WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Penn State crossed several items off its to-do list Saturday in becoming bowl eligible, staying within a game of first place in the Big Ten East and ending a seven-game road losing streak.

 Saquon Barkley ran for 207 yards and two touchdowns, Trace McSorley threw three scoring passes, and the Nittany Lions used a 24-point third quarter as the centerpiece of their 62-24 victory against Purdue.

The Nittany Lions (6-2, 4-1 in the Big Ten) converted an interception, a fumbled punt and a failed onside kick into third-quarter touchdowns on their way to a fourth consecutive victory, They snapped the seven-game road slide that began in 2014, and defeated struggling Purdue for an eighth consecutive time.

Penn State’s 62 points are the most scored by an opponent in Ross-Ade Stadium, which was completed in 1924. Ohio State’s 56-0 victory against Purdue in 2013 was the record.

“We were talking at halftime about having a sense of urgency, and we came out in the second half with that in mind,” McSorley said. “Everyone kind of loosened up in the second half. In the first half, we were playing tense. We weren’t playing loose. We came out in the second half and played loose.”

Tied at 17 through two quarters, the Nittany Lions outscored Purdue (3-5, 1-4) 24-7 in the pivotal third quarter. McSorley threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Chris Godwin and for 21 yards to Miles Sanders for another.

“I think we did a good job of digesting what the coaches were saying at halftime and taking that out on the field,” said Godwin, who caught five passes for 58 yards. “We definitely were a focused football team in the second half, and it’s very important for us to both run and pass when we have to. You never know when someone is going to shut you down in one of those aspects.”

Barkley extended the Penn State lead to 48-24 with 13:56 remaining on a career-best 81-yard run along the right sideline.