WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader rushed for 195 yards on 25 carries, including four touchdowns, and passed for 184 yards Saturday night to lead the Orange to a 35-20 victory over Purdue.

The Orange turned two lost fumbles by Purdue into touchdowns to take a 21-7 lead at halftime.

Purdue quarterback Hudson Card’s 5-yard touchdown run closed the deficit to 21-14 with 4:28 left in the third quarter. Syracuse (3-0) regained a 14-point cushion with Shrader’s 1-yard TD early in the fourth.

A 1-yard TD run by Purdue’s Tyrone Tracy Jr. trimmed the lead to 28-20. Ben Freehill’s PAT attempt was wide left.

Shrader’s 28-yard TD run effectively sealed it with 3:19 remaining The Boilermakers (1-2) turned the ball over on downs at the Syracuse 18 with 1:29 left.

Shrader scored touchdowns on runs of 3 and 35 yards to give the Orange a 14-0 lead in the second quarter.

The Boilermakers trimmed the deficit to 14-7 on Card’s 2-yard TD pass to Deion Burks.

A fumble by Card at the Syracuse 19 killed a Purdue drive. The Orange went 81 yards for the score, capped by LeQuint Allen’s 2-yard touchdown run with 2:34 left before halftime.

Card completed 32 of 46 passes for 323 yards with an interception.

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The takeway

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Syracuse: The Orange are off to their first back-to-back 3-0 starts since 1959-60 when led by Ernie Davis. Syracuse started 6-0 last season before losing six of its last seven games.

Purdue: In addition to four turnovers, the Boilermakers had trouble establishing the run game. Purdue finished with just 80 yards on 32 attempts. In contrast, Purdue gave up 271 rushing yards.

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Orange TE out for year

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Syracuse junior tight end Oronde Gadsden II announced Saturday he will miss the remainder of the 2023 season after suffering a Lisfranc injury, a midfoot injury, in Syracuse’s victory over Western Michigan on Sept. 9.

“With regards to my future and the possibility of declaring for the NFL Draft, I haven’t even begun to think about that, “Gadsden said in a statement on the team’s website. “Right now, I’m only worried about helping the team in any way I can from the sidelines Gadsden, whose father Oronde Gadsden played in the NFL, had seven catches for 67 yards in the first two games. He set a school record for catches and receiving yards by a tight end with 61 catches for 969 yards in 2022.

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Up next

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Syracuse: Hosts Army next Saturday.

Purdue: Opens Big Ten play against visiting Wisconsin on Friday night.