Purdue and Notre Dame face off for first time in three years

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On Saturday afternoon at 3:30pm the Purdue Boilermakers host the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the 89th meeting for the Shillelagh Trophy.

Purdue is entering the game 1-0 after demolishing Indiana State 49-0 in week one. Notre Dame enters week three of the season 1-1 after a catastrophic upset in its home opener against Northern Illinois.

When these two teams last met, the quarterbacks were Jack Plummer and Jack Coan. Notre Dame’s leading rusher is the starting running back for the Los Angeles Rams, Kyren Williams. The leading receivers for Purdue were Jackson Anthrop and David Bell. Each defense featured a player that was selected in the first-round of the 2022 draft, George Karlaftis and Kyle Hamilton. Notre Dame won 27-13.

Historically, Notre Dame has dominated in the series. The Fighting Irish are 59-26-2 and 23-5 in the last 28 games. These two teams first met on November 14th, 1896. They played annually from 1946-2014.

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Both of these teams have questions going into this game.

#18 Notre Dame

1. What is the health status of Riley Leonard?
2. Can the Notre Dame offense generate explosive plays?
3. Will the Notre Dame defense get off the field on third or fourth down?

Purdue

1. Will Purdue’s offensive and defensive lines be able to match Notre Dame’s physicality?
2. Can Purdue’s wide receivers create separation from Notre Dame’s corner backs?
3. How does Hudson Card build off of elite week one performance?

On Query & Company Tuesday afternoon, Jake Query had a conversation with the South Bend Tribune’s Tom Noie about:

• What went wrong against Northern Illinois
• Why Riley Leonard hasn’t lived up to the preseason expectations
• The fate of Marcus Freeman if he loses another game this season

Later on in the program, Tom Dienhart from GoldAndBlack.com joins Jake Query to give the Purdue perspective on Saturday’s game:

• Believes Ryan Walters has to deliver a specific message a couple times this week
• Explains the importance of this early season test for Purdue
• What the injury report looks like right now for the Boilermakers

To listen to Jake Query’s conversation with Tom Noie and Tom Dienhart, download the podcast containing the conversation below! You can always listen to the Query & Company from 12pm-3pm on 93.5/107.5 The Fan. You can also watch and interact with the show by going to the 107.5 The Fan YouTube Channel.

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