SEATTLE (AP) — Adam Mohammed scored a career-high three rushing touchdowns as Washington beat Purdue 49-13 on Saturday night.
Washington (7-3, 4-3 Big Ten) bested its win total from last season, its first
under second-year coach Jedd Fisch, with the victory while Purdue (2-9, 0-8) lost its ninth straight game.
Mohammed, a sophomore who entered the evening with two career touchdowns that both came this season before Big Ten play, got Washington on the scoreboard late in the first quarter with a 1-yard plunge. He again tumbled into the end zone from one yard out early in the second quarter, and added a 5-yard TD run just before halftime.
Mohammed was pressed into a more prominent role since star running back Jonah Coleman was injured during last week’s 13-10 loss to Wisconsin, and did not appear in Saturday’s contest despite dressing and participating in pregame warmups.
Redshirt freshman running back Jordan Washington also scored his first career touchdown when he raced up the sideline for a 68-yard score in the second quarter. Purdue, which was held without any points in the first half for the second time this season, didn’t score until kicker Spencer Porath notched a 41-yard field goal midway through the third quarter.
Porath added another field goal, a 53-yarder, in the fourth quarter. Malachi Singleton threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to EJ Horton Jr., marking the only time Purdue reached the end zone in the game.
Washington's Demond Williams Jr. threw for 257 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown pass to freshman wide receiver Audric Harris in the third quarter.
The Boilermakers mustered just 167 yards passing, marking five straight games a Purdue quarterback did not throw for at least 200 yards.
Purdue: The Boilermakers entered the contest among the Big Ten’s best at converting fourth downs, doing so at a 64.71% clip that ranked fifth in the conference. But Purdue was twice turned over on downs in the first quarter, and the Huskies scored touchdowns on each of their ensuing drives after taking over possession.
Washington: The Huskies made do without leading receiver Denzel Boston, who was held out with an ankle injury. Even without Boston, who entered the contest with the fifth-most receiving yards (730) in the Big Ten, Williams completed 84% of his passes.
Purdue: Hosts Indiana on Nov. 28.
Washington: At UCLA on Saturday.
___
Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app). AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football
