Miami vs. Purdue

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

1. Miami’s biggest win1983: Miami 35, Purdue 0by 35 points
2. Purdue’s biggest win1949: Purdue 14, Miami 0by 14 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Miami’s side (Gustafson 2–⁠1 against Holcomb). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 16, 1950

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  1951 · Evening star, Oct 13, 1951

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Miami vs. Florida State71 meetings, Miami 38–⁠33
• Miami vs. Florida58 meetings, Miami 31–⁠27
• Miami vs. Pittsburgh43 meetings, Miami 30–⁠12–⁠1
• Miami vs. Virginia Tech42 meetings, Miami 27–⁠15
• Purdue vs. Indiana125 meetings, Purdue 75–⁠44–⁠6
• Purdue vs. Illinois101 meetings, Purdue 48–⁠47–⁠6
• Purdue vs. Iowa94 meetings, Purdue 50–⁠41–⁠3
• Purdue vs. Wisconsin91 meetings, Purdue 29–⁠54–⁠8