Please, mark your calendars accordingly.
Both Purdue and UConn have announced that the two schools have reached agreement on a future home-and-home series. The Boilermaker will make the trek to East Hartford on Sept. 11, 2021, in the first game of the series, while the Huskies will head to West Lafayette Sept. 13, 2025, to finish off the agreement.
The 2021 meeting will mark the first-ever between the schools in football.
From Purdue’s press release:
Purdue has faced four current AAC members, compiling a 4-4-1 record: Central Florida (2-0), Cincinnati (1-2), Navy (0-2) and Southern Methodist (1-0-1). However, the only game the Boilermakers have played against a school in the AAC at the time of the meeting is Cincinnati on Sept. 10, 2016, at Ross-Ade.
UConn last played a team from the Big Ten in 2013, a 24-21 loss to 15th-ranked Michigan. In 2019 and 2021, however, they will face Illinois and Indiana in previously-scheduled home-and-homes. There is also a home-and-home in place with Purdue for the 2021 and 2025 seasons.