GoldandBlack.com game day thread: Purdue at Indiana
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What’s at stake? A win will put Purdue in the Big Ten title game next Saturday, while also allowing the Boilermakers to retain the Old Oaken Bucket.
Purdue holds the all-time series lead with a commanding 75-42-6 record, and they’ve more than held their own in Bloomington with a 35-19-2 record on the road. The last 10 meetings between the Boilermakers and Hoosiers have split 5-5, as the Hoosiers took four-in-a-row over Purdue from 2013 to 2016.
Since his arrival at Purdue, Jeff Brohm owns a 3-1 record in the Bucket series. Brohm’s squad won consequential games in 2017 and 2018, where both teams entered with 5-6 records seeking bowl eligibility. Indiana took the Bucket down south in a rain-soaked 2019 game in West Lafayette. After COVID cases in both programs caused a cancellation of the 2020 game, Purdue rolled through the Hoosiers in a 44-7 decision last season at Ross-Ade Stadium. Because of that 2020 cancellation, this will be the first meeting in Bloomington since 2018.
