The 2023 season's largest margin: Purdue 44, Illinois 19. A 25-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Correction
2023 is a losing-side chapter for Purdue. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Hudson CardQB2,387 passing yards
- Devin MockobeeRB807 rushing yards
- Tyrone Tracy Jr.RB716 rushing yards
- Dylan DowningRB211 rushing yards
- Deion BurksWR629 receiving yards
- TJ SheffieldWR381 receiving yards
- Abdur-Rahmaan YaseenWR329 receiving yards
- Dillon ThienemanDB106 tackles
- Sanoussi KaneDB79 tackles
- Kydran JenkinsEDGE56 tackles
- Nic CarawayDL8.5 sacks
- O.C. BrothersLB3 sacks
- Yanni KarlaftisLB2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Purdue 7, Ohio State 41. A 34-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Boiler Up"
2023 sits in Purdue's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.