Purdue·Big Ten

2018 — The Correction

2018 is a losing-side chapter for Purdue. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.

Record 6-7
Final result Losing season Lost the Music City Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +0.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L vs Northw 27-31 L vs East Mic 19-20 L vs Missouri 37-40 W vs Bost Col 30-13 W @ Nebraska 42-28 W @ Illinois 46-7 W vs Ohio St 49-20 L @ Mich St 13-23 W vs Iowa 38-36 L @ Minnes 10-41 L vs Wiscon 44-47 W @ Indiana 28-21 L @ Auburn 14-63 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Purdue 46, Illinois 7. A 39-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Purdue 14, Auburn 63. A 49-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Purdue fell to Auburn 14-63 in the postseason.

"Boiler Up"
— Purdue fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 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.