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FINAL Saturday, September 12, 2026

Wake Forest Demon DeaconsWake Forest vs Purdue BoilermakersPurdue

38 - 36
Ross-Ade Stadium

Scoring by quarter

Wake Forest vs Purdue scoreboard
Team Q1Q2Q3Q4OT Final
Wake Forest 7103315 38
Purdue 7331013 36
Wake Forest vs Purdue scoring by quarter
Wake Forest Qtr Purdue
7Q17
10Q23
3Q33
3Q410
15OT13
38Final36

Play by play

Scoring plays: this game · Saved from the official gamebook.

Q1 10:43 Touchdown Purdue Fame Ijeboi No Huddle-Shotgun #2 F.Ijeboi rush right for 14 yards gain to the WFU00 TOUCHDOWN. 1ST DOWN #92 J.Echeverria Lozano kick attempt good (H: #42 D.Drennan, LS: #46 L.Raab) 0-7
Q1 4:58 Touchdown Wake Forest Shotgun #4 T.Clark rush left for 4 yards gain to the PUR00 TOUCHDOWN. #90 C.Calvert kick attempt good (H: #6 S.Pizzella, LS: #49 E.Gilmour) 7-7
Q2 11:49 Field goal Wake Forest Connor Calvert 39 Yd Field Goal 10-7
Q2 3:55 Touchdown Wake Forest Gio Lopez 1 Yd Run (Connor Calvert Kick) 17-7
Q2 0:02 Field goal Purdue Jacobo Echeverria Lozano Jacobo Echeverria Lozano 22 Yd Field Goal 17-10
Q3 9:31 Field goal Wake Forest Connor Calvert 22 Yd Field Goal 20-10
Q3 4:49 Field goal Purdue Jacobo Echeverria Lozano Jacobo Echeverria Lozano 30 Yd Field Goal 20-13
Q4 9:13 Field goal Wake Forest Connor Calvert 44 Yd Field Goal 23-13
Q4 3:53 Touchdown Purdue Fame Ijeboi Fame Ijeboi 7 Yd Run (Jacobo Echeverria Lozano Kick) 23-20
Q4 0:00 Field goal Purdue Jacobo Echeverria Lozano Jacobo Echeverria Lozano 20 Yd Field Goal 23-23
OT 0:00 Touchdown Wake Forest Bryce Kania 24 Yd pass from Gio Lopez (Connor Calvert Kick) 30-23
OT 0:00 Touchdown Purdue De'Nylon Morrissette De'Nylon Morrissette 9 Yd pass from Ryan Browne (Jacobo Echeverria Lozano Kick) 30-30
OT 0:00 Touchdown Purdue Fame Ijeboi Fame Ijeboi 3 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) 30-36
OT 0:00 Touchdown Wake Forest Gio Lopez 3 Yd Run (Gio Lopez Run for Two-Point Conversion) 38-36

Rivalry highlights

Series record
2-4
Wake Forest first, 6 meetings since 1968
Series leader
Purdue
Purdue lead 2-4 in 6 meetings since 1968
Widest recent margin
9 points
Wake Forest 17-26 Purdue, 1977
Tightest recent margin
1 point
Wake Forest 27-28 Purdue, 1968
Highest recent total
74 points
Wake Forest 38-36 Purdue, 2026

Head to head

Full rivalry page
Wake Forest 2 6 meetings since 1968 4 Purdue

Purdue lead 2-4 in 6 meetings since 1968 Series leader: Purdue.

Team stats, this game

Wake ForestPurdue
411Total yards455
225Passing yards329
186Rushing yards126
0Turnovers0
3Sacks2
25First downs29
50Penalty yards50

Key players by position

Starters by position
Wake Forest Pos Purdue
Gio Lopez QB Ryan Browne
Ty Clark III RB Fame Ijeboi
Carlos Hernandez WR Asaad Waseem
Kamrean Johnson TE George Burhenn
Langston Hardy DL Jeremy Lewis
Vincent Firenze LB Jojo Hayden
Davaughn Patterson DB John Slaughter

Each side's leader at the position this season, by real production. Full rosters live on each team hub.

