
earn a bowl bid in a season that began with national championship
aspirations.
Boilermakers coach Joe Tiller and his staff were already
preparing their offensive play calls when Terrill made the plans
moot.
"I guess our football team had other things in mind," Tiller
said.
It was the Badgers' second loss in three overtime games at home
this year.
"Overtime is no friend of ours," Badgers defensive tackle
Wendell Bryant said. "I hate overtime."
Brees completed 21 of 43 passes for 274 yards and two touchdowns
-- by far his worst performance against the Badgers, but also his
first victory.
He had thrown for 844 yards in two losses against Wisconsin, and
each time All-America cornerback Jamar Fletcher returned an
interception for a score.
This time, Fletcher was burned on a 78-yard bomb that gave
Purdue its first lead and Brees the conference passing mark.
Brees has 10,567 career passing yards, 106 more than Chuck Long
had at Iowa from 1981-85.
Brees surpassed Long's record with a 78-yard scoring strike to
Seth Morales in the third quarter that gave the Boilermakers a
21-17 lead.
Morales blew past Jason Doering on a deep post and Fletcher made
a desperate dive to break up the pass at the Badgers' 30, but
missed and Morales jogged in for his first career TD.
After Travis Dorsch's 44-yard field goal made it 24-17, the
Badgers tied it with 3:50 remaining.
Sorgi, a redshirt freshman making his first start in place of
Brooks Bollinger (concussion) found tight end Jim Sigmund in the
back of the end zone for a 5-yard TD on fourth-and-1.
Sigmund, a senior, hadn't caught a TD pass since he was a
freshman.
Sorgi finished 21-of-29 for 243 yards and two TDs.
Brees' 6-yard run tied it at 14 early in the third quarter and
came after Montrell Lowe, limited to 15 yards on four carries in
the first half, scampered 41 yards to the Badgers' 22 behind a
beautiful block by Brees that sent Doering to the sideline.
Brees noticed Doering was favoring the knee when he returned,
and that's why he threw the deep post pattern to Morales after
Pisetsky's 35-yard field goal had given Wisconsin a 17-14 lead.
"I saw he had put a knee brace on and was kind of limping
around," Brees said.
The Badgers took a 14-7 halftime lead behind Bennett's 101 yards
on 12 carries. Bennett finished with 188 yards on 28 carries.
Chris Chambers, who missed the first month because of a broken
foot and an NCAA suspension, had 11 catches for a career-high 173
yards, including a leaping 28-yard grab for his first TD of the
season and a 7-0 lead.
Purdue tied it when Brees hit A.T. Simpson with a 30-yard
scoring strike. The Badgers regained the lead just four plays later
when Bennett sprinted in from 33 yards out after a 31-yard catch
and run by Chambers.
"Chris is back," Bennett said. "If we would have had him
since the beginning, he would have been doing it since the
beginning."
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Purdue's Drew Brees throws a 78-yard bomb to Seth Morales for the TD.
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Wisconsin's Michael Bennett goes untouched into the end zone on this 33 yard run.
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 Coach Joe Tiller is hoping Purdue can grab one more win to secure a Rose Bowl appearance.
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