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The Purdue Boilermakers, a college football team based in Indiana, has competed every season since 1889. The team has played in the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Western Conference and the Big Ten Conference. The team last won a conference title in 2000. [1]
The Purdue University football team traces its origin back to October 29, 1887, when its team fell to Butler College by a score of 48–6 in Indianapolis, Indiana. [6] A group of students at Purdue University formed the school's first football team in 1887. [7]
The team has had 37 head coaches and 3 interim coaches since it started playing organized football in 1887 and has been known by the nickname Boilermakers since 1891. Purdue is an original member of the Big Ten, joining in 1896 after spending six years in the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
0–9. 1887 Purdue football team; 1889 Purdue football team; 1890 Purdue football team; 1891 Purdue football team; 1892 Purdue Boilermakers football team
Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Boilermakers represent Purdue University in the NCAA's Big Ten Conference. Although Purdue began competing in intercollegiate football in 1887, [1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1946. Records from before ...
Record Ranking; Year Champions Conference Overall AP Coaches Bowl result Head coach 1896 Wisconsin: 2–0–1: 7–1–1: Started in 1936: Started in 1950 – Philip King
This is a list of Purdue Boilermakers football players in the NFL draft. Key. B Back K Kicker: NT ... Team Position 1936 3 9 27 Frank Loebs: New York Giants: E 5 3 39
The 1967 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1967 Big Ten Conference football season.In their 12th season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled an 8–2 record, finished in a three-way tie for the Big Ten Conference championship with a 6–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored all ...