Gold and Black Radio: Purdue-Oregon State preview
Host Derek Schultz checks in with the GoldandBlack.com staff of Tom Dienhart, Alan Karpick and Brian Neubert for a comprehensive look ahead to Purdue’s Saturday’s matchup with Oregon State and the state of Boilermaker football following the 59-point loss to Notre Dame.
More Purdue-Oregon State numbers
117 of 134
Purdue now ranks 117th of 134 FBS teams in opponent points per game despite giving up zero points in its first game. It is second among Power Four teams, though—Texas Tech has given up 36.3 points per game across its first three bouts.
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Top-five ranked teams that Oregon State beat or tied in the 1967 season. Unfortunately for Purdue, the No. 2-ranked Boilermaekrs were one of them as coach Dee Adnros’ Beavers shocked the Gold and Black on its homecoming 22-14. OSU also beat eventual national champ USC 3-0 (shutting out O.J. Simpson no less) and tied No. 2 UCLA 16-16 and its Heisman Trophy quarterback Gary Beban.
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Purdue opened as 5.5-point road underdogs. The Boilers have been underdogs by three to seven points 25 times since 1998, and are actually moderately successful in those spots, winning eight of those games (32%). They’ve won three games while being road dogs between three and seven points – 2022 against Illinois and Maryland, and 2017 against Iowa.
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Purdue’s second-half lead the last time the Boilermakers played in the state of Oregon. The Ducks rallied for a hard-fought 38-36 win as costly turnovers doomed Purdue in coach Danny Hope’s second game as the Boilermakers’ head man.
10/3/70
Date of Purdue’s most recent victory on the team’s home field in a state bordering the Pacific Ocean. On that date, the upstart Boilermakers defeat No. 3 Stanford and eventual Heisman Trophy winner Jim Plunkett 26-14. Of course, the Boilermakers won the Foster Farms Bowl in a win over Arizona in dramatic fashion on Dec. 27, 2017.
