Purdue vs. Rutgers
Purdue and Rutgers have 3 meetings on file, the first in 2017; Rutgers leads the series 3–0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Rutgers 3–0, and Rutgers has won the last 3. Share
2028 at Rutgers. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Purdue wins
- 0
- Rutgers wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 2017
- Longest streak
- 3 Rutgers
- Current streak
- 3 Rutgers
- Last 10 meetings
- Rutgers 3–0
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 4 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Purdue
- 0–2 Purdue’s record at home
- At Rutgers
- 1–0 Rutgers’s record at home
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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
On television
| 2025 | BTN | 0.2 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
| Oct 25, 2025 | Rutgers 27, Purdue 24 | at Purdue | ||
| Nov 28, 2020 | Rutgers 37, Purdue 30 | at Purdue | ||
| Oct 21, 2017 | Rutgers 14, Purdue 12 | at Rutgers |
Every game is listed as played on the field.