The 2021 season's largest margin: Purdue 49, UConn 0. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Winning Chapter
Purdue's 2021 season (8-4) 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
- Aidan O'ConnellQB3,712 passing yards
- Jack PlummerQB864 passing yards
- King DoerueRB533 rushing yards
- Alexander HorvathRB320 rushing yards
- David BellWR1,286 receiving yards
- Milton WrightWR732 receiving yards
- Jackson AnthropWR570 receiving yards
- Jaylan AlexanderLB113 tackles
- Marvin GrantS76 tackles
- Kieren DouglasLB67 tackles
- Kydran JenkinsEDGE5 sacks
- George KarlaftisDE4.5 sacks
- DaMarcus MitchellLB4.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Purdue 31, Ohio State 59. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Purdue beat Tennessee 48-45 in the postseason.
"Boiler Up"
2021 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.