Great Lakes Navy vs. Purdue

Great Lakes Navy and Purdue first met in 1918 and have played 5 times; Great Lakes Navy leads the series 3–⁠2. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Great Lakes Navy 3–⁠2.

Great Lakes Navy wins
3
Purdue wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1918
Longest streak
2 Great Lakes Navy
Current streak
1 Purdue
Last 10 meetings
Great Lakes Navy 3–⁠2
Most recent
1945

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠0
1940s2–⁠2
Average margin
20.4 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Great Lakes Navy
2–⁠2 Great Lakes Navy’s record at home
At Purdue
0–⁠1 Purdue’s record at home
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Great Lakes Navy’s biggest win1942: Great Lakes Navy 42, Purdue 0by 42 points
  2. Purdue’s biggest win1945: Purdue 20, Great Lakes Navy 6by 14 points
  3. Upset1943: Purdue 23, Great Lakes Navy 13Purdue had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Great Lakes Navy and Purdue, 1918 on1300150017001920192519301935194019451950

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.

Every game

Sep 29, 1945Purdue 20, Great Lakes Navy 6at Great Lakes Navy
Sep 23, 1944Great Lakes Navy 27, Purdue 18at Great Lakes Navy
Sep 18, 1943Purdue 23, Great Lakes Navy 13at Great Lakes Navy
Nov 7, 1942Great Lakes Navy 42, Purdue 0at Purdue
Nov 30, 1918Great Lakes Navy 27, Purdue 0at Great Lakes Navy

Every game is listed as played on the field.