Notre Dame 49-10 Purdue (Sep 26, 2026) Final Score

Team pages: Notre Dame · Purdue

No. 3 Notre Dame4-049

Purdue1-310Final

Sat, Sep 26 · Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Ind. · Crowd 52,273

No. 3 Notre Dame routed Purdue 49-10.

We had Notre Dame favored. It won.

Next: Notre Dame beat North Carolina 37-26, Sat Oct 3

Next: Purdue beat Illinois 24-17, Sat Oct 3

Top comment in the game thread

Was interested to see how Purdue's pretty decent offense this year would match up against ND. Unfortunately for my boys ND is starting to make a case for having the best defense…

Q2 5:37 · r/CFB game thread · Sat, Sep 26

How it swung

Before kickoff, our ratings gave Notre Dame a 95% chance, and the closing betting line (Notre Dame was a 27.5-point favorite) put it at 99%.

FinalNotre Dame 49-10 PurdueNotre Dame wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.

No single play moved the chance by 20 points.

What fans said, play by play

The line in bold above each quote is written by our model from the thread’s comments and the play-by-play.

Q1 5:51Purdue attempts an obvious fake punt on fourth down but fails to convertMost obvious fake punt of all timer/CFB game threadDamn they tried to get us!! We’re the fake punt specialists Purdue!r/CFB game thread
Q2 14:56A player punched the bench after scoring a touchdown.Lolololol dude punched the benchr/CFB game thread
Q2 10:18Fans criticize Freeman's decision to go for it on fourth downFreeman’s a madmanr/CFB game thread
Q2 5:37Bowen scoops fumble for touchdown as ND defense dominates PurdueQuoted at the top of the page.Notre Dame’s defense has given up 23 points and scored 21 points this season.r/CFB game thread

Notre Dame’s chance to win after every play.

How to read this chart

Starts from the pregame line (Notre Dame -27.5), at 96% for Notre Dame (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Under the scores, r/CFB comments per minute from fans with a Purdue or Notre Dame flair (235 and 728); both sides share one scale, regulation only. A gold diamond marks a play fans were reacting to.

Watch the plays

The bar and the arrow show Notre Dame’s chance to win after each play; the logo is the team the play helped.

Every drive

Notre Dame scored on 6 of its 11 drives; Purdue on 2 of its 12.

Notre Dame’s drives are teal, Purdue’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.

“Notre Dame’s defense has given up 23 points and scored 21 points this season.”

A Notre Dame fan

When fans got loud

Busy

The biggest reaction came in the second quarter.

Jump to the loudest stretch

The jump was busy; the crowd was steady.

Two crowds, one game

The words each side’s fans used far more than the other side, from the game thread.

Purdue fans

kane“Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. Unless Kane and Odom have been playing the long con game to surprise ND.”

Both sets of fans kept coming back to: back, getting, punt.

What it cost

Notre Dame’s chance to make the playoff rose from 62% to 66%.

Make the playoff

Notre Dame · won62% → ▲66%

Purdue · lost0% → 0%

Win the title

Notre Dame · won10% → ▲11%

Purdue · lost0% → 0%

Before the game (September 25, 2026) → after this result, in our model.

Box score

Notre Dame 49, Purdue 10

Notre Dame covered −27.5 by 11.5. The total, 59, went over 57.5.

Team totals	Notre Dame	Purdue
Total yards	444	218
Passing	16 of 26, 267 yds	25 of 37, 178 yds
Rushing	32 for 177 yds	31 for 40 yds
First downs	19	16
Third down	3 of 8	8 of 18
Fourth down	1 of 1	0 of 2
Turnovers	1	1
Penalties	1 for 15 yds	6 for 46 yds
Time of possession	24:44	35:16

Notre Dame leaders

Passing C.J. Carr 14 of 22, 237 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Aneyas Williams 14 for 80 yds, 1 TD; Jonaz Walton 7 for 61 yds
Receiving Micah Gilbert 2 for 83 yds, 1 TD; Jordan Faison 4 for 66 yds

Purdue leaders

Passing Ryan Browne 18 of 28, 111 yds
Rushing Fame Ijeboi 12 for 41 yds; Antonio Harris 3 for 16 yds
Receiving Tra'Mar Harris 3 for 36 yds; Asaad Waseem 4 for 34 yds

No rain and calm

70° at kickoff · no rain recorded · wind 5 mph from the east-northeast, gusts to 18

September game-day temperatures at Ross-Ade Stadium

Drag along the chart, or step through the game.

First quarter, 14:52 left2:08 p.m.

