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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/JoeTillersMustache on 2024-11-27 14:28:28+00:00.

So far this year, Purdue has played 10 FBS teams and had the lead for a total of 9 minutes, 32 seconds.

3:53 vs Nebraska, 0:46 vs Illinois, and 4:53 vs Michigan State

Indiana is heavily favored on Saturday. Assuming IU gets the lead and keeps it, Purdue will finish its season with under 10 minutes of a lead against FBS teams.

I wondered how common that was for a P6/P5/P4 team (excluding the 2020 season).

From what I can tell, only 2009 Washington State (which did not have a lead at any point of the season), lead for less time than this year’s Purdue team. The only other teams under 10 minutes are 2013 Cal and 2018 Oregon State. The Conference of Champions indeed.

Here are the teams that seemed to be close. These tallies might not include all games. Once I got beyond a decent number of minutes, I stopped looking at games for that team.

If you know of any other P6/P5/P4 team that might qualify, let me know.

Edit: As two helpful people pointed out, 2008 Washington State lead for 3:34 vs. Baylor and 5:57 vs. Arizona for a total of 9:31, which is one second less than Purdue. So, Purdue is currently third worst of all time, but worst in the non-Wulff category.

Here’s the list:

2022 Northwestern (at least 36 minutes) 17:00+ vs. Nebraska, 19:00+ vs. Miami U.

2022 Colorado (at least 21 minutes) 21:57 vs. Cal

2021 Indiana (at least 89 minutes) 55:15 vs. Western Kentucky, 3:29 vs. Michigan State, 31:00+ vs. Cincinnati

2021 Kansas (at least 46 minutes) 46:13 vs. Texas

2021 Arizona (at least 53 minutes) 5:52 vs. Cal, 5:15 vs. UCLA, 42:22 vs. Washington

2021 Vanderbilt (at least 55 minutes) 12:44 vs. Colorado State, 43:05 vs. UConn

2019 Arkansas (at least 45 minutes) 45:20 vs. Colorado State

2018 Rutgers (at least 68 minutes) 49:19 vs. Texas State, 19:00+ vs. Michigan State

2018 Louisville (at least 50 minutes) 5:01 vs. Western Kentucky, 45:00+ vs. Florida State

2018 Arkansas (at least 44 minutes) 44:14 vs. Tulsa

2018 Oregon State (9:46) 9:46 vs. Washington State

2017 Kansas (10 minutes, 7 seconds) 3:29 vs Central Michigan, 5:15 vs. West Virginia, 0:14 vs. Kansas State, 1:09 vs. Baylor

2017 Oregon State (at least 48 minutes) 6:04 vs. Colorado State, 42:13 vs. Colorado

2016 Kansas (at least 17 minutes) 6:00 vs Texas, 11:00+ vs TCU

2016 Rutgers (at least 31 minutes) 31:04 vs. New Mexico

2015 Kansas (10:08) 10:08 vs. Memphis

2013 Purdue (44:01) 35:26 vs. Notre Dame, 1:57 vs. Northern Illinois, 6:38 vs. Illinois

2013 Cal (9:36) 7:17 vs. Northwestern, 2:19 vs. Arizona

2013 Virginia (at least 23 minutes) 23:28 vs. BYU

2012 Kansas (at least 51 minutes) 47:01 vs. Rice, 4:25 vs. Kansas State

2012 Colorado (at least 18 minutes) 0:09 vs. Washington State, 18:45 vs. Colorado State

2012 Boston College (at least 50 minutes) 50:20 vs. Maryland

2011 Indiana (at least 25 minutes) 25:37 vs. Ball State

2011 Ole Miss (at least 22 minutes) 22:25 vs. Fresno State

2011 Kansas (at least 90 minutes) 10:35 vs Northern Illinois, 21:46 vs. Texas Tech, 17:17 vs. Iowa State, 1:49 vs. Oklahoma State, 45:00+ vs Baylor, 14:00+ vs. Missouri

2009 Maryland (at least 65 minutes) 15:35 vs. Clemson, 50:00+ vs. MTSU

2009 Vanderbilt (at least 47 minutes) 36:35 vs. Rice, 11:04 vs. South Carolina

2009 Washington State (0:00) Washington State did not lead in any game

2008 Washington (at least 60 minutes) 9:45 vs. BYU, 3:19 vs. Stanford, 2:31 vs. Oregon State, 3:20 vs. Arizona State, 42:17 vs. Washington State

2007 Minnesota (at least 47 minutes) 47:15 vs. Miami

2007 Duke (at least 51 minutes) 51:47 vs. Northwestern

2006 Duke (at least 61 minutes) 46:51 vs. Wake Forest, 15:18 vs. Alabama

2005 Duke (13:45) 3:40 vs. Navy, 5:24 vs. Georgia Tech, 4:41 vs. UNC

2004 Duke (at least 30 minutes) 6:15 vs. Clemson, 24:50 vs. Navy

2003 Temple (at least 35 minutes) 35:15 vs. MTSU

2003 Indiana (at least 19 minutes) 10:48 vs. Illinois, 7:57 vs. Northwestern

2003 Illinois (at least 55 minutes) 9:06 vs. Missouri, 4:15 vs. Cal, 17:15 vs. Indiana, 25:00+ vs. Northwestern

2002 Kansas (at least 34 minutes) 34:15 vs. Tulsa

2002 Vanderbilt (at least 36 minutes) 20:00 vs. UConn, 16:38 vs. South Carolina

2001 Duke (15:12) 7:37 vs. Florida State, 3:15 vs. Rice, 4:20 vs. Vandy

2001 Cal (at least 51 minutes) 51:26 vs. Rutgers

2000 Duke (at least 25:00) 25:00+ vs. NC State

2000 Baylor (at least 39 minutes) 39:06 vs. North Texas

TLDR: Purdue is historically bad. Even the teams we think of as bad (the early 2000s Duke teams, pretty much every Kansas team, IU before this year) were more competitive in games.