Wake Forest vs Purdue player stats

Passing

Wake Forestpassing
Wake ForestC/ATTYDSTDINT
Giovanni Lopez16/2722510
Purduepassing
PurdueC/ATTYDSTDINT
Ryan Browne32/4232910

Rushing

Wake Forestrushing
Wake ForestCARYDSTDLONG
Giovanni Lopez1359223
Deuce Lawrence1245014
Drayden Dickmann144044
Ty Clark III123619
KD Daniels2302
Purduerushing
PurdueCARYDSTDLONG
Fame Ijeboi27114325
Chauncey Magwood118018
Jerrick Gibson2605
Travis Terrell Jr.3404
Ryan Browne6-1006

Receiving

Wake Forestreceiving
Wake ForestRECYDSTDLONG
Carlos Hernandez688025
Kameran Shanks339017
Bryce Kania238124
Antonio Meeks232019
Will Loerzel21609
Deuce Lawrence112012
Purduereceiving
PurdueRECYDSTDLONG
Chauncey Magwood577023
Asaad Waseem665017
Xavier Townsend658018
Fame Ijeboi642010
De'Nylon Morrissette226117
Luca Puccinelli118018
George Burhenn217014
Travis Terrell Jr.21609
Ar'mari Towns21007

Defense

Wake Forestdefense
Wake ForestTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Aiden Hall113020
Vincent Firenze115010
Davaughn Patterson10300.50
Braylon Johnson97000
Langston Hardy7311.50
Rushuan Tongue64000
Gabe Kirschke64110
Ashaad Williams54000
Zach Lohavichan41010
Travon West42000
Frank Cusano40000
Brian Blades31000
Purduedefense
PurdueTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Charles Correa122000
John Slaughter9500.50
Jojo Hayden9400.50
Donovan Saunders74000
Justin Denson7100.50
Smiley Bradford50000
Jeremy Lewis511.52.50
Curt Neal420.50.50
Jaden Mangham43000
Keyshawn Burgos42010
Breeon Ishmail30000
Anthony Speca20000

Kicking

Wake Forestkicking
Wake ForestFGLONGXPPTS
Connor Calvert3/3443/312
Purduekicking
PurdueFGLONGXPPTS
Jacobo Echeverria Lozano3/4303/312

Box score from CollegeFootballData via our data hub. Players link to their profiles.

Wake Forest: last 15 games before this one

10-5 in the last 15 · 28.0 scored · 21.7 allowed
LOST 17-23 scored 17 · allowed 23 See game WON 10-9 scored 10 · allowed 9 See game WON 42-10 scored 42 · allowed 10 See game LOST 24-34 scored 24 · allowed 34 See game LOST 29-30 scored 29 · allowed 30 See game WON 30-23 scored 30 · allowed 23 See game WON 39-14 scored 39 · allowed 14 See game WON 13-12 scored 13 · allowed 12 See game LOST 7-42 scored 7 · allowed 42 See game WON 16-9 scored 16 · allowed 9 See game WON 28-12 scored 28 · allowed 12 See game WON 52-14 scored 52 · allowed 14 See game LOST 32-49 scored 32 · allowed 49 See game WON 43-29 scored 43 · allowed 29 See game WON 38-16 scored 38 · allowed 16 See game

Purdue: last 15 games before this one

3-12 in the last 15 · 19.1 scored · 32.7 allowed
LOST 17-24 scored 17 · allowed 24 See game LOST 0-66 scored 0 · allowed 66 See game WON 31-0 scored 31 · allowed 0 See game WON 34-17 scored 34 · allowed 17 See game LOST 17-33 scored 17 · allowed 33 See game LOST 30-56 scored 30 · allowed 56 See game LOST 27-43 scored 27 · allowed 43 See game LOST 20-27 scored 20 · allowed 27 See game LOST 0-19 scored 0 · allowed 19 See game LOST 24-27 scored 24 · allowed 27 See game LOST 16-21 scored 16 · allowed 21 See game LOST 10-34 scored 10 · allowed 34 See game LOST 13-49 scored 13 · allowed 49 See game LOST 3-56 scored 3 · allowed 56 See game WON 44-19 scored 44 · allowed 19 See game