Notre Dame 0, Purdue 0 · Purdue 4% to win

no rain · wind 6 mph from the east, gusts to 13 · 70°

Browne sacked for a 9-yd loss

Where this weather comes from

Measured at Lafayette airport, 1.6 miles away. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before kickoff

Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.

Recent games

Last three games

Notre Dame · 3-0

Rated 1st in our preseason ratings, 3rd now.

Three straight wins — but still hunting a ranked opponent.

W 27-10 vs Michigan State #132 of 668

won by 17 as a 28.5-point favorite

W 52-0 vs Rice #147 of 668

won by 52 as a 44.5-point favorite

W 41-13 vs Wisconsin #77 of 668

won by 28 as a 21-point favorite

Last three games

Purdue · 1-2

Rated 119th in our preseason ratings, 123rd now.

1-2 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.

L 38-52 @ UCLATop 25 #48 of 668

lost by 14 as a 13.5-point underdog

L 36-38 vs Wake ForestTop 25 #80 of 668

lost by 2 as a 2.5-point underdog

W 44-19 vs Indiana State #226 of 668

won by 25 as a 35.5-point favorite

Week by week

Purdue

Wk 1Wvs Indiana State44-19
Wk 2Lvs Wake Forest36-38
Wk 3Lat UCLA38-52

Notre Dame

Wk 1Wvs Wisconsin41-13
Wk 2Wvs Rice52-0
Wk 3Wvs Michigan State27-10

Power rating by week

Notre Dame is rated 18.2 points ahead as of week 3. Our power rating by week; higher is better.

Matchups

Biggest mismatch: Notre Dame’s passing EPA against Purdue, 89 points

Each row ranks the two sides among all teams. The longer the line, the bigger the mismatch.

Notre Dame’s EPA/play against Purdue’s defense
Notre Dame offense, 96th percentile · Purdue defense, 9th
Notre Dame’s passing EPA against Purdue’s defense
Notre Dame offense, 91st percentile · Purdue defense, 2nd
Notre Dame’s explosive plays against Purdue’s defense
Notre Dame offense, 25th percentile · Purdue defense, 1st

Season profile, all the rows

Season profile

Notre DamePurdue

EPA/play, offense

EPA/play, defense

Success rate, offense

Success rate, defense

Explosive-play rate, offense

Explosive-play rate, defense

Rush EPA, offense

Rush EPA, defense

Pass EPA, offense

Pass EPA, defense

The series

Notre Dame leads the series 61-26-2

89 meetings since 1896 · Notre Dame has won the last 10

2025Notre Dame 56-30
2024Notre Dame 66-7
2021Notre Dame 27-13
2014 · neutral siteNotre Dame 30-14
2013Notre Dame 31-24

Each line is Purdue’s chance to win through that meeting. Older meetings have no play by play, so no line.

Line, fans and home field

The betting line, and the fans

Purdue fans are in a better mood than Notre Dame fans (76th vs 60th among FBS fanbases), even with Notre Dame favored.

Notre Dame favored by 27.5 · Total 57.5

How games like this usually go

Notre Dame by 27.5, and it went to form

Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game

The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.

The market

The total rose 1 point.

The books’ cut: 3.4%, the margin built into the odds

Weather at kickoff

Mild and dry. Feels like 72° at kickoff.

Notre Dame at Purdue · Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026 · Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette

72°feels like at kickoff
Dryno rain at kickoff
98weather score, Comfortable

At kickoff, Sept. 26, 2026.

Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.

Kickoff times that Saturday

Games in this time zone used 8 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game is ringed. At Ross-Ade Stadium that day, a noon, 5 pm, 6 pm or 7 pm kickoff would have scored 100, against 98 at 2 pm.

noon: 100, Ideal
12:45 pm: 99, Comfortable
2 pm: 98, Comfortable (this game)
3:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
4 pm: 98, Comfortable
5 pm: 100, Ideal
6 pm: 100, Ideal
7 pm: 100, Ideal

Weather score at each kickoff time.

Tap a dot to read that kickoff time.

At kickoff, Sept. 26, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.

Home field

Purdue is worth +1.5 points (±4.3) more at home than on the road since 2018 — bottom tenth of FBS, 9th percentile.

37% at home, 34% on the road against FBS opponents (19-32 home, 14-27 away).

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -1.6 at home vs. away over 96 games — inside the ±6.5 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.

The visitors travel about 94 miles to get here.

Last meeting in our History pages

Notre Dame 66, Purdue 7Sep 14, 2024

No. 3 Notre Dame routs Purdue 49-10