Ohio vs. Purdue

Ohio and Purdue have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1933; Purdue leads the series 8–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Purdue 8–⁠0, and Purdue has won the last 8.

Ohio wins
0
Purdue wins
8
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1933
Longest streak
8 Purdue
Current streak
8 Purdue
Last 10 meetings
Purdue 8–⁠0
Most recent
2017

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠2
1960s0–⁠2
1970s0–⁠2
1980s0–⁠1
2010s0–⁠1
Average margin
27.1 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Purdue
8–⁠0 Purdue’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Purdue’s biggest win1936: Purdue 47, Ohio 0by 47 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Ohio and Purdue, 1933 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1933 game: OHIO PRESSES PURDUE Keegan, Carter Make Long Runs as Boilermakers Win, 1875.

    1933 · Evening star, Oct 8, 1933

  • The Evening star's story of the 1936 game: PURDUE SWAMPS OHIO u. Shows No Sign of Recent Tragedy in 47-O Victory.

    1936 · Evening star, Sep 27, 1936

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 8, 2017Purdue 44, Ohio 21at Purdue
Sep 17, 1988Purdue 33, Ohio 10at Purdue
Sep 23, 1978Purdue 24, Ohio 0at Purdue
Sep 17, 1977Purdue 44, Ohio 7at Purdue
Sep 17, 19668Purdue 42, Ohio 3at Purdue
Sep 26, 1964Purdue 17, Ohio 0at Purdue
Sep 26, 1936Purdue 47, Ohio 0at Purdue
Oct 7, 1933Purdue 13, Ohio 6at Purdue

Every game is listed as played on the field.