Kentucky vs. Purdue
Kentucky and Purdue have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1895; Purdue leads the series 2–1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Purdue 2–1. Share
- Kentucky wins
- 1
- Purdue wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1895
- Longest streak
- 2 Purdue
- Current streak
- 1 Kentucky
- Last 10 meetings
- Purdue 2–1
- Most recent
- 1915
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 24.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Kentucky
- 1–0 Kentucky’s record at home
- At Purdue
- 2–0 Purdue’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
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
1895 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 13, 1895
1914 · Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], Nov 8, 1914
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 13, 1915 | Kentucky 7, Purdue 0 | at Kentucky | ||
| Nov 7, 1914 | Purdue 40, Kentucky 6 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 12, 1895 | Purdue 32, Kentucky 0 | at Purdue |
Every game is listed as played on the field.