Securing Your Spot: A Guide to Purdue Football Student Tickets

Purdue University offers a variety of options for students eager to cheer on the Boilermakers, particularly when it comes to football, basketball, and volleyball. From season-long access to single-game opportunities, understanding the ticket landscape can help students make the most of their Purdue experience.

The Boarding Pass: Your All-Access Pass

For Purdue students seeking guaranteed access to home games, the Boarding Pass is the premier option. By purchasing a Boarding Pass, students are guaranteed a ticket to every home football game. Also, they will have access to all home, regular season men's basketball, women's basketball and volleyball games. Purdue students pay one time and get access to tickets all year long for no extra cost!

Boarding Pass Benefits

Students with a Boarding Pass automatically receive football tickets. They will have the option to request or claim men's basketball, volleyball, and women's basketball tickets during a specified request window before any tickets are sold to students without a Boarding Pass.

John Purdue Club Student Membership

As a Boarding Pass holder you can also earn JPC priority points AND get exclusive access to JPC membership benefits.

Eligibility

To purchase a Boarding Pass, students MUST be enrolled at Purdue as a FULL-TIME student and MAINTAIN a full-time student status. This means:

Undergraduate students: 12+ credit hours
Graduate students: 8+ credit hours

Request & Claim Information for Boarding Pass Holders

All ticket requests and claims must be completed online through your student ticket account. Once you are logged in to your account, you need to click on the sport you would like to request or claim tickets for to begin the process. The request and claim process is free of charge. You don't have to pay anything on top of the cost of your Boarding Pass. Students can only claim and have 1 ticket on their account. If you claim a ticket or are awarded a ticket through the lottery system, it will be loaded into your account at purduesports.com/myaccount. Once logged in, you will add the ticket into your phone's digital wallet.

The Passport: A Taste of Purdue Athletics (Incoming Students Only)

Purdue’s incoming class of students will have the opportunity to purchase a mini version called “The Passport." The Passport will be limited to 750 students for the year and will cost $109. Students can only purchase one Passport.

Passport Privileges

WITH THE PASSPORT, YOU WILL RECEIVE:

1 ticket to 2 home football games during the 2025 season. You will select what games you want during the purchase process.
1 ticket to any Volleyball game played in Mackey Arena. There is no guarantee a game will be played in Mackey, as Holloway Gymnasium is the typical location for Purdue Volleyball.

Student Groups: Immerse Yourself in the Community

Purdue offers several student groups centered around specific sports, providing a sense of community and potential access to exclusive benefits.

BLOCK PARTY: The official student group of Purdue Volleyball - SOLD OUT.
PAINT CREW: The official student group of Purdue Men's Basketball - SOLD OUT.
KG UNIT: The official student group of Purdue Women's Basketball - ON SALE NOW.

KG UNIT Membership

Members will receive the following:

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A ticket to all home regular season games (except break games for Men's Basketball)
A member t-shirt
Early entrance to games, when applicable
Invitations to special events

Men's Basketball Student Ticket Lottery

The 2025-26 men's basketball season utilizes a lottery system for ticket distribution. Here's a look at the lottery groups and claim windows:

Lottery Timeline

LOTTERY GROUP 1: UIndy, Evansville, Oakland, Akron. Open October 21-22, results October 24.
LOTTERY GROUP 2: Iowa State, Minnesota, Marquette. Open November 18-19, results November 21.
LOTTERY GROUP 3: Iowa, Illinois, Oregon, Michigan. Open January 6-7, results January 9.
LOTTERY GROUP 4: Indiana, Michigan State, Wisconsin. Open February 10-11, results February 13.

Claim Windows

NOVEMBER 11 CLAIM - Eastern Illinois
DECEMBER 9 CLAIM - Kent State, Washington, Penn State

Single-Game Tickets: An Alternative Option

Students have the opportunity to purchase single-game football tickets all year long, subject to availability. Student single-game tickets will be less expensive if they are purchased online or at the ticket office before the game. Tickets sold at the Hayes Family Athletics Ticket Office on game day with be $5 more than the online price.

Single-Game Tickets On Sale Dates

Fresno State on sale Monday, August 28th.
Syracuse on sale Monday, September 11th.
Wisconsin on sale Monday, September 18th.
Illinois on sale Monday, September 25th.
Ohio State on sale Monday, October 9th.
Minnesota on sale Monday, November 6th.
IU on sale Monday, November 13th.

Free Admission to Other Sports

Purdue students get in FREE with a valid Purdue Student I.D. to all home, regular season soccer, cross country, swimming & diving, wrestling, track & field, golf, softball and baseball events. Show your student I.D.

Important Gameday Information

Regardless of the sport, keep these points in mind:

Students must show a valid Purdue Student I.D. to be admitted with a student ticket.
All student tickets are delivered digitally.
Be sure to download your digital ticket to your phone's wallet prior to gameday or you will be charged the student ticket price to replace your ticket. Students can only have 1 student ticket on thier account.

Understanding Dynamic Pricing

Single-game ticket prices are subject to dynamic pricing, meaning prices can be raised based on various factors. Fans are encouraged to buy early in order to obtain the lowest prices available. There are no refunds and no exchanges on any ticket purchases. Dynamic pricing is the continuous adjustment of ticket prices based on such factors as available inventory, opponent, team performance and weather. It is widely used by professional sports organizations and is now being adopted at the collegiate level.

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How Dynamic Pricing Works

Beginning at the time of the general public on-sale, prices can be adjusted in $3 to $5 increments and will not increase more than five times on any given day. A team of five Purdue students from the Krannert Experiential Initiative made the recommendation to utilize dynamic pricing, after compiling and analyzing single-game sales data from the last 10 seasons and sales from the secondary market over the last three years. They also talked with other universities that have implemented similar strategies.

Key Points about Dynamic Pricing

Dynamic Pricing will apply only to single-game prices.
Ticket prices can change at any time.
Prices can vary by category.
Purchasing season tickets is the only way to guarantee you are getting the best price.
Premium seating areas such as the Shively Club, Buchanan Club and Suites will not be affected.
Promotional pricing for family four packs, Boiler Kid's Club, etc. will not be affected.

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