Led by Carson Coffman's 334 yards passing and 92 yards rushing from Keithen Valentine, the Purple cruised to a 28-17 win. Though in reality, it was really 45-0.
Snyder singled the third quarter out of Coffman's overall day that included 25-of-36 passing with no interceptions and three touchdowns - one in the first half and two in the second half.
In the third period alone, the Purple accounted for three scores and Coffman was 8-for-8 for 168 yards passing - including a 64-yard touchdown bomb down the center of the field to Brandon Banks.
"We're much improved than where we were in the beginning, but we still have a lot to work on," Coffman said. "Inconsistency is our biggest problem. We need to play within ourselves and not make mistakes."
Coffman is being allowed his 15 minutes of glory.
It's the other 45 minutes that Snyder wants Coffman to remember though - a combination of three quarters in which the junior QB completed just 17-of-28 passes for 166 yards.
"That doesn't surprise me that he had a good third quarter," Snyder said. "It doesn't surprise me that the first, second and fourth quarters weren't so hot. But it just relates to... that he has to be consistent for our offense to be consistent."
From day one this spring, consistency has been the Wildcats' biggest issue as they've gone through the transition of a new coaching staff and new offensive and defensive systems.
The specific areas Snyder was concerned with from Saturday include the three lost fumbles between both teams, two interceptions thrown by the White squad and a combined eight penalties for 69 yards.
"Good football teams cannot make those kinds of mistakes," he said. "We made them, and that makes us not a very good football team at this particular point in time. This is a team that needs to learn how to stop losing. That's an old adage, but there's a great deal of truth to it."
One good thing to take from Coffman's day was that he spread the ball all over the field, finding eight different receivers, including TD passes to Banks, tight end Jeron Mastrud and Attrail Snipes.
Banks, the top returning target, said he and Coffman are becoming more comfortable with each other as they go along, something both say will continue to develop as the two take part in offseason 7-on-7 workouts.
"Oh yeah, I'm pretty comfortable, but we're going to get to keep working at it, and keep getting better everyday," said Banks, who had six receptions for 141 yards. "But hopefully we can just get the common denominator thing, so hopefully it comes along real good."
Snipes also had a big day catching the ball, coming away with a game-high eight catches for 76 yards. On the White side, it was freshman Travis Tannahill who led the way with five catches for 49 yards.
Valentine, who toted the ball 20 times for his game-high 92 yards, got the Purple on the board using a 5-yard run with 10:09 to go in the first quarter.
It was the only score of the opening period as Purple added to it in the second when Josh Cherry connected on a 20-yard field goal with inside the final minute of the first half. The Purple then made it 17-0 after Courtney Herndon intercepted a pass by Trey Scott at the 20 to set up a 4-yard touchdown pass from Coffman to Mastrud with 22 seconds before the break.
Herndon and defensive tackle Jeff Fitzgerald had the only two interceptions on the day, anchoring a Purple defensive unit that didn't give up much ground to the White all day.
The White team, quarterbacked by redshirt freshmen Collin Klein and Joseph Kassanavoid, had just 123 yards of total offense — 62 passing and 61 rushing.
Klein completed 5-of-11 passes for 42 yards, while Kassanavoid was good on 3-of-10 for 19 yards.
Redshirt freshman Jarrell Childs had 12 carries for 44 yards on the Purple team —including touchdown in the third quarter.
The defensive front of Fitzgerald, Daniel Calvin, Eric Childs, Brandon Harold and linebackers Alex Hrebec and John Houlik clamped down on the White running backs, holding Dee Bell, Frank Delarue and Rodney Kenner to a combined 19 yards on 17 carries.
"I think we are getting better," said Hrebec, who had a game-high 19 tackles. "We've definitely gotten better since the first day of spring ball. We're nowhere near satisfied though. I know we did some good things, but we've got a lot to work on."
The Wildcats open the season at home on Sept. 5 against Massachusetts.
