Bell shines as Purdue rallies to defeat Iowa 24-20

Bell shines as Purdue rallies to defeat Iowa 24-20

An impressive feat without their head coach... star wide reciever... and starting running back.... sports director andrew pogar went out to ross ade.... aidan o'connell getting the start for purdue ..

800 fans in attendance for this one ..

Midway through the opening quarter ..

O'connell connects with david bell ..

The boilermakers lead 7-zip ..

Now tied at 7 in the second ..

Mekhi sargent takes the hand off in for the score ..

Iowa is up 14-7 ..

Acting head coach brian brohm and the gold and black respond ..

Under two minutes left in the first half ..

O'connell to bell again ..

But purdue trailed 17-14 at the break ..

Skip to the fourth ..

20-17 hawkeyes ..

Kirk ferentz's team driving until this ..

Sargent fumbles ..

The boilers recover and capitalize off the forced turnover ..

Rondale moore has an idea ..

No.

4 thinking of no.

3 ..

Less than 2:30 to go in regulation ..

O'connell finds guess who?

Bell!

His third touchdown on the afternoon.

Purdue rallies to beat iowa 24-20 the final.

David bell is the real deal..

Brian -- david is special, he can do it all, he can play in the slot, he can play outside, he can make contested catches, he is really able to do everything from the receiver position.

We are just really luck to have him.

We are just really lucky to have him, as coaches we love having him.

Our team loves having him, our quarterbacks love throwing to him.

He's a special player.

David -- the play calling, that brian decided to call and also coach shep, just putting me in the right situation, and aidan trusting me also, just gave me an opportunity to