Fri, Oct 16, 2026, 8:00 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Purdue · Conference game
Weather at kickoff51°F13 mphgusts 36DryWindy Over 48% of 274 games since 2023Weather watch ›
3-3 · Power #42
38
▲ winner
Final
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3-3 · Power #59
26
final
Closing spread
PUR -3
✓ WASH W
Total
50.5
▲ Over · 64 pts
Model before kickoff
WASH 26–28 PUR
✗ PUR (57%) lost
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenPUR -2.5
ClosePUR -3
Total51.5 → 50.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Game recap · 1:32

Washington at Purdue: game recap

Made automatically (Oct 19, 1:47 PM ET). The “Model before kickoff” score on this card was updated after the video was made, so the video quotes an older one.

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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Purdue
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened PUR -2.5 · closed PUR -3 · moved 0.5 toward PURmodel PUR -1
Opened 51.5 · closed 50.5 · moved 1 downmodel 54
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 2–4 since 2023: won 59%, covered 50% (308 games)ⓘ
Moved onto 3The team the line moved toward covered 48% (27 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenPUR -2.5
ClosePUR -3
Total51.5 → 50.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like PUR as a 3-point home favorite against WASH, the favorite won 4, covered 4, and 8 went over the total.

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This game: WASH won 38–26 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 64 points went over 50.5, as in 8 of 10.
Favorite won
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 50%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 1.3 against an average line of 2.7; 60.1 points a game (usually 52.6). Of the 8 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 12 · very close · similar total & rest
-631–22 W O51.5
Very close
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & rest
-2.2531–38 L O47.75
Very close
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & situation
-334–48 L O48.5
Very close
2025 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & situation
-2.524–33 L O56
Very close
2023 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & rest
-314–24 L U53.75
Very close
2023 · Week 5 · very close · similar situation & rest
-144–19 W O53.5
Very close
2024 · Week 14 · very close · similar rest & total
-230–35 L O54.5
Very close
2024 · Week 6 · very close · similar spread & total
-2.535–31 W O50
Very close
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & rest
-319–29 L U51.5
Very close
2024 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & team ratings
-1.532–28 W O56
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
Slight Purdue ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Washington ATS struggles (1-5)
Washington have covered only 17% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
WASH+13.7 →+6.2▼ 7.5#44
PUR−1.8 →+3.0▲ 4.8#58
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

WASH
Longer bar = better
PUR
#84
Offense
PUR better ▶
#45
#60
Defense
◀ WASH better
#125
+0.8 #21
Turnovers
◀ WASH better
+0.2 #64
65 plays #84
Pace
PUR faster ▶
69 plays #42
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When WASH has the ball
Advantage: WASH offense
WASH offPUR defEdge
Points / game 26.2 #88 31.3 #121 WASH
Yards / play 5.68 #84 6.53 #127 WASH
PPA / play +0.12 #81 +0.27 #128 WASH
Success rate 42% #83 46% #123 WASH
When PUR has the ball
Even matchup
PUR offWASH defEdge
Points / game 32.2 #55 22.2 #60 Even
Yards / play 6.02 #65 5.26 #63 Even
PPA / play +0.29 #21 +0.03 #44 PUR
Success rate 47% #38 41% #73 PUR

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
WASH scoring against the PUR defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
WASH scored
4.0
#102
9.0
#69
13.0
#89
4.8
#96
8.3
#45
13.2
#73
PUR allowed
6.3
#105
9.0
#101
15.3
#107
4.5
#65
9.0
#121
13.5
#103
PUR scoring against the WASH defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
PUR scored
6.2
#74
7.2
#99
13.3
#86
7.8
#37
8.8
#31
16.7
#26
WASH allowed
5.5
#91
7.0
#69
12.5
#80
4.2
#57
5.5
#58
9.7
#55

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
PUR +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
51° · 13 mph
gusts 36 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
WASH7d
PUR6d
WASH +1 day
Tempo
Average 134 plays
slowavg 133fast
Travel
WASH 1,809 mi
3 time zones
Quarterback
WASH backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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