document_title: Dan Scott

question_text: who does dan marry in one tree hill

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text: Dan Scott

text: Fictional character biography[edit]

text: Dan grew up in Tree Hill, NC and attended Tree Hill High, where he was the star of the Ravens basketball team. Towards the end of senior year, Dan got his girlfriend Karen Roe pregnant, but abandoned her to take a basketball scholarship to North Carolina. At college he met Deb Lee, who also became pregnant by him. Dan returned to Tree