Penn State kicks off its 2022 college football season with a tricky road trip to Purdue. It will be the third year in a row that Penn State opens the season on the road in a Big Ten conference matchup, but history is on Penn State’s side when it comes to head-to-head meetings with the Boilermakers.
The 2022 meeting will be the 20th all-time game between Penn State and Purdue, with a vast majority of those games coming in Big Ten competition. Penn State leads the all-time series against Purdue with a 15-3-1 all-time record dating back to the first meeting in 1951. After back-to-back meetings in the early 1950s, the two programs did not face each other again until Penn State’s second season in the Big Ten, in 1995.
Penn State comes into the 2022 meeting with a nine-game winning streak against Purdue with the most recent victory coming in 2019. Penn State is 7-2 all-time in games played at Purdue. The last loss in Ross-Ade Stadium came in 2003 with No. 18 Purdue pulling away for a victory against Michael Robinson, Tony Hunt, and Robbie Gould, and the rest of the Nittany Lions.
Here is a look back at the series history between Penn State and Purdue, with another chapter set to be written in the 2022 season opener on Thursday, September 1.
November 3, 1951: Purdue 28, Penn State 0
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September 27, 1952: Penn State 20, Purdue 20 (tie)
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – OCTOBER 11: Joe Tiller head coach of the Purdue Boilermakers argues with a referee during Purdue’s 28-14 victory over Penn State on October 11, 2003 at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
October 14, 1995: No. 20 Penn State 26, Purdue 23
October 12, 1996: No. 10 Penn State 31, Purdue 14
November 15, 1997: No. 6 Penn State 42, No. 19 Purdue 17
October 17, 1998: No. 12 Penn State 31, Purdue 13
17 Oct 1998: Quarterback Kevin Thompson #16 of the Pennsylvania State Nittany Lions in action during the game against the Purdue Boilermakers at the Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. The Nittany Lions defeated the Boilermakers 31-13. Mandatory Credit: Rick Stewart /Allsport
October 23, 1999: No. 2 Penn State 31, No. 16 Purdue 25
23 Oct 1999: Lavar Arrington #11 of the Penn State Nittany Lions moves up the field during the game against the Purdue Boilermakers at the Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Nittany Lions defeated the Boilermakers 31-25. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel /Allsport
September 30, 2000: Penn…