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Purdue

Boilermakers3-316th in Big Ten
Ross-Ade Stadium · West Lafayette, IN · 57,282
TeamCarried by the offense
OffenseMethodical passing attack · strongweak point: explosiveness, 83rd
DefensePorous · poorweak point: big plays allowed, 127th

The season

Best win
W 24-17 @ #47 Illinois
Wk 5 · Oct 3 · won as a 12% underdog
Worst loss
L 36-38 vs #26 Wake Forest
Wk 2 · Sep 12 · model had 31%

Schedule

model 4/6 straight up

Opponent ranks use the selected season's current or final board.

  1. Week 1 · Sep 4
    vsIndiana State
    W 44–19
    Win chance 99%Model margin +32.3Game details
  2. Week 2 · Sep 12
    vsWake Forest
    L 36–38
    Win chance 31%Model margin -6.8Game details
  3. Week 3 · Sep 19
    atUCLA
    L 38–52
    Win chance 8%Model margin -19.1Game details
  4. Week 4 · Sep 26
    vsNotre Dame
    L 10–49
    Win chance 1%Model margin -30.6Game details
  5. Week 5 · Oct 3
    atIllinois
    W 24–17
    Win chance 12%Model margin -16.2Game details
  6. Week 6 · Oct 10
    vsMinnesota
    W 41–13
    Win chance 36%Model margin -4.9Game details
  7. Week 7 · Oct 16
    vsWashington
    Win chance 23%Model margin -10.2Game details
  8. Week 9 · Oct 31
    atPenn State
    Win chance 7%Model margin -19.7Game details
  9. Week 10 · Nov 7
    vsMaryland
    Win chance 54%Model margin +1.4Game details
  10. Week 11 · Nov 14
    atIowa
    Win chance 11%Model margin -16.3Game details
  11. Week 12 · Nov 21
    vsWisconsin
    Win chance 41%Model margin -3.0Game details
  12. Week 13 · Nov 28
    atIndiana
    Win chance 3%Model margin -26.3Game details

Profile

Team DNA

rank of 138
Offense efficiency
62
#42 of 138
Defense efficiency
14
#121 of 138
Efficiency
#290.25
EPA / play
#1320.25
#240.40
Pass
#1190.34
#630.12
Rush
#1250.20
#4446%
Success
#12046%
Big plays & havoc
#831.21
Explosive
#1271.40
#3012%
Havoc
#10514%
Position groupsby overall player grade
QB72nd
RB72nd
WR26th
TE69th
OL121st
DL83rd
LB132nd
DB133rd

Roster

Core lineup

overall grade
Offense
QB
Ryan BrowneJR
1390 yds · 8 TD · 1 INT
77.5
95th QB
RB
Fame IjeboiSO
354 yds · 6 TD · 4.1 YPC
79.5
90th RB
WR
Asaad WaseemJR
27 rec · 453 yds · 1 TD
83.6
30th WR
WR
Xavier TownsendSR
28 rec · 307 yds · 2 TD
74.0
146th WR
TE
George BurhennJR
6 rec · 98 yds · 1 TD
69.3
104th TE
Defense
LB
Hudson MillerSR
7 tkl · 0.5 TFL · 0.0 sk
70.1
362nd LB
LB
Winston BerglundJR
11 tkl · 0.0 TFL · 0.0 sk
65.0
614th LB
DB
Mister ClarkJR
5 tkl · 1 PD · 0 INT
79.9
65th DB
DB
Hudauri HinesJR
12 tkl · 2 PD · 0 INT
65.4
817th DB
DB
Don SaundersSR
28 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT
62.9
1070th DB

Injury report

1 out
out
Kylan FoxTE

Fox is laid up with a knee injury, and there is no timetable for his return.

53.7202508-13

Past seasons

Year by year
-13.7 points since 2022
405060708066.9202257.7202352.8202453.12025
2022 66.92023 57.72024 52.82025 53.1

2025

2-10
D-I rank
#97
Rating
53.1
Listed games · 12
WWLLLLLLLLLL
225 pts scored382 allowed
Season schedule
  1. W1 vs Ball StateW 31–0
  2. W2 vs Southern IllinoisW 34–17
  3. W3 vs USCL 17–33
  4. W4 at Notre DameL 30–56
  5. W6 vs IllinoisL 27–43
  6. W7 at MinnesotaL 20–27
  7. W8 at NorthwesternL 0–19
  8. W9 vs RutgersL 24–27
  9. W10 at MichiganL 16–21
  10. W11 vs Ohio StateL 10–34
  11. W12 at WashingtonL 13–49
  12. W14 vs IndianaL 3–56

2024

1-11
D-I rank
#107
Rating
52.8
Listed games · 12
WLLLLLLLLLLL
189 pts scored479 allowed
Season schedule
  1. W1 vs Indiana StateW 49–0
  2. W3 vs Notre DameL 7–66
  3. W4 at Oregon StateL 21–38
  4. W5 vs NebraskaL 10–28
  5. W6 at WisconsinL 6–52
  6. W7 at IllinoisL 49–50
  7. W8 vs OregonL 0–35
  8. W10 vs NorthwesternL 20–26
  9. W11 at Ohio StateL 0–45
  10. W12 vs Penn StateL 10–49
  11. W13 at Michigan StateL 17–24
  12. W14 at IndianaL 0–66

2023

4-8
D-I rank
#75
Rating
57.7
Listed games · 12
LWLLWLLLLWLW
287 pts scored365 allowed
Season schedule
  1. W1 vs Fresno StateL 35–39
  2. W2 at Virginia TechW 24–17
  3. W3 vs SyracuseL 20–35
  4. W4 vs WisconsinL 17–38
  5. W5 vs IllinoisW 44–19
  6. W6 at IowaL 14–20
  7. W7 vs Ohio StateL 7–41
  8. W9 at NebraskaL 14–31
  9. W10 at MichiganL 13–41
  10. W11 vs MinnesotaW 49–30
  11. W12 at NorthwesternL 15–23
  12. W13 vs IndianaW 35–31

2022

8-5
D-I rank
#35
Rating
66.9
Listed games · 13
LWLWWWWLLWWWL
365 pts scored320 allowed
Season schedule
  1. W1 vs Penn StateL 31–35
  2. W2 vs Indiana StateW 56–0
  3. W3 at SyracuseL 29–32
  4. W4 vs Florida AtlanticW 28–26
  5. W5 at MinnesotaW 20–10
  6. W6 at MarylandW 31–29
  7. W7 vs NebraskaW 43–37
  8. W8 at WisconsinL 24–35
  9. W10 vs IowaL 3–24
  10. W11 at IllinoisW 31–24
  11. W12 vs NorthwesternW 17–9
  12. W13 at IndianaW 30–16
  13. W14 vs MichiganL 22–43