Phi Gamma Delta is committed to building community, challenging stereotypes and making a positive impact. Run The Ball raises money and awareness for homelessness in Indiana, and shows what brotherhood and service look like with a rivalry on the line.

When and where is the run?

We run 100 miles from Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette to Memorial Stadium in Bloomington. Purdue carries the ball to Brick Chapel, and IU brings it home for the Old Oaken Bucket game on Saturday, Nov. 28. The run starts Saturday, Nov. 28.

Pick Purdue or IU and help your side out-raise the other. Every dollar counts toward our $65,000 goal for Lafayette Urban Ministry and Wheeler Mission.

Purdue and IU brothers outside Brick Chapel UMC

Ross-Ade → Memorial · 100 mi · Nov. 2026

Run the ball.

Purdue and IU Phi Gamma Delta run one football 100 miles to raise money for local homeless shelters.

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Distance: 100^mi
Raised all time: $99,554
2026 goal: $65K
Days to race: 56

Route: Ross-Ade Stadium, mile 0; Beering Dr & Tower Dr, mile 1; US-231 / US-52, mile 8; Crawfordsville, mile 31; Brick Chapel UMC, mile 53; Greencastle, mile 59; Spencer, mile 84; Memorial Stadium, mile 100.

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Purdue

Purdue runs for

Lafayette Urban Ministry

Shelter, meals and support for unhoused people in Greater Lafayette.

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Wheeler Mission

Shelter, meals and essential services for people facing homelessness and poverty.

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The route

Purdue to IU.

Purdue runs the first 53 miles. IU takes the ball at Brick Chapel and brings it home.

Purdue · MI 0–≈53IU · MI ≈53–100

US-231 · Handoff
Purdue hands the ball to IU.
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Mile markers are approximate.

Meet our runners.

Roster drops soon.

We announce this year's runners before race day.

Trailer

See the run.

Two chapters, one football and 100 miles of Indiana road. This is what the 2024 run looked like.

Donate

Raised all time: $99,554

Raised in 2025: $44,493
Purdue for Lafayette Urban Ministry: $31,064
IU for Wheeler Mission: $13,429

Raised in 2024: $55,061
Purdue for Lafayette Urban Ministry: $28,089
IU for Wheeler Mission: $26,972

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Phi Gamma Delta is committed to building community, challenging stereotypes and making a positive impact. Run The Ball raises money and awareness for homelessness in Indiana, and shows what brotherhood and service look like with a rivalry on the line.

56 days to race day

100 miles. One ball.

Every dollar goes to Lafayette Urban Ministry and Wheeler Mission.

Donate Sponsor a team

Raised all time: $99,554
2026 goal: $65K