Purdue falls to 0-12 in games played near a Taylor Swift album release

Purdue's football program added another loss to a curious statistical streak, falling to 0-12 in games that take place within seven days of Taylor Swift releasing or rereleasing an album.

The pattern, tracked informally by fans and media covering college football, has become a running talking point around the Boilermakers program, whose on-field struggles have coincided repeatedly with the singer's release calendar over the past several years.

There is no suggested causal link between Swift's music schedule and Purdue's performance on the field; the correlation is a statistical oddity rather than a matter of on-field cause and effect. Even so, it has drawn attention as a symbol of a broader rough stretch for the program.

Purdue has faced a difficult rebuilding period in recent seasons, and results like this latest defeat add to the challenges facing the coaching staff and players as they work to turn the program around.

The streak is likely to keep drawing notice among college football fans and commentators for as long as it continues, particularly given Swift's continued prominence in both music and popular culture. Whether the pattern persists will depend simply on the timing of future album releases set against Purdue's future schedule.

For now, the Boilermakers' winless mark in these specific circumstances remains intact, adding one more entry to a streak that has become notable more for its coincidence than for any competitive explanation.