What Jeff Brohm said after Purdue's season-opening win over Oregon State
Purdue started the season off on the right foot.
The Boilermakers found themselves in a four-quarter fight against Oregon State on Saturday night in West Lafayette. Quarterback Jack Plummer, tight end Payne Durham and wide receiver David Bell did just enough offensively to lift the the team to a 30-21 victory at Ross-Ade Stadium.
The defense, which went through some major changes during the offseason, also made some critical plays in the game.
Plummer finished the game completing 29-of-41 passes for 313 yards and 2 touchdowns. Durham and Bell combined for 15 of those catches for 254 yards. Durham caught both touchdown passes.
Defensively, Jalen Graham and Cam Allen had big games for the Boilers. Graham ended the night with 6 tackles, 3 pass break-ups and a sack. Allen finished the game with 5 solo stops and an interception.
Head coach Jeff Brohm knows there’s still more to work on, but he was generally please with the performance and victory. Here’s what he had to say following the game:
Brohm: Payne Durham is self-made, works hard. Got tired. Used him a lot. Credit to him.
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Brohm: Thought Jack Plummer rose to the occasion when things got hard. He wanted to step up. Made some big throws in the fourth quarter.
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) September 5, 2021
Brohm: Didn't rotate much at CB. Mackey and Trice came through for us.
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Brohm: Been working on that fake (FG) a long time. Almost had it.
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Brohm: Special teams made a difference for us this game.
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) September 5, 2021
Brohm: Jalen Graham can do a lot of things for us. We need him to play well for us to win. He stepped up today.
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Brohm: Thought we did better in the run game than in the past. Need to keep getting better. O-line has worked extremely hard.
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) September 5, 2021
Brohm: I like the makeup of our defense. On offense, we know what we have to get better at. Just keep grinding away at it.
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) September 5, 2021