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After a week where the Purdue Boilermakers came close to upsetting one of their arch nemesis Notre Dame, and the Wisconsin Badgers lost on a botched referee call, you figured their Week 4 matchup would bring some excitement. Well, Badger fans wound up excited, while Boilermaker fans were left wondering what happened to the team they watched against Notre Dame [...]
The Wisconsin Badgers will play host to the Purdue Boilermakers in the only Big Ten matchup of the weekend. The Boilermakers and coach Darrell Hazell are coming of a hard-fought home loss to Notre Dame last weekend. Coach Hazel had his team in the game, but fell seven points short to the Fighting Irish and [...]
They had an interesting graphic during the Purdue Boilermaker-Notre Dame Fighting Irish game on Saturday night — it seems that Purdue likes to save the wins over Notre Dame for when it counts. They have upset the Irish on several occasions when the Irish were ranked and they were not. Saturday night was almost another [...]
Saturday was the 85th meeting between the Purdue Boilermakers and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. With the Shillelagh Trophy up for grabs, as well as bragging rights, the Boilermakers played their best game of the season, but came up short, 31-24. Just like last season, these two teams played a close game that came down to the fourth [...]
The Shillelgah club is the trophy awarded to the victor in the Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Purdue Boilermakers rivalry matchup. This trophy originated in Ireland, and the club was first presented to the Fighting Irish when they won the 1957 game 12-0. Notre Dame leads the trophy series with 37 victories to Purdue’s 19. [...]
It’s Week 3 of the college football season and we have one of the oldest rivalry games on the docket between the Purdue Boilermakers and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. This will be the 85th meeting between the two squads and unless Purdue completes some magical transformation this week, it looks like the Irish will add to their winning series [...]
Purdue University has often had an adequate football program, muddled in the middle of an improving Big 10 conference and losing recruits to improving programs. While rivals Indiana University is grooming itself to possibly begin playing in bowls, it appears Purdue has regressed once again, as all the reasons for optimism were swiftly crushed by Cincinnati today, the final score being 42-7. [...]
There are a ton of uncertainties for Purdue heading into the 2013 season. They have a new coach in Darrell Hazell, who has never coached in the Big Ten before, by far the most difficult schedule the first half of the season and up until today, a question mark at the quarterback position. But with the naming of [...]
