The 2020 season's largest margin: Purdue 31, Illinois 24. A 7-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2020 — The 2020 Season
Purdue's 2020 season (2-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Jack PlummerQB938 passing yards
- Aidan O'ConnellQB916 passing yards
- Alexander HorvathRB442 rushing yards
- David BellWR625 receiving yards
- Milton WrightWR284 receiving yards
- Rondale MooreWR270 receiving yards
- Derrick BarnesLB54 tackles
- Jaylan AlexanderLB49 tackles
- DaMarcus MitchellLB34 tackles
- George KarlaftisDE2 sacks
Season leaders, 2020.
The season's deepest loss: Purdue 27, Nebraska 37. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Boiler Up"
2020 is a middle chapter for Purdue — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.