• Western Michigan is appearing in their fifth post season bowl (third under Cubit) and looking for their first bowl win in program history
• Team captains Carder and Winchester
• Purdue won and chose to receive
• 9^th time this season lost coin toss
• Hazel, Zajac, Armer tie the program record for games played (50) with Tom Harrington
• Potter adds to his record for tackles by a kicker (36)
• White needs 110 for MAC career record, 125 MAC single season
• Albert Evans (PUR) and Clark Mussman (WMU) high school teammates at Portage High School
• Carder needs 292 yards passing for Program single season yards
• With another 300 yard game, Carder would tie record for most 300 yard passing games in single season

First Quarter

• Carder to White for the 17^th touchdown of season (31 career, 2^nd in program history)
• Potter on the fake extra point, 2 point conversion good (first 2-pt conversion attempt of season)
• First ever bowl lead, 8-0 1^st quarter 9:14
• End of first quarter, WMU led 8-7

Second Quarter

• Kick return for Purdue is the first against Western since Sept. 28, 2010
• Carder to Josh Schaffer for a 1-yard touchdown, Carder's 30^th of the season, tying his own mark (2010) for third for most passing touchdowns in single season
• White became the first receiver in program history to gain over 4,000 yards receiving
• End of first half, WMU trailed 27-15

Third Quarter

• White became the MAC's all-time leader in receiving yards for a career and set the record for most yards receiving in a single season
• White surpasses 300 career catches
• White's 176 receiving yards is a new bowl record, and has a quarter to add to the total
• Carder passed Tim Hiller for most passing yards in a single season in program history

Fourth Quarter

• White broke the Little Caesars Bowl record for most receiving yards, previous record was 180 yards
• Attendance announced- 46,177
• Carder sets WMU bowl records for completions and passing yards
• Josh Schaffer recorded his second forced fumble, both coming after Carder INTs
• White breaks Little Caesars Bowl Record receptions (previous record was 13)
• Carder breaks WMU record for passing touchdowns in a bowl game
• White passed Cory Alston for most receiving yards in a game (new- 265)
• Carder ties record (7) most 300-yard passing games in a season

Post Game

• WMU falls to 0-5 all-time in bowl games
• Jordan White sets new WMU single game record for receiving yards (265)
• White set WMU bowl records for receiving yards (265) and tied for receptions (13)
• White set new MAC career receiving yards (4,187), single season receiving yards (1,911) and tied for career receptions (306)
• Alex Carder set single season record for passing yards (3,873)
• Carder set WMU bowl records for pass completions (31), attempts (57), yards (439) and TDs (3)