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All-Time Head-to-Head

TeamOpponent

The Game Army–Navy Holy War Iron Bowl Red River The Game (Ivy)

Northwestern vs

Series

34–53–1

Purdue leads

Average Score

16.3–21.0

88 games

Current Streak

1

Northwestern

Longest Streak

12

Purdue, 1976–1987

Season	Date	Winner	Score
2025	2025-10-19	Northwestern	19–0
2022	2022-11-22	Purdue	9–17
2021	2021-11-23	Purdue	14–32
2020	2020-11-17	Northwestern	27–20
2019	2019-11-12	Purdue	22–24
2018	2018-09-04	Northwestern	31–27
2017	2017-11-14	Northwestern	23–13
2016	2016-11-15	Northwestern	45–17
2015	2015-11-17	Northwestern	21–14
2014	2014-11-25	Northwestern	38–14
2010	2010-10-12	Purdue	17–20
2009	2009-10-06	Northwestern	27–21
2008	2008-10-21	Northwestern	48–26
2007	2007-10-30	Purdue	17–35
2006	2006-10-17	Purdue	10–31
2005	2005-10-18	Northwestern	34–29
2004	2004-11-02	Northwestern	13–10
2003	2003-11-04	Purdue	14–34
2002	2002-10-29	Purdue	13–42
2001	2001-10-30	Purdue	27–32
2000	2000-10-17	Purdue	28–41
1999	1999-09-28	Purdue	23–31
1998	1998-11-10	Purdue	21–56
1997	1997-09-30	Purdue	9–21
1996	1996-11-19	Northwestern	27–24
1995	1995-11-21	Northwestern	23–8
1992	1992-10-06	Northwestern	28–14
1991	1991-10-08	Purdue	14–17
1990	1990-11-13	Purdue	13–33
1989	1989-11-14	Purdue	15–46
1988	1988-11-15	Northwestern	28–7
1987	1987-11-17	Purdue	15–20
1986	1986-11-04	Purdue	16–17
1985	1985-11-05	Purdue	7–31
1984	1984-10-30	Purdue	7–49
1983	1983-11-01	Purdue	17–48
1982	1982-10-19	Purdue	21–34
1981	1981-10-20	Purdue	0–35
1980	1980-11-04	Purdue	31–52
1979	1979-10-30	Purdue	16–20
1978	1978-11-07	Purdue	0–31
1977	1977-11-01	Purdue	16–28
1976	1976-09-14	Purdue	19–31
1975	1975-09-16	Northwestern	31–25
1974	1974-10-22	Purdue	26–31
1973	1973-10-23	Purdue	10–21
1972	1972-10-24	Purdue	0–37
1971	1971-10-19	Purdue	20–21
1970	1970-10-27	Northwestern	38–14
1969	1969-10-28	Purdue	20–45
1968	1968-10-08	Purdue	6–43
1967	1967-10-10	Purdue	16–25
1958	1958-11-18	Purdue	6–23
1957	1957-11-19	Purdue	0–27
1956	1956-11-20	Northwestern	14–0
1955	1955-11-15	Purdue	8–46
1951	1951-11-13	Purdue	14–35
1950	1950-11-14	Northwestern	19–14
1949	1949-09-27	Northwestern	20–6
1948	1948-10-05	Northwestern	21–0
1945	1945-10-30	Northwestern	26–14
1944	1944-11-14	Purdue	7–27
1942	1942-10-13	Purdue	6–7
1939	1939-11-14	Purdue	0–3
1937	1937-10-19	Northwestern	14–7
1935	1935-10-08	Purdue	0–7
1932	1932-10-25	Tie	7–7
1931	1931-12-01	Purdue	0–7
1928	1928-11-13	Northwestern	7–6
1927	1927-11-08	Purdue	6–18
1926	1926-11-09	Northwestern	22–0
1925	1925-11-17	Northwestern	13–9
1924	1924-10-21	Purdue	3–7
1923	1923-11-20	Purdue	3–6
1922	1922-11-14	Northwestern	24–13
1921	1921-11-08	Purdue	0–3
1920	1920-11-16	Northwestern	14–0
1917	1917-11-06	Northwestern	12–6
1916	1916-11-21	Northwestern	38–6
1914	1914-11-17	Purdue	6–34
1913	1913-10-14	Purdue	0–34
1912	1912-11-05	Purdue	6–21
1909	1909-10-12	Northwestern	14–5
1908	1908-11-10	Purdue	10–16
1902	1902-11-04	Purdue	0–5
1901	1901-12-03	Northwestern	10–5
1899	1899-11-28	Northwestern	29–0
1895	1895-11-05	Northwestern	24–6

Scores read Northwestern first. Dates are the ranking release that included the game. Games come from the published weekly rankings.

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