Kickoff Time Announced for Purdue Football's Upcoming Game Against Northwestern
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The kickoff time for Purdue football's final home game of the season has been announced. The team will take on Northwestern on Saturday at noon ET inside Ross-Ade Stadium, and the matchup will be broadcast on FS1.
Closing out the home slate with a noon kickoff on FS1.
— Purdue Football (@BoilerFootball) November 13, 2022
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It will be the 87th meeting between the two programs dating back to 1895. The Boilermakers lead the all-time series with a 52-33-1 advantage, which includes a 32-14 win over the Wildcats last season on Nov. 20, 2021, at Wrigley Field.
The last time the two teams met in West Lafayette, it was Northwestern who escaped with a 27-20 victory in 2020. The first matchup featuring the two programs was a 24-6 win in favor of the Wildcats.
Northwestern will be coming off a 31-3 loss on the road against Minnesota, which dropped the team to 1-9 on the season and 1-6 in Big Ten play. The Wildcats were 3-of-12 on third down and gained 278 yards of total offense in the defeat.
Purdue captured a 31-24 upset victory on the road against Illinois to force a tie atop the Big Ten West standings. The team held star running back Chase Brown to just 98 yards rushing and accounted for 379 total yards against one of the top statistical defenses in the nation.
With two games left in the regular season, the race for the Big Ten West is wide open. Purdue, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota all boast a 4-3 record in the conference. The Hawkeyes defeated the Boilermakers 24-3 two weeks ago.
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D.J. Fezler is a staff writer for BoilermakersCountry.com. Hailing from The Region, he is from Cedar Lake in Northwest Indiana and has spent the last two years covering Purdue football and basketball.