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Purdue vs Wake Forest Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Purdue and Wake Forest.

PROGRAM ONEPurdue4 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD4–2WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOWake Forest2 recorded wins
6Recorded meetings
1968Earliest documented
2026Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

6 games
  1. 1968
    Purdue28 — 27Wake Forest
    Oct 19, 1968Purdue won
  2. 1977
    Purdue26 — 17Wake Forest
    Oct 1, 1977Purdue won
  3. 1978
    Purdue14 — 7Wake Forest
    Oct 7, 1978Purdue won
  4. 2002
    Purdue21 — 24Wake Forest
    Sep 21, 2002Wake Forest wonRoss-Ade Stadium
  5. 2003
    Purdue16 — 10Wake Forest
    Sep 13, 2003Purdue won
  6. 2026
    Purdue36 — 38Wake Forest
    Sep 12, 2026Wake Forest wonRoss-Ade Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2026Purdue vs Wake Forest36–38Wake Forest won
2003Purdue vs Wake Forest16–10Purdue won
2002Purdue vs Wake Forest21–24Wake Forest won
1978Purdue vs Wake Forest14–7Purdue won
1977Purdue vs Wake Forest26–17Purdue won
1968Purdue vs Wake Forest28–27Purdue won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.