The matchup

Team comparison
Wake Forest Split Purdue
1-02026 record entering1-0
38Points for44
16Points against19
W1FormW1

Recent meetings

2026
Wake Forest 38 : 36 Purdue
2003
Purdue 16 : 10 Wake Forest
2002
Wake Forest 24 : 21 Purdue
1978
Wake Forest 7 : 14 Purdue
1977
Wake Forest 17 : 26 Purdue
1968
Wake Forest 27 : 28 Purdue
Wake Forest · QB Giovanni Lopez
Pass yards
1377
Pass TD
10
Comp-Att
98-151
INT
1
III rush
258 yds
Hernandez rec
603 yds
Purdue · QB Ryan Browne
Pass yards
1390
Pass TD
8
Comp-Att
110-156
INT
1
Ijeboi rush
354 yds
Waseem rec
453 yds
Wake Forest Demon DeaconsWake Forest2026 roster
3 Gio Lopez QB 6 Steele Pizzella QB 13 Billy Johnson QB 15 Gannon Jones QB 17 Grant Lawless QB 1 KD Daniels RB 4 Ty Clark III RB 21 Kyndall Mccaleb RB 22 Deuce Lawrence RB 24 Sawyer Seidl RB 27 Ryan Henley RB 29 Jamar Searcy RB 41 Kalil Townes RB 5 Kam Shanks WR 7 Wondame Davis Jr. WR 8 Carlos Hernandez WR 9 Chase Tyler WR 10 Jack Foley WR 11 Ny Carr WR 14 Antonio Meeks WR 18 Drayden Dickmann WR 20 Elijah Otieno WR 23 Zeek Jackson WR 25 Eli Potts WR 28 Hugh O'Brien WR 38 Walker Bryson WR 80 Braxton Winston III WR 82 Devin Goldston WR 83 Kobe Adeleke-Hokes WR 88 Bryce Kania WR 12 Kamrean Johnson TE 48 Matthew Lusardi TE 81 Landon Morris TE 84 Dominick Barry TE 85 Will Loerzel TE 86 Max Tillfeldt Retsler TE 87 Charlie Wingfield TE 89 Brady Shust TE 50 Ja'Marion Kennedy OL 51 Devin McRae OL 52 Uber Ajongo OL 55 Tolu Olajide OL 56 Ethan Calloway OL 60 Will Saba OL 62 Jaishaun Offutt OL 64 Ryan Berger OL 65 Clinton Richard OL 67 Elliot Demaine OL 68 Luke Beemer OL 69 Dalton DeBoer OL 70 Will Way OL 72 Aidan Martin OL 73 George Steih OL 74 John Ohnegian OL 75 Derrell Johnson II OL 76 Fletcher Turk OL 77 Dylan Durbin OL 78 Jack Hines OL 79 Langston Hogg OL 9 Camden Hardy DL 10 Gabe Kirschke DL 11 Langston Hardy DL 14 Tyler Walton DL 18 D.J. Johnson DL 20 Kerrington Lee DL 48 Ryan Harrington DL 52 Dallas Afalava DL 55 Kadear Dembele DL 90 Sydir Mitchell DL 91 Lucas Smalls-Allen DL 92 Sefa Sackey DL 93 Cade Holles DL 94 Zach Lohavichan DL 95 Brandon Smiley DL 96 Cooper Long DL 97 Matt Herron DL 98 Christian Harris DL 99 Josiah Pratt DL 7 Buom Jock LB 12 Tylan McNichols LB 21 Aiden Hall LB 23 Vincent Firenze LB 32 Joel Lowenberg LB 40 Whittman Whaley LB 42 Isaac Nelson LB 43 Frank Cusano LB 44 Monroe Partin LB 46 Deuce Dyce LB 2 Deuce Blades II DB 3 Bernard Causey DB 4 Sascha Garcia DB 5 Davaughn Patterson DB 6 Rushaun Tongue DB 8 Braylon Johnson DB 13 Ashaad Williams DB 15 Devin Cook DB 17 Zamari Stevenson DB 22 Myles Turpin DB 24 Micah Bright DB 25 Joshua Patterson DB 26 Freddie Gillens DB 27 Travon West DB 28 AJ Marks DB 29 Jake Ryan DB 30 Jerron Blackwell DB 34 Micheal Ahoua DB 35 Koredell Bartley DB 36 Seth Carethers DB 37 Trey Warren III DB 38 Somad Eaddy DB 39 Mahamadou Siby DB 90 Connor Calvert PK 97 Caleb Carlson PK 45 Ethan Hyams P 96 Jack Ploszay P 49 Eli Gilmour LS
