Franklin vs. Purdue
Franklin and Purdue have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1901; Purdue leads the series 6–0–1 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Purdue 6–0, and Purdue has won the last 3. Share
- Franklin wins
- 0
- Purdue wins
- 6
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1901
- Longest streak
- 3 Purdue
- Current streak
- 3 Purdue
- Last 10 meetings
- Purdue 6–0
- Most recent
- 1927
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 34.9 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Purdue
- 6–0–1 Purdue’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Purdue’s biggest win1902: Purdue 56, Franklin 0by 56 points
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1902 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Sep 28, 1902
1917 · Bisbee daily review, Arizona, Oct 7, 1917
1919 · New Britain herald, Connecticut, Oct 6, 1919
1925 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 9, 1925
1927 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Nov 14, 1927
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Nov 12, 1927 | Purdue 46, Franklin 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 13, 1926 | Purdue 44, Franklin 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 7, 1925 | Purdue 20, Franklin 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 4, 1919 | Purdue 14, Franklin 14 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 6, 1917 | Purdue 54, Franklin 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Sep 27, 1902 | Purdue 56, Franklin 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Sep 28, 1901 | Purdue 24, Franklin 0 | at Purdue |
Every game is listed as played on the field.