Barry Odom faces harsh reality as Purdue football's losing streak continues
IOWA CITY, IOWA — With each week, realization is setting in. Only now is Purdue football head coach Barry Odom able to absorb a situation he refused to let himself believe was possible. After No. 15 Iowa's 28-7 victory over the Boilermakers at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 14, it's more probable than not that Purdue ends the season with six consecutive losses. It's a stunning decline after consecutive wins over Illinois and Minnesota, in a blowout no less, had Purdue sitting at 3-3 at the midway point. Now, the Boilermakers are staring at its final two games of the 2026 season. "I know that we've got a coaching staff that is determined to work and pour everything that we've got into it," Odom said. "I know that I've got a locker room full of 80 guys that traveled. I don't doubt their fight at all. "So, the generalities of fix it, that is pretty wide ranging. If we're just going on wins and losses is what 'fix it' is, I don't know what that reality looks like. But the reality of pouring every single thing into it to continue to move the program forward, we absolutely will do." Travel
