Iowa vs. Purdue
Iowa and Purdue have 94 meetings on file, the first in 1910; Purdue leads the series 50–41–3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Iowa 6–4, and Iowa has won the last 2. Share
- Iowa wins
- 41
- Purdue wins
- 50
- Ties
- 3
- Earliest on file
- 1910
- Longest streak
- 20 Purdue
- Current streak
- 2 Iowa
- Last 10 meetings
- Iowa 6–4
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 2–7–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 3–7 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 4–3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–9 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–10 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 4–2–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 5–3 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 6–3 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 2–2 |
- Both ranked
- 5 meetings: Iowa 3, Purdue 2; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 15.1 points; 29 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Iowa
- 23–21–2 Iowa’s record at home
- At Purdue
- 29–18–1 Purdue’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 21
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Iowa’s biggest win1922: Iowa 56, Purdue 0by 56 points
- Purdue’s biggest win1980: Purdue 58, Iowa 13by 45 points
- Upset2021: Purdue 24, Iowa 7Purdue had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1933: Iowa 14, Purdue 6Iowa had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1992: Purdue 27, Iowa 16Purdue had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1960: Iowa 21, Purdue 14No. 10 Purdue at No. 1 Iowa
- Ranked showdown1954: Iowa 25, Purdue 14No. 8 Purdue at No. 12 Iowa
- Ranked showdown2003: Purdue 27, Iowa 14No. 10 Iowa at No. 16 Purdue
Coach against coach
| Years | Iowa | Series | Purdue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932–1936 | Ossie Solem | 1–4 | Noble Kizer |
| 1939–1941 | Edward Anderson | 1–2 | Mal Elward |
| 1947–1949 | Edward Anderson | 1–2 | Stuart Holcomb |
| 1952–1955 | Forest Evashevski | 2–1–1 | Stuart Holcomb |
| 1956–1960 | Forest Evashevski | 2–1 | Jack Mollenkopf |
| 1961–1965 | Jerry Burns | 0–5 | Jack Mollenkopf |
| 1966–1969 | Ray Nagel | 0–4 | Jack Mollenkopf |
| 1974–1976 | Bob Commings | 0–3 | Alex Agase |
| 1979–1981 | Hayden Fry | 1–2 | Jim Young |
| 1982–1986 | Hayden Fry | 4–1 | Leon Burtnett |
| 1987–1990 | Hayden Fry | 4–0 | Fred Akers |
| 1991–1994 | Hayden Fry | 2–1–1 | Jim Colletto |
| 2001–2008 | Kirk Ferentz | 5–3 | Joe Tiller |
| 2013–2016 | Kirk Ferentz | 4–0 | Darrell Hazell |
| 2017–2022 | Kirk Ferentz | 2–4 | Jeff Brohm |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Iowa’s side (Solem 1–4 against Kizer). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| David Blough Purdue | 30 of 60, 458 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT | 2016 Passing | |
| David Bell Purdue | 11 catches, 240 yards, 1 TD | 2021 Receiving | |
| Shonn Greene Iowa | 30 carries, 211 yards, 2 TD | 2008 Rushing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1910 · Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., Oct 24, 1910
1911 · The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, Nov 12, 1911
1915 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 7, 1915
1916 · Arizona republican, Arizona, Oct 22, 1916
1921 · South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., Oct 30, 1921
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 14, 2026 | Purdue at Iowa upcoming | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 7, 2023 | Iowa 20, Purdue 14 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 5, 2022 | Iowa 24, Purdue 3 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 16, 2021 | Purdue 24, 2Iowa 7 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 24, 2020 | Purdue 24, Iowa 20 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 19, 2019 | 23Iowa 26, Purdue 20 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 3, 2018 | Purdue 38, 19Iowa 36 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 18, 2017 | Purdue 24, Iowa 15 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 15, 2016 | Iowa 49, Purdue 35 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 21, 2015 | 6Iowa 40, Purdue 20 | at Iowa | ||
| Sep 27, 2014 | Iowa 24, Purdue 10 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 9, 2013 | Iowa 38, Purdue 14 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 10, 2012 | Purdue 27, Iowa 24 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 19, 2011 | Iowa 31, Purdue 21 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 15, 2008 | Iowa 22, Purdue 17 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 20, 2007 | Purdue 31, Iowa 6 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 7, 2006 | 19Iowa 47, Purdue 17 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 8, 2005 | Iowa 34, Purdue 17 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 6, 2004 | 20Iowa 23, Purdue 21 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 8, 2003 | 16Purdue 27, 10Iowa 14 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 5, 2002 | 24Iowa 31, Purdue 28 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 6, 2001 | 21Purdue 23, Iowa 14 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 31, 1998 | Purdue 36, Iowa 14 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 1, 1997 | 15Iowa 35, 18Purdue 17 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 29, 1994 | Purdue 21, Iowa 21 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 30, 1993 | Iowa 26, Purdue 17 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 24, 1992 | Purdue 27, Iowa 16 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 26, 1991 | 11Iowa 31, Purdue 21 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 17, 1990 | 13Iowa 38, Purdue 9 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 18, 1989 | Iowa 24, Purdue 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 22, 1988 | Iowa 31, Purdue 7 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 24, 1987 | Iowa 38, Purdue 14 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 15, 1986 | Iowa 42, Purdue 14 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 16, 1985 | 5Iowa 27, Purdue 24 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 13, 1984 | Iowa 40, 14Purdue 3 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 15, 1983 | 14Iowa 31, Purdue 14 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 6, 1982 | Purdue 16, Iowa 7 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 7, 1981 | Iowa 33, Purdue 7 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 8, 1980 | 17Purdue 58, Iowa 13 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 3, 1979 | 15Purdue 20, Iowa 14 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 28, 1978 | 17Purdue 34, Iowa 7 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 22, 1977 | Purdue 34, Iowa 21 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 13, 1976 | Purdue 21, Iowa 0 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 15, 1975 | Purdue 19, Iowa 18 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 2, 1974 | Purdue 38, Iowa 14 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 3, 1973 | Purdue 48, Iowa 23 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 7, 1972 | Purdue 24, Iowa 0 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 2, 1971 | Purdue 45, Iowa 13 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 17, 1970 | Purdue 24, Iowa 3 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 18, 1969 | 17Purdue 35, Iowa 31 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 26, 1968 | 7Purdue 44, Iowa 14 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 28, 1967 | 7Purdue 41, Iowa 22 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 8, 1966 | Purdue 35, Iowa 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 9, 1965 | 6Purdue 17, Iowa 14 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 24, 1964 | Purdue 19, Iowa 14 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 26, 1963 | Purdue 14, Iowa 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 27, 1962 | Purdue 26, Iowa 3 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 28, 1961 | Purdue 9, Iowa 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 22, 1960 | 1Iowa 21, 10Purdue 14 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 24, 1959 | 14Purdue 14, 15Iowa 7 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 27, 1956 | 12Iowa 21, Purdue 20 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 15, 1955 | Iowa 20, Purdue 20 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 6, 1954 | 12Iowa 25, 8Purdue 14 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 7, 1953 | Iowa 26, Purdue 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 11, 1952 | 16Purdue 41, Iowa 14 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 6, 1951 | Purdue 34, Iowa 30 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 21, 1950 | Iowa 33, Purdue 21 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 1, 1949 | Iowa 21, Purdue 7 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 16, 1948 | Purdue 20, Iowa 13 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 1, 1947 | 16Purdue 21, Iowa 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Sep 28, 1946 | Iowa 16, Purdue 0 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 13, 1945 | 15Purdue 40, Iowa 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 21, 1944 | 11Purdue 26, Iowa 7 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 23, 1943 | 4Purdue 28, Iowa 7 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 31, 1942 | Iowa 13, Purdue 7 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 25, 1941 | Purdue 7, Iowa 6 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 2, 1940 | Purdue 21, Iowa 6 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 4, 1939 | Iowa 4, Purdue 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 29, 1938 | Iowa 0, Purdue 0 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 30, 1937 | Purdue 13, Iowa 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 14, 1936 | Purdue 13, Iowa 0 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 16, 1935 | Purdue 12, Iowa 6 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 10, 1934 | Purdue 13, Iowa 6 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 18, 1933 | Iowa 14, Purdue 6 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 12, 1932 | Purdue 18, Iowa 0 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 14, 1931 | Purdue 22, Iowa 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 18, 1930 | Purdue 20, Iowa 0 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 16, 1929 | Purdue 7, Iowa 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 13, 1923 | Iowa 7, Purdue 0 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 28, 1922 | Iowa 56, Purdue 0 | at Iowa | ||
| Oct 29, 1921 | Iowa 13, Purdue 6 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 21, 1916 | Iowa 24, Purdue 6 | at Iowa | ||
| Nov 6, 1915 | Purdue 19, Iowa 13 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 11, 1911 | Iowa 11, Purdue 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 22, 1910 | Iowa 16, Purdue 0 | at Iowa |
Every game is listed as played on the field.