Phil Steele

	LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA BOWL DECEMBER 27, 2011 • ESPN @ 4:30 p.m. www.littlecaesarspizzabowl.com

THIS YEARS MATCHUP

YOU PICK THE WINNER

vs

Who Will Win the Little Caesars Bowl?

	Purdue
	Western Michigan

WESTERN MICHIGAN

Click On the Above Teams to Access their Past Bowl Game Results!

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PAST LITTLE CAESAR RESULTS
2010 FIU 34 Toledo 32 Offensive MVP: WR TY Hilton 2009 Marshall 21 Ohio 17 Offensive MVP: RB Martin Ward, Marshall 2008 FAU 24 Central Mich 21 Offensive MVP: QB Rusty Smith, FAU 2007 Purdue 51 C Michigan 48 Offensive MVP: QB Curtis Painter, Purdue	2006 C Michigan 31 Middle Tenn 14 Offensive MVP: QB Dan LeFevour, C Mich 2005 Memphis 38 Akron 31 Off MVP: RB DeAngelo Williams, Memphis 2004 Connecticut 39 Toledo 10 Offensive MVP: QB Dan Orlovsky, Conn 2003 Bowling Green 28 N'western 24 Offensive MVP: QB Josh Harris, B Green 2002 Boston College 51 Toledo 25 Offensive MVP: QB Brian St Pierre, BC	2001 Toledo 23 Cincinnati 16 Offensive MVP: RB Chester Taylor, Toledo 2000 Marshall 25 Cincinnati 14 Off MVP: QB Byron Leftwich, Marshall 1999 Marshall 21 BYU 3 Off MVP: RB Doug Chapman, Marshall

PURDUE Game By Game Stats

		Tot		Rush				Sks	Tot		Rush				Sks	Net		Net		Gm
Foe	Score	Off	FD	Att-Yds	Avg	Co-Att	Yds	Vs	Def	FD	Att - Yds	Avg	Co-Att	Yds	By	Yds	TO's	Pts	FD	Grade
Middle Tennessee	27-24	420	24	46-201	4.4	19-35	219	4	460	24	33-130	3.9	27-47	330	0	-40	-1	3	0	55.3
AT Rice	22-24	366	18	40-183	4.6	18-32	183	4	352	23	48-110	2.3	20-32	242	2	14	1	-2	-5	66.8
SE MISSOURI ST	59-0	627	33	53-393	7.4	21-25	234	0	153	9	41-87	2.1	8-19	66	2	474	0	59	24	102.0
Notre Dame	10-38	276	17	27-84	3.1	19-38	192	3	551	34	40-287	7.2	25-41	264	0	-275	-1	-28	-17	48.1
Minnesota	45-17	372	22	47-217	4.6	18-27	155	3	213	11	33-100	3.0	10-23	113	1	159	3	28	11	89.9
AT Penn St	18-23	344	15	33-162	4.9	14-30	182	1	367	21	48-182	3.8	10-23	185	1	-23	-2	-5	-6	78.9
Illinois	21-14	303	15	42-127	3.0	16-25	176	1	366	21	33-122	3.7	26-40	244	4	-63	0	7	-6	72.6
AT Michigan	14-36	311	16	29-89	3.1	17-27	222	4	535	25	53-339	6.4	10-17	196	1	-224	1	-22	-9	64.1
AT Wisconsin	17-62	286	13	29-120	4.1	15-29	166	0	604	30	54-364	6.7	18-24	240	1	-318	-1	-45	-17	60.8
Ohio St	26-23	363	23	42-129	3.1	25-37	234	1	295	15	47-163	3.5	8-18	132	5	68	-1	3	8	78.1
Iowa	21-31	282	20	36-101	2.8	17-34	181	5	408	22	42-135	3.2	22-32	273	3	-126	-2	-10	-2	61.1
AT Indiana	33-25	508	27	55-292	5.3	19-31	216	1	354	20	34-207	6.1	17-26	147	1	154	1	8	7	74.0
TOTALS	313-317	4458	243	479-2098	4.4	218-370	2360	27	4658	255	506-2226	4.4	201-342	2432	21	-200	-2	-4	-12	71.0
AVERAGES	26-26	372	20.3	40-175	4.4	58.9%	197	7.3%	388	21.3	42-186	4.4	58.8%	203	6.1%	-17	-0.2	0	-1	#77
HOME	30-21	378	22.0	42-179	4.1	61.1%	199	7.7%	349	19.4	38-146	3.8	57.3%	203	6.8%	28	-2	9	3	#72
AWAY	21-34	363	17.8	37-169	4.4	55.7%	194	6.7%	442	23.8	47-240	5.1	61.5%	202	4.9%	-79	0	-13	-6	#85
CONF	24-29	346	18.9	39-155	3.9	58.8%	192	6.7%	393	20.6	43-202	4.6	59.6%	191	8.4%	-47	-1	-5	-2	#74
NON-CONF	30-22	422	23.0	42-215	4.9	59.2%	207	8.5%	379	22.5	41-154	3.9	57.6%	226	2.9%	43	-1	8	1	#85

