PURDUE FOOTBALL VS. WAKE FOREST PREVIEW
Following a 44-19 season-opening victory over Indiana State, Purdue Football remains at home for another non-conference matchup. The Boilermakers host Wake Forest from Ross-Ade Stadium at noon on FS1. • This weekend, Purdue celebrates the 60th anniversary of the 1966 Boilermakers that went 9-2 and defeated USC 14-13 in the 1967 Rose Bowl Game. A team captain from that season who also intercepted the potential game-winning two-point conversion in that game, George Catavolos, will serve as Purdue’s Honorary Captain for Saturday’s game against Wake Forest. • Barry Odom became just the ninth Purdue head coach to win his first two season openers, including the first since Jim Colletto (1991-92). • In the season opener, Brock Brownfield became the first true freshman to ever start on the offensive line in the season opener for Purdue since freshmen were deemed eligible in 1972. • Purdue holds a 21-18-3 record over current football members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, facing an ACC team for just the ninth time this century. • Don Saunders’ 35-yard interception return against Indiana State was Purdue’s first pick-six since 2022 when Cory Trice Jr. took one to the house in a win over Indiana that clinched the Big Ten West Division title for the Boilermakers. • Sixteen players made their first starts as Boilermakers in the season-opening victory over Indiana State. • With six catches for 107 yards and a touchdown, FAU transfer Asaad Waseem became the first Boilermaker to eclipse 100 receiving yards in his Purdue debut since Charlie Jones in 2022 (vs. Penn State). • The temperature for the season opener was 93 degrees at kickoff with the feel like temperature reaching 103 degrees. It marked Purdue’s warmest night game since at least 2000.
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