Northwestern 31-27 Purdue 2018-08-31 00:00
Stadium: Ross-Ade Stadium Round: 1
Home Manager: Jeff Brohm Away Manager: Pat Fitzgerald
Head to Head
| NCAAF | 2017/11/12 00:00 | Purdue v Northwestern | W | 13-23 |
| NCAAF | 2016/11/12 17:00 | Northwestern v Purdue | W | 45-17 |
| NCAAF | 2015/11/14 17:00 | Northwestern v Purdue | W | 21-14 |
| NCAAF | 2014/11/22 17:00 | Purdue v Northwestern | W | 14-38 |
| NCAAF | 2010/10/09 12:00 | Northwestern v Purdue | L | 17-20 |
| NCAAF | 2008/10/18 12:00 | Northwestern v Purdue | W | 48-26 |
| NCAAF | 2007/10/27 12:00 | Purdue v Northwestern | L | 35-17 |
| NCAAF | 2006/10/14 12:00 | Northwestern v Purdue | L | 10-31 |
Home History
| NCAAF | 2017/12/29 21:30 | Kentucky v Northwestern | W | 23-24 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/25 21:00 | Northwestern v Illinois | W | 42-7 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/18 17:00 | Minnesota v Northwestern | W | 0-39 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/12 00:00 | Purdue v Northwestern | W | 13-23 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/04 19:30 | Northwestern v Nebraska | W | 31-24 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/28 19:30 | Michigan State v Northwestern | W | 31-39 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/21 16:00 | Iowa v Northwestern | W | 10-17 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/14 19:30 | Northwestern v Maryland | W | 37-21 |
Away History
| NCAAF | 2017/12/28 01:30 | Purdue v Arizona | W | 38-35 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/25 17:00 | Indiana v Purdue | W | 24-31 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/18 20:30 | Purdue v Iowa | W | 24-15 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/12 00:00 | Purdue v Northwestern | L | 13-23 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/04 16:00 | Illinois v Purdue | W | 10-29 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/28 23:30 | Nebraska v Purdue | L | 25-24 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/21 16:00 | Purdue v Rutgers | L | 12-14 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/14 19:30 | Purdue v Wisconsin | L | 9-17 |