Purdue BoilermakersPurdue2026 roster
1 Evans Chuba QB 7 Garyt Odom QB 14 Corin Berry QB 15 Ryan Browne QB 18 Bennett Meredith QB 2 Fame Ijeboi RB 4 Jerrick Gibson RB 20 Travis Terrell Jr. RB 22 Antonio Harris RB 24 Izaiah Wright RB 31 Carter Holsworth RB 0 Jaylan Hornsby WR 3 Xavier Townsend WR 5 Chauncey Magwood WR 8 De'Nylon Morrissette WR 9 Jalil Hall WR 10 Jesse Watson WR 11 Tra'Mar Harris WR 12 Corey Smith WR 13 Ricky Sampson Jr. WR 17 Bisi Owens WR 19 Asaad Waseem WR 33 Quinn Rosenkranz WR 80 Brandon Kinsey WR 83 Andrew Adkison WR 84 Nolan Buckman WR 88 Jojo Johnson WR 6 Ar'mari Towns TE 16 Kylan Fox TE 41 Jon Grimmett TE 43 Jackson Berryman TE 81 George Burhenn TE 85 Luca Puccinelli TE 87 Cooper McCutchan TE 94 Luke Shorter TE 50 Boaz Stanley OL 51 Mason Vicari OL 52 Rocco Daly OL 54 Hayden Timosciek OL 55 Marc Nave Jr. OL 56 Marques Easley OL 57 Tom Ewing OL 58 James Williams Jr. OL 59 Micah Banuelos OL 65 Brock Brownfield OL 68 Nuku Mafi OL 70 Max Parrott OL 71 Terrell Berryhill Jr. OL 72 Jude McCoskey OL 73 Makai Saina OL 75 Rico Schrieber OL 76 Ethan Trent OL 77 Jatavius Shivers OL 78 Sankeerth Veluri OL 79 Joey Tanona OL 9 TJ Lindsey DL 40 Ian Jeffries DL 44 Kobe Cherry DL 90 Elijah St. John DL 92 Curt Neal DL 94 Rodney Lora DL 96 Jordan Cree DL 97 Wisdom Simms DL 98 Drake Carlson DL 99 Josiah Hope DL 8 CJ Madden DE 11 Keyshawn Burgos DE 18 Elo Modozie DE 19 Landon Brooks DE 23 Trey Smith DE 31 Finn Goodman DE 33 Jeremy Lewis DE 41 Mason Alnutt DE 45 Katrell Webb DE 58 Breeon Ishmail DE 84 Maximilian Carmicle DE 91 Aiden Solecki DE 93 Sam Goellner DE 0 Jojo Hayden LB 5 Charles Correa LB 16 Anthony Speca LB 20 Winston Berglund LB 25 Hudson Miller LB 27 Owen Davis LB 30 Parker Meese LB 42 Brayden Sweeney LB 47 Tre Moore LB 51 Jaxon Ott LB 1 Smiley Bradford DB 2 Jaden Mangham DB 3 Jett Goldsberry DB 4 Hudauri Hines DB 6 Mister Clark DB 7 Don Saunders DB 10 Ta'Vari Hampton DB 12 Ryan Turner DB 13 John Slaughter DB 14 Emoni Smith DB 15 Vi'Naz Cobb DB 17 Traveon Wright DB 21 Justin Denson DB 22 Maxwell Barbee DB 24 Raderrion Daniels DB 26 Dax Noles DB 28 Dana Greenhow DB 29 Dee Newsome DB 32 D'mon Marable DB 35 DJ Greene DB 36 Kaleb Richmond DB 38 Zyntreacs Otey DB 39 Isaiah Needam DB 47 Braden Brown DB 48 Donivan Taylor DB 26 Jack Weeter PK 45 Seth Turner PK 92 Jacobo Echeverria Lozano PK 42 Dylan Drennan P 95 Sam Dubwig P 46 Luke Raab LS 89 Luke Klare LS
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Matchup stats

