Miami (OH) vs. Purdue
Miami (OH) and Purdue have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1945; Purdue leads the series 9–3–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Purdue 6–3, and Purdue has won the last 4. Share
2027 at Purdue. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Miami (OH) wins
- 3
- Purdue wins
- 9
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1945
- Longest streak
- 4 Purdue
- Current streak
- 4 Purdue
- Last 10 meetings
- Purdue 6–3
- Most recent
- 2006
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 14.8 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Purdue
- 9–3–1 Purdue’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Miami (OH)‘s biggest win1975: Miami (OH) 14, Purdue 3by 11 points
- Purdue’s biggest win1965: Purdue 38, Miami (OH) 0by 38 points
- Upset1962: Miami (OH) 10, Purdue 7Miami (OH) had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Miami (OH) | Series | Purdue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957–1962 | John Pont | 1–2 | Jack Mollenkopf |
| 1974–1976 | Dick Crum | 1–1–1 | Alex Agase |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Miami (OH)‘s side (Pont 1–2 against Mollenkopf). 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
| Ryne Robinson Miami (OH) | 9 catches, 161 yards, 2 TD | 2006 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1945 · Detroit evening times, Michigan, Nov 11, 1945
1946 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 22, 1946
1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 27, 1957
1961 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 15, 1961
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
| Sep 9, 2006 | Purdue 38, Miami (OH) 31 | at Purdue | ||
| Sep 9, 1989 | Purdue 27, Miami (OH) 10 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 4, 1980 | Purdue 28, Miami (OH) 3 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 2, 1976 | Purdue 42, Miami (OH) 20 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 4, 1975 | Miami (OH) 14, Purdue 3 | at Purdue | ||
| Sep 21, 1974 | Purdue 7, Miami (OH) 7 | at Purdue | ||
| Sep 22, 1973 | Miami (OH) 24, Purdue 19 | at Purdue | ||
| Sep 18, 1965 | 9Purdue 38, Miami (OH) 0 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 13, 1962 | Miami (OH) 10, 9Purdue 7 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 14, 1961 | Purdue 19, Miami (OH) 6 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 26, 1957 | Purdue 37, Miami (OH) 6 | at Purdue | ||
| Sep 21, 1946 | Purdue 13, Miami (OH) 7 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 10, 1945 | 12Purdue 21, Miami (OH) 7 | at Purdue |
Every game is listed as played on the field.