Purdue vs. Wabash

Purdue and Wabash have 26 meetings on file, the first in 1892; Purdue leads the series 16–⁠8–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Purdue 6–⁠3, and Purdue has won the last 2. Share

Purdue wins: 16
Wabash wins: 8
Ties: 2
Earliest on file: 1892
Longest streak: 7 Purdue
Current streak: 2 Purdue
Last 10 meetings: Purdue 6–⁠3
Most recent: 1928

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
	’0	’1	’2	’3	’4	’5	’6	’7	’8	’9	W–L
1890s											3–⁠0
1900s											4–⁠3
1910s											5–⁠2–⁠1
1920s											4–⁠3–⁠1

Average margin: 17.7 points; 9 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Purdue: 12–⁠8–⁠2 Purdue’s record at home
At Wabash: 0–⁠4 Wabash’s record at home
Shutouts: 14

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

Games that tell the story

Purdue’s biggest win1892: Purdue 72, Wabash 0by 72 points
Wabash’s biggest win1906: Wabash 11, Purdue 0by 11 points
Upset1925: Wabash 13, Purdue 7Wabash had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset1921: Wabash 9, Purdue 0Wabash had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset1910: Wabash 3, Purdue 0Wabash had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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

1901 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 6, 1901
1903 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 4, 1903
1904 · The daily palladium, Richmond, Ind., Oct 18, 1904
1905 · Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct 16, 1905
1906 · The Lake County times, Hammond, Ind., Oct 29, 1906

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.

Photos

Purdue 26 - Wabash 0Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Panoramic photographs, no known restrictions on publication
The 1913 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division (no known restrictions on publication).

Every game

Nov 17, 1928	Purdue 14, Wabash 0	at Purdue
Oct 9, 1926	Purdue 21, Wabash 14	at Purdue
Oct 3, 1925	Wabash 13, Purdue 7	at Purdue
Sep 27, 1924	Purdue 21, Wabash 7	at Purdue
Oct 20, 1923	Purdue 7, Wabash 7	at Purdue
Nov 4, 1922	Wabash 7, Purdue 6	at Purdue
Oct 1, 1921	Wabash 9, Purdue 0	at Purdue
Oct 30, 1920	Purdue 19, Wabash 14	at Purdue
Nov 16, 1918	Purdue 53, Wabash 6	at Purdue
Nov 17, 1917	Purdue 28, Wabash 0	at Purdue
Oct 14, 1916	Purdue 28, Wabash 7	at Purdue
Oct 2, 1915	Purdue 7, Wabash 7	at Purdue
Oct 3, 1914	Purdue 27, Wabash 3	at Purdue
Oct 4, 1913	Purdue 26, Wabash 0	at Purdue
Oct 8, 1911	Wabash 3, Purdue 0	at Purdue
Oct 8, 1910	Wabash 3, Purdue 0	at Purdue
Nov 6, 1909	Wabash 18, Purdue 17	at Purdue
Oct 12, 1907	Wabash 2, Purdue 0	at Purdue
Oct 27, 1906	Wabash 11, Purdue 0	at Purdue
Oct 14, 1905	Purdue 12, Wabash 0	at Wabash
Oct 15, 1904	Purdue 6, Wabash 0	at Purdue
Oct 1, 1903	Purdue 18, Wabash 0	at Wabash
Oct 5, 1901	Purdue 45, Wabash 0	at Purdue
Nov 24, 1894	Purdue 44, Wabash 0	at Wabash
Nov 4, 1893	Purdue 48, Wabash 8	at Purdue
Oct 15, 1892	Purdue 72, Wabash 0	at Wabash

Every game is listed as played on the field.