Purdue at Northwestern 2015

Drive chart

Purdue Northwestern bar spans the drive · tick marks the start

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7 pl · 75 yd · 2:47

0–7

1 pl · 68 yd · 0:18

7–7

PUNT

6 pl · 13 yd · 2:28

7–7

PUNT

9 pl · 48 yd · 3:29

7–7

PUNT

3 pl · 4 yd · 1:27

7–7

PUNT

6 pl · 15 yd · 2:56

7–7

PUNT

6 pl · 37 yd · 3:27

7–7

INT

8 pl · 24 yd · 2:55

7–7

6 pl · 41 yd · 2:33

7–14

PUNT

7 pl · 14 yd · 1:36

7–14

FUMBLE

1 pl · 8 yd · 0:08

7–14

ON DOWNS

6 pl · 15 yd · 2:29

7–14

PUNT

3 pl · 9 yd · 1:42

7–14

ON DOWNS

10 pl · 36 yd · 1:39

7–14

7 pl · 71 yd · 2:57

14–14

ON DOWNS

8 pl · 46 yd · 2:59

14–14

MISSED FG

10 pl · 45 yd · 3:42

14–14

INT

4 pl · 15 yd · 1:10

14–14

PUNT

3 pl · 0 yd · 1:32

14–14

INT

6 pl · 54 yd · 2:49

14–14

PUNT

3 pl · 7 yd · 2:04

14–14

PUNT

3 pl · 10 yd · 1:04

14–14

PUNT

3 pl · 5 yd · 1:44

14–14

12 pl · 58 yd · 5:22

14–21

PUNT

3 pl · 2 yd · 0:58

14–21

END OF GAME

7 pl · 23 yd · 3:39

14–21

26 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

3	takeaways	1
3	three-and-outs forced	4
3 of 13	scoring drives allowed	2 of 13

No individual defensive box score for this game — CollegeFootballData carries tackles from 2016 on, and nothing but interceptions before that. The team numbers above come from the play and drive rows, which reach back to 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Special teams

0 of 1	field goals	—
7	punts	5
30.7	punt average	42.8
0	punts inside the 20	0
58	return yards	37
own 23	average drive start	own 28

Purdue

K	Paul Griggs	0/1 FG · 2/2 XP
P	Joe Schopper	7 punts · 30.7 avg
KR	Frankie Williams	2 ret · 46 yds · long 30
KR	Jonathan Curry	1 ret · 9 yds · long 9
PR	Frankie Williams	2 ret · 3 yds · long 3

Northwestern

K	Jack Mitchell	3/3 XP
P	Hunter Niswander	5 punts · 42.8 avg
KR	Solomon Vault	1 ret · 37 yds · long 37

K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.

Series recent meetings

2025	Purdue 0 – 19 Northwestern
2024	Northwestern 26 – 20 Purdue
2023	Purdue 15 – 23 Northwestern
2022	Northwestern 9 – 17 Purdue
2021	Purdue 32 – 14 Northwestern
2020	Northwestern 27 – 20 Purdue
2019	Purdue 24 – 22 Northwestern
2018	Northwestern 31 – 27 Purdue

Last 8 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.