#16 Ohio State @ Purdue
Final
October 14, 1978 12:00 PM
#16 Ohio State
Buckeyes
2-1 / 1-0
16
27
Purdue
Boilermakers
3-1 / 1-0
1978 Season

Ross-Ade Stadium
West Lafayette, IN
Capacity: 57,236
Attendance: 0

Series Stats

Ohio State
Purdue
Tie
19
8
2
29th
meeting
More Games

Last Meeting

46-0 Ohio State
Ohio State Stadium
Oct 08, 1977
Ohio State

Head Coach
 Woody Hayes
Schedule
vs Penn State L 19-0 9/16/1978
@ Minnesota W 10-27 9/23/1978
vs Baylor W 28-34 9/30/1978
vs Southern Methodist W 35-35 10/7/1978
@ Purdue L 27-16 10/14/1978
vs Iowa W 7-31 10/21/1978
vs Northwestern W 20-63 10/28/1978
@ Wisconsin W 14-49 11/4/1978
vs Illinois W 7-45 11/11/1978
@ Indiana W 18-21 11/18/1978
vs Michigan L 14-3 11/25/1978
@ Clemson L 17-15 12/29/1978
Ohio State 1978 schedule
Ohio State
has outscored their opponents
96 to 92
this season
Woody Hayes's record
at Ohio State
200 - 58 - 10
vs Purdue
10 - 3 - 1
Longest Winning Streak
Ohio State
7 game(s)
from 1989
to 1999
Purdue
2 game(s)
from 1947
to 1952
Stats
Purdue

Head Coach
 Jim Young
Schedule
vs Michigan State W 14-21 9/16/1978
vs Ohio W 0-24 9/23/1978
@ Notre Dame L 10-6 9/30/1978
vs Wake Forest W 7-14 10/7/1978
vs Ohio State W 16-27 10/14/1978
@ Illinois W 0-13 10/21/1978
@ Iowa W 7-34 10/28/1978
vs Northwestern W 0-31 11/4/1978
@ Wisconsin W 24-24 11/11/1978
@ Michigan L 24-6 11/18/1978
vs Indiana W 7-20 11/25/1978
vs Georgia Tech W 21-41 12/25/1978
Purdue 1978 schedule
Purdue
has outscored their opponents
65 to 31
this season
Jim Young's record
at Purdue
8 - 7 - 0
vs Ohio State
0 - 1 - 0
Latest Winning Streak
Ohio State
2 game(s)
from 2021
to 2023
Purdue
1 game(s)
from 2018
to 2018
Notes