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GoldandBlack.com game day thread: Purdue-Northwestern

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This is the place to share your opinions, thoughts and analysis of today’s Northwestern at Purdue game. Click here to join the conversation.

Purdue vs. Northwestern, from a matchup perspective.

Date/Time: Saturday, November 2, 12:00 p.m. E.T.

Location: Ross-Ade Stadium

Surface: Bermuda Grass

Capacity: 61,441 (sold out)

2024 schedules/records: Purdue 1-6 (0-4 Big Ten), Northwestern 3-5 (1-4 Big Ten)

Series notes: The longtime Big Ten rivals will meet for the 89th time, as Purdue enters with a 53-34-1 advantage. Purdue and Northwestern met each of the last ten years as members of the Big Ten West, and the Wildcats took seven of those contests. Ryan Walters and David Braun squared off a year ago in Evanston, where Northwestern held on for a 23-15 win against a Purdue offense primarily led by Ryan Browne. The last time Northwestern came to Ross-Ade Stadium, Purdue won a 17-9 defensive battle with wind chills in the single digits in one of the coldest games in stadium history.

TV: BTN (PxP Jason Ross Jr., Analyst Anthony Herron, Sidelines Dannie Rogers)

Radio: Purdue Sports Properties (PxP Tim Newton, Analyst Mark Herrmann, Sidelines Kelly Kitchel)

Line: Northwestern -1, O/U 46.5

Weather: High of 64 with breeze

Purdue Roster | Purdue Game Notes

Northwestern Roster | Northwestern Game Notes

Pregame: First Look: Northwestern | First and 10: Northwestern at Purdue | Purdue’s plan at QB? Play Hudson Card and Ryan Browne vs. Northwestern | The 3-2-1: November will go long way to define Ryan Walters’ Purdue tenure | Opponent View: Northwestern | Gold and Black Radio: Purdue prepares for Northwestern | Number Crunching: Purdue-Northwestern week | Comparing Purdue QBs Hudson Card, Ryan Browne

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