Matchup Overview

The Northwestern and Purdue have met 21 times in NCAAF since 2001. Northwestern hold a dominant all-time edge, leading the series 12–9. Northwestern have had the upper hand recently, going 3–2 in their last 5 meetings. Their most recent matchup ended 19–0 in favor of Northwestern on October 18, 2025.

Next Meeting

No upcoming game scheduled between these teams this season.

All-Time Head-to-Head

Showing 21 games from available historical data.

Date	Season	Away	Score	Home
Oct 18, 25	2025 W8	Northwestern	19–0	Purdue
Nov 18, 23	2023 W12	Purdue	15–23	Northwestern
Nov 19, 22	2022 W12	Northwestern	9–17	Purdue
Nov 19, 21	2021	Purdue	32–14	Northwestern
Nov 13, 20	2020	Northwestern	27–20	Purdue
Nov 8, 19	2019	Purdue	24–22	Northwestern
Aug 29, 18	2018	Northwestern	31–27	Purdue
Nov 10, 17	2017	Purdue	13–23	Northwestern
Nov 11, 16	2016	Northwestern	45–17	Purdue
Nov 13, 15	2015	Purdue	14–21	Northwestern
Nov 21, 14	2014	Northwestern	38–14	Purdue
Oct 8, 10	2010	Purdue	20–17	Northwestern
Oct 2, 09	2009	Northwestern	27–21	Purdue
Oct 17, 08	2008	Purdue	26–48	Northwestern
Oct 26, 07	2007	Northwestern	17–35	Purdue
Oct 13, 06	2006	Purdue	31–10	Northwestern
Oct 14, 05	2005	Northwestern	34–29	Purdue
Oct 29, 04	2004	Purdue	10–13	Northwestern
Oct 31, 03	2003	Northwestern	14–34	Purdue
Oct 25, 02	2002	Purdue	42–13	Northwestern
Oct 26, 01	2001	Northwestern	27–32	Purdue

Games before the 2022 season: Data from SportsDataverse, used under CC BY 4.0.