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Ball State vs Purdue Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEBall State0 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD0–9WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOPurdue9 recorded wins
9Recorded meetings
1985Earliest documented
2025Most 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.

9 games
  1. 1985
    Ball State18 — 37Purdue
    Sep 21, 1985Purdue won
  2. 1986
    Ball State3 — 20Purdue
    Sep 13, 1986Purdue won
  3. 1994
    Ball State21 — 49Purdue
    Sep 17, 1994Purdue won
  4. 1995
    Ball State13 — 35Purdue
    Sep 30, 1995Purdue won
  5. 1997
    Ball State14 — 28Purdue
    Sep 20, 1997Purdue won
  6. 2004
    Ball State7 — 59Purdue
    Sep 11, 2004Purdue wonRoss-Ade Stadium
  7. 2006
    Ball State28 — 38Purdue
    Sep 16, 2006Purdue wonRoss-Ade Stadium
  8. 2010
    Ball State13 — 24Purdue
    Sep 18, 2010Purdue wonRoss-Ade Stadium
  9. 2025
    Ball State0 — 31Purdue
    Aug 30, 2025Purdue wonRoss-Ade Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2025Ball State vs Purdue0–31Purdue won
2010Ball State vs Purdue13–24Purdue won
2006Ball State vs Purdue28–38Purdue won
2004Ball State vs Purdue7–59Purdue won
1997Ball State vs Purdue14–28Purdue won
1995Ball State vs Purdue13–35Purdue won
1994Ball State vs Purdue21–49Purdue won
1986Ball State vs Purdue3–20Purdue won
1985Ball State vs Purdue18–37Purdue 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.