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All-Time Head-to-Head

TeamOpponent

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

Series

53–34–1

Purdue leads

Average Score

21.0–16.3

88 games

Current Streak

1

Northwestern

Longest Streak

12

Purdue, 1976–1987

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

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