Kickoff Set for Washington-Purdue football Game

This time, the now 24th-ranked Huskies (6-2 overall, 3-2 Big Ten) will host the rebuilding Boilermakers (2-7, 0-6), who are tied for last in the conference standings, in a game in which they should be heavily favored.

These teams first played in 1961, in the Huskies' first outing after winning the 1961 Rose Bowl, and Purdue took a 13-6 victory in Seattle.

A year later, they met again at Husky Stadium in a hard-nosed game that ended up 7-7, with neither team scoring in the second half.

In 1971, they played in a classic.

With 2:29 left to play, Sixkiller stepped up and threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Tom Scott for the game-winner.

Scott scored three times, catching 4- and 33-yard TD catches and a 60-yard run to the end zone.

Purdue's Darryl Stingley, who later was left paralyzed when he took a nasty hit in the NFL, was at his very best in Montlake, scoring on a 17-yard run and an 80-yard catch.

Sixkiller was good on 24 of 48 passes for 387 yards for 2 TDs, with three interceptions, to outduel Gary Danielson, later a TV college football broadcaster, who hit on 11 of 23 passes for 183 and a score, with two interceptions.

"Sixkiller was unbelievable," Danielson said.

In 1972, these teams met in Indiana, with the Huskies falling behind 21-0 in the first half but rushing back for a 22-21 victory on Steve Wiezbowski's 25-yard field goal with 2:04 left in the game.

In 1987 through 1990, the Huskies beat Purdue 28-10 at home, 20-6 in West Lafayette, 38-9 in Seattle and 20-14 on the road.

At the 2001 Rose Bowl, Marques Tuiasosopo won a notable quarterback duel with Drew Brees, and the UW emerged from Pasadena with a 34-24 victory. Tuiasosopo was named game MVP after running and passing for touchdowns.

The last meeting came in 2002 when Purdue won 34-24 at the Sun Bowl.