2008 Week 13

The Indiana Hoosiers (9-3) came within a yard of scoring a touchdown as time expired. A touchdown would have put the Hoosiers within two points, needing a two-point conversion to tie the game. Instead, Purdue tackled R. Fisher on the 30-yard gain at the one yard line.

It was a hard-fought win for Purdue, who led 21-10 at halftime but were only able to watch as the Hoosiers started to come back in the second half. The Hoosier defense held Curtis Painter to just 251 yards, the lowest total of the season in any game in which Painter played the whole game (He had fewer than 230 yards and was pulled in the third quarter in a blowout of Northwestern).

A key to the game was in the third quarter. M. Thigpen scored on a four-yard run with 19 seconds to go until the fourth quarter. The score made it 21-16, Purdue. Indiana coach NYJuggalo45 elected to go for the two-point conversion. The running back was pushed out of bounds just short of a conversion, leaving the Hoosiers with an eight-point deficit going into their final drive.