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7 unusual facts about Kory Sheets


2006 Miami RedHawks football team

Purdue beat Miami by a score of 38-31 when the RedHawks failed score a touchdown in overtime after the Boilermaker’s Kory Sheets scored the game-winning touchdowns in their overtime possession.

2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Kory Sheets led the Boilermakers in rushing with 12 attempts for 27 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Kory Sheets

Kory Sheets finished the season with 1,598 rushing yards, 215 yards behind Jon Cornish who led the league with 1813 rushing yards.

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Sheets attended Purdue University, where he played for head coach, Joe Tiller.

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The Boilermakers had a cumulative record of 25–25 // 13-19 Big Ten; with a win in the 2007 Motor City Bowl and an appearance in the 2006 Champs Sports Bowl.

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Sheets holds the professional football (NFL and CFL) number two spot for the most yards gained in a championship game, second only to Timmy Smith who gained 204 yards in Super Bowl XXII on January 31, 1988.

Mike Alstott

Alstott scored 12 touchdowns as a sophomore, 14 as a junior and 11 as a senior, and held the Purdue rushing touchdown record with 39 until Kory Sheets broke it in 2008.



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