Regular season ·
Northwestern beat Purdue
Records are after this game.
Northwestern beat Purdue by 6 points in overtime.
How the game turned
OT1 Northwestern 26, Purdue 20
Northwestern 100% to win
Lausch 22-yd TD pass to Himon, Northwestern wins it 26-20
Big moments
- 1Q1 7:21 · Northwestern 3, Purdue 0Akers 39-yd field goal, Northwestern goes ahead 3-0
- 2Q1 0:38 · Northwestern 10, Purdue 3Northwestern's win chance rose from 46% to 59%.Himon 51-yd TD run, Northwestern goes ahead 10-3
- 3Q2 2:23 · Northwestern 17, Purdue 3Northwestern's win chance rose from 61% to 87%.Porter 1-yd TD run, Northwestern leads 17-3
- 4Q4 5:16 · Northwestern 20, Purdue 20Northwestern's win chance fell from 57% to 33%.Mockobee 1-yd TD run, ties it 20-20
- 5OT1 · Northwestern 26, Purdue 20Northwestern's win chance rose from 32% to 100%.Lausch 22-yd TD pass to Himon, Northwestern wins it 26-20
Northwestern's lowest chance to win was 28 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
The biggest swing
In overtime, Northwestern's chance to win went from 32 percent to 99 percent when Northwestern scored a touchdown.
The score went from Northwestern 20, Purdue 20 to Northwestern 26, Purdue 20.
The play: Lausch 22-yd TD pass to Himon, Northwestern wins it 26-20.
What happened next
Purdue's next game: L 0-45 at Ohio State, Nov 9
7 days laterNorthwestern's next game: L 7-31 vs Ohio State, Nov 16
14 days laterThe teams' next meeting after Nov 2, 2024: Northwestern 19, Purdue 0, Oct 18, 2025
about 11 months later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.