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First Look: Washington

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Here’s an early look at Purdue’s 11th opponent of the 2025 season, the Washington Huskies:

Date/Time: Saturday, November 15, 7 p.m. EST

Location: Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium

Surface: AstroTurf

Capacity: 70,138 (tickets)

Weather: The early forecast shows a high of 53 with a chance of showers

2025 schedules/rosters: Purdue schedule | Purdue roster | Washington schedule | Washington roster

Series notes: Purdue and Washington will meet for the first time as Big Ten members on Saturday. This will be the third of the four former PAC 12 schools that Purdue squares off with, as it awaits a conference matchup with UCLA in future seasons. The two programs do have a history with one another, though. Most notably, Purdue and Washington met in a pair of bowl matchups during the Joe Tiller era. The Huskies downed Purdue 34-24 in the Rose Bowl on New Years Day of 2001, while the Boilermakers returned the favor in the 2002 Sun Bowl with the same final score.

Washington swept a four-year series against Purdue from 1987 to 1990, and it took both ends of a home-and-home series in 1971 and 1972. The two programs met in Seattle in 1961 and 1962, with Purdue winning one and another ending in a tie.

TV: FS1

Early line: Washington -16.5, O/U 54.5

STORYLINES TO WATCH

Familiar faces

The storyline needs no burying: Purdue will see its former head coach, Ryan Walters. Walters serves as Washington’s defensive coordinator, leading a solid Husky defense. He spent 2023 and 2024 as the head coach in West Lafayette, finishing with a 5-19 record. A 1-11 campaign in 2024 led to his firing. Though the majority of Purdue’s roster did not spend 2024 in gold and black, roughly 30 of Purdue’s players suited up for Walters last season.

On the defensive staff with Ryan Walters? Brian Odom, the brother of Purdue head coach Barry Odom. The third Odom brother, Brad, works for the Boilermakers as the Director of Recruiting. Brian Odom coaches Washington’s inside linebackers. It’ll be an Odom family reunion in Seattle on Saturday night.

Shocking loss

Washington enters this game fresh off a shocking loss at Wisconsin. The Badgers took advantage of treacherous November weather, winning ugly in classic Big Ten fashion, 13-10. The loss essentially eliminated the Huskies from College Football Playoff contention, as they had an outside chance at cracking the bracket before the defeat.

The loss continued a troubling trend for the West Coast faction of the Big Ten. The struggles of USC when traveling across the Mississippi have been well-documented. Jedd Fisch’s Huskies have struggled to defeat Maryland, lost handily at Michigan and handed Wisconsin its first Big Ten win of the year. To Washington’s credit, it’s played much better in the confines of the Pacific Northwest. How will Washington respond with its biggest goal now off the board as it returns home?

Seven games, seven weeks

Purdue will suit up for the seventh straight week, as it still awaits its second bye week of the season. The Boilermakers will hope to spark an upset to snap an eight-game losing skid. Purdue last defeated a Big Ten opponent in the 2023 Old Oaken Bucket game, and it last won a road game in September of 2023 at Virginia Tech.

How much will fatigue set in for Purdue? Injuries continue to mount, as the status of linebacker Charles Correa appears in jeopardy after an injury in the Ohio State game. Physical contests against the Buckeyes and Wolverines in the past two weeks don’t help matters, but a bye week on the flip side of this contest will get Purdue much-needed rest.

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