For the second straight season and 19th time ever Purdue is in the postseason. This time we get a first-time opponent in the Auburn Tigers. Purdue and Auburn will meet in the Music City Bowl in Nashville, the first time Purdue has played in Nashville since a game at Vanderbilt in 1942.
Purdue has an overall bowl record of 10-8 after beating Arizona last season in thrilling fashion in the Foster Farms Bowl. We’re 2-2 all-time against SEC teams in bowl games. We beat Tennessee in the 1979 Bluebonnet Bowl and Missouri (then in the Big 8) in the 1980 Liberty Bowl.