WESTERN MICHIGAN Game By Game Stats

		Tot		Rush				Sks	Tot		Rush				Sks	Net		Net		Gm
Foe	Score	Off	FD	Att-Yds	Avg	Co-Att	Yds	Vs	Def	FD	Att - Yds	Avg	Co-Att	Yds	By	Yds	TO's	Pts	FD	Grade
AT Michigan	10-34	279	17	25-96	3.8	22-31	183	2	288	17	26-190	7.3	9-13	98	0	-9	-3	-24	0	78.4
NICHOLLS ST	38-7	399	24	39-213	5.5	17-25	186	2	185	10	36-125	3.5	10-20	60	3	214	-1	31	14	67.4
Cent Michigan	44-14	442	22	33-87	2.6	28-38	355	0	362	20	29-147	5.1	20-36	215	2	80	0	30	2	75.4
AT Illinois	20-23	341	17	21-35	1.7	30-48	306	2	463	21	52-296	5.7	17-26	167	3	-122	1	-3	-4	69.3
AT Connecticut	38-31	490	27	22-11	0.5	37-51	479	3	451	20	33-151	4.6	22-39	300	2	39	-1	7	7	74.0
Bowling Green	45-21	578	31	47-351	7.5	21-29	227	2	381	20	26-118	4.5	21-35	263	1	197	0	24	11	97.4
AT N Illinois	22-51	324	21	31-91	2.9	29-48	233	4	697	30	54-494	9.1	14-28	203	0	-373	0	-29	-9	43.5
AT E Michigan	10-14	329	19	30-131	4.4	25-35	198	1	349	16	50-205	4.1	6-9	144	2	-20	1	-4	3	63.8
Ball St	45-35	610	29	39-145	3.7	30-42	465	1	555	34	37-220	5.9	35-50	335	2	55	-2	10	-5	67.1
AT Toledo	63-66	635	32	23-87	3.8	38-59	548	2	804	37	60-419	7.0	30-41	385	0	-169	2	-3	-5	69.6
AT Miami, Oh	24-21	471	23	23-42	1.8	36-57	429	3	466	26	22-53	2.4	42-54	413	7	5	1	3	-3	73.4
Akron	68-19	577	28	35-240	6.9	25-33	337	0	208	17	48-173	3.6	5-25	35	4	369	2	49	11	82.5
TOTALS	427-336	5475	290	368-1529	4.2	338-496	3946	22	5209	268	473-2591	5.5	231-376	2618	26	266	0	91	22	71.8
AVERAGES	36-28	456	24.2	31-127	4.2	68.1%	329	4.4%	434	22.3	39-216	5.5	61.4%	218	6.9%	22	0.0	8	2	#75
HOME	48-19	521	26.8	39-207	5.2	72.5%	314	3.0%	338	20.2	35-157	4.5	54.8%	182	7.2%	183	-1	29	7	#50
AWAY	27-34	410	22.3	25-70	2.7	66.0%	339	5.2%	503	23.9	42-258	5.7	66.7%	244	6.7%	-93	1	-8	-2	#91
CONF	40-30	496	25.6	33-147	4.2	68.0%	349	3.8%	478	25.0	41-229	5.2	62.2%	249	6.5%	18	4	10	1	#76
NON-CONF	27-24	377	21.3	27-89	2.9	68.4%	289	5.8%	347	17.0	37-191	5.3	59.2%	156	8.2%	31	-4	3	4	#70

PAST MEETINGS

Date	Site	Winner	Score		Date	Site	Winner	Score
9/14/02	Westren Michigan at Purdue	Purdue	28-24		9/11/93	Westren Michigan at Purdue	Purdue	28-13

RECAP OF 2011

PURDUE 2011

WESTERN MICHIGAN 2011

PURDUE 2011			TIME	TV	HALFTIME	SCORE	BOX
9/3		Middle Tenn	NOON	BTN	10-14 187-186	27-24	BOX
9/10	at	Rice	3:30	CBS	17-17 185-202	22-24	BOX
9/17		SE Missouri St	NOON		38-0 396-57	59-0	BOX
9/24		BYE
10/1		Notre Dame	8:00	ABC	3-21 122-314	10-38	BOX
10/8		Minnesota			27-3 180-85	45-17	BOX
10/15	at	Penn St	NOON		6-10 244-155	18-23	BOX
10/22		Illinois	NOON		21-0 229-129	21-14	BOX
10/29	at	Michigan	NOON		7-22 119-294	14-36	BOX
11/5	at	Wisconsin			17-38 186-425	17-62	BOX
11/12		Ohio St			17-7 242-97	26-23	BOX
11/19		Iowa			14-21 117-257	21-31	BOX
11/26	at	Indiana			23-17 221-205	33-25	BOX

W MICHIGAN 2011			TIME	TV	HALFTIME	SCORE	BOX
9/3	at	Michigan	3:30	ABC	10-20 199-145	10-34	BOX
9/10		Nicholls State	7:00		28-7 219-71	38-7	BOX
9/17		Central Michigan	12:00	ESPN3	24-0 240-181	44-14	BOX
9/24	at	Illinois			13-10 227-200	20-23	BOX
10/1	at	Connecticut			17-7 223-168	38-31	BOX
10/8		Bowling Green	2:00		28-14 319-237	45-21	BOX
10/15	at	Northern Illinois	3:30		15-13 196-275	22-51	BOX
10/22	at	Eastern Michigan	1:00		0-7 149-175	10-14	BOX
10/29		Ball St	2:00		35-28 389-298	45-35	BOX
11/8	at	Toledo	8:00	ESPN2	28-28 268-370	63-66	BOX
11/12		BYE
11/16	at	Miami	8:00	ESPN2	10-14 222-266	24-21	BOX
11/25		Akron		ESPNU	35-5 407-117	68-19	BOX