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Purdue's 1890 football team. In 1890, Clinton L. Hare became the third head football coach at Purdue. He coached the team that season to a record of 3–3. Purdue won each of its two home games in convincing fashion, shutting out Wabash, 54–0, on October 24 and Illinois, 62–0, on November 22.
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]
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 ...
In the early 1890s Purdue fielded dominating football teams. In 1891 Purdue went 4-0, outscoring opponents 192-0. In 1892 Purdue went 8-0, outscoring opponents 320-24. In 1893 Purdue went 5-2-1, outscoring opponents 334-144. In 1894 Purdue went 9-1, outscoring opponents 288-36. Over these four years, Purdue's combined record was 26-3-1 ...
The Purdue Boilermakers football program is a college football team that represents Purdue University in the Big Ten Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. 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 ...
The 2000 team, which boasted two future Super Bowl winners, was featured in the 2013 Big Ten Network documentary series Big Ten Elite [1] and is still widely regarded by Purdue fans as one of the greatest Boilermakers football teams of all time. [2] The Boilermakers have yet to win the Big Ten championship or reach the Rose Bowl since then.
Against 10 FBS opponents, Purdue's first half differential is 208-32. Freehill's 40-yard field goal with 9:17 to go in the first quarter marked the first points in the first quarter for Purdue in ...
The 1971 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1971 Big Ten Conference football season.Led by second-year head coach Bob DeMoss, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 3–7 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for sixth in the Big Ten.