2021 Purdue Boilermakers Football Schedule, Results & ATS Record

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The 2021 Purdue Boilermakers went 9-4 (6-3 in the Big Ten), finishing No. 25 in the AP poll. They scored 29.1 and allowed 22.4 points per game. Against the closing spread they went 8-5-0; games went 5-8-0 on the total. SP+ rated them No. 35 nationally.

Team details

Conference: Big Ten
Record: 9-4
Conference record: 6-3
AP rank: No. 25
Against the spread: 8-5-0
Over/under: 5-8-0
SP+ rank: No. 35

2021 schedule and results

Wk	Opponent	Date	Result	Score	Spread	ATS	O/U
1	Oregon State	2021-09-04	W	30-21	-7	W	U 68
2	at UConn	2021-09-11	W	49-0	-35	W	U 57
3	at Notre Dame	2021-09-18	L	13-27	+7.5	L	U 58.5
4	Illinois	2021-09-25	W	13-9	-10.5	L	U 53
5	Minnesota	2021-10-02	L	13-20	-2.5	L	U 46
7	at Iowa	2021-10-16	W	24-7	+11	W	U 42.5
8	Wisconsin	2021-10-23	L	13-30	+3.5	L	O 41
9	at Nebraska	2021-10-30	W	28-23	+7.5	W	U 54
10	Michigan State	2021-11-06	W	40-29	+2.5	W	O 53.5
11	at Ohio State	2021-11-13	L	31-59	+19	L	O 65
12	vs Northwestern	2021-11-20	W	32-14	-11	W	U 47.5
13	Indiana	2021-11-27	W	44-7	-17	W	O 50.5
Bowl	Tennessee	2021-12-30	W	48-45	+7.5	W	O 66.5

Passing leaders

Player	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	INT
Aidan O'Connell	12	315	440	3712	28	11
Jack Plummer	7	87	127	864	7	0
Jack Albers	1	0	1	0	0	1

Rushing leaders

Player	G	Att	Yds	TD
King Doerue	12	135	533	2
Alexander Horvath	8	91	320	3
Dylan Downing	11	44	178	1
Austin Burton	7	13	38	0
Ja'Quez Cross	3	13	27	0

Receiving leaders

Player	G	Rec	Yds	TD
David Bell	11	93	1286	6
Milton Wright	11	57	732	7
Jackson Anthrop	13	53	570	5
Payne Durham	10	45	467	6
Broc Thompson	12	30	457	4

Defensive leaders

Player	G	Tackles	TFL	Sacks	INT	PD
Jaylan Alexander	13	113	7.5	1		5
Marvin Grant	13	76	2.5	0		3
Kieren Douglas	13	67	3	0	1	1
Cam Allen	13	65	1.5	0	4	3
Jalen Graham	13	64	4	1	2	7

2021 Purdue players who reached the NFL

Player	Pos	NFL team	Drafted	College seasons
Aidan O'Connell	QB	LV	2023 R4 #135	2019–2022
Deion Burks	WR	IND	2026 R7 #254	2021–2023
George Karlaftis	DE	KC	2022 R1 #30	2019–2021
Jalen Graham	LB	SF	2023 R7 #255	2019–2022
Payne Durham	TE	TB	2023 R5 #171	2019–2022
Cory Trice Jr.	CB	PIT	2023 R7 #241	2019–2022
David Bell	WR	CLE	2022 R3 #99	2019–2021
Sanoussi Kane	SAF	TEN	2024 R7 #250	2020–2023
Zander Horvath	RB	LAC	2022 R7 #260	2018–2021
DaMarcus Mitchell	DE	NE	2022 UDFA	2020–2021

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