Purdue 2024 football schedule analysis: Who they don’t play
A schedule can make or break a season. Ask any coach.
Purdue’s 2024 slate is filled with challenges and opportunities. This series is a breakdown of what’s ahead for the Boilermakers this fall. Next up: Who Purdue doesn’t play.
• Toughest non-conference game: vs. Notre Dame, Sept. 14
• Toughest conference game: at Ohio State, Nov. 9
• Who they don’t play
• Easiest game
• Toughest stretch
• Best chance to be upset
• Best chance to pull an upset
Who Purdue doesn’t play: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Washington
The logic: The Boilermakers do miss defending national champ Michigan, but it has some massive re-tooling to do with Jim Harbaugh and QB J.J. McCarthy gone. Washington? It’s in transition after losing the national title game to Michigan, as the Huskies lost coach Kalen DeBoer and QB Michael Penix.
The history: Purdue will play Oregon but miss the other three Big Ten newbies. The last time Purdue played UCLA was in 1980, as the Bruins won 23-14 in Ross-Ade Stadium. Purdue is 0-3-2 all-time vs. the Bruins. The Boilermakers and USC last played in the 1998 Pigskin Classic in the Coliseum, a 27-17 USC win in which Drew Brees made his starting debut. Purdue is 1-3 all-time vs. the Trojans. The lone victory came in the Rose Bowl following the 1966 season. Washington is 7-2-1 all-time vs. Purdue. The Boilers won the last meeting, a Sun Bowl clash in 2002. UW, which beat Purdue in the 2001 Rose Bowl, won all four in a home-and-home series from 1987-90.
The lowdown: Purdue doesn’t catch any real breaks in its Big Ten slate, playing arguably the top three teams in Ohio State, Oregon and Penn State.
The bottom line: For the first time since 2010, Purdue won’t play former Big Ten West foe Iowa. And Purdue won’t play Minnesota for the first time since 2013.
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