Matchup predictor

57% WAKE
43% PUR

Win probability from the current point spread

Last five games

Wake ForestProvided by accfootball.co

DateOppResult
10-03 vsSTAN W 57-3
09-26 atLOU W 30-27
09-18 vsMIA L 20-33
09-12 atPUR W 38-36
09-03 vsAKR W 38-16

Purdue

DateOppResult
10-03 atILL W 24-17
09-26 vsND L 10-49
09-19 atUCLA L 38-52
09-12 vsWAKE L 36-38
09-04 vsINST W 44-19

Completed results from CollegeFootballData via the CFB Data Hub

2026 standings

ACCProvided by accfootball.co

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Miami 500 1.00024849
Pittsburgh 500 1.00019267
Duke 400 1.00014544
Virginia Tech 410 .80020699
Wake Forest 410 .800183115
SMU 410 .800173115
Virginia 320 .60016990
Florida State 320 .600166108
NC State 320 .600184128
Clemson 320 .60097129
Syracuse 220 .50013992
North Carolina 220 .5009678
Louisville 230 .400193146
California 230 .400135133
Boston College 230 .40095117
Stanford 230 .40087191
Georgia Tech 130 .250108104

Big Ten

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Indiana 500 1.00022154
Nebraska 500 1.00021871
UCLA 400 1.00017975
USC 510 .833224153
Ohio State 410 .80021163
Iowa 410 .80014563
Wisconsin 410 .80015883
Minnesota 410 .80016090
Oregon 310 .75019093
Northwestern 310 .75013267
Penn State 320 .60016080
Washington 320 .60013392
Michigan 320 .60011579
Illinois 230 .400153130
Maryland 230 .400152151
Purdue 230 .400152175
Michigan State 230 .40091116
Rutgers 140 .200150161

Records computed from completed games this season

Wake Forest vs Purdue: result and recap

Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs Purdue Boilermakers finished 38 - 36 on September 12, 2026. This Big Ten game page carries the final score, team box score, scoring by quarter and scoring plays, alongside the Wake Forest and Purdue team hubs, the match center, the schedule and the live standings. For the wider grudge history between these teams, see the Big Ten rivalry pages.

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Frequently asked questions

What was the final score of Wake Forest vs Purdue?

Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs Purdue Boilermakers finished 38 - 36. The full box score, player stats and play-by-play are on this page.

Who led Wake Forest vs Purdue in passing, rushing and receiving?

Ryan Browne (Purdue) led passers with 329 yards. Fame Ijeboi (Purdue) led rushers with 114 yards. Carlos Hernandez (Wake Forest) led receivers with 88 yards on 6 catches. Every player's line is in the player stats above.

When did Wake Forest play Purdue?

This Wake Forest vs Purdue game was played on September 12, 2026 at Ross-Ade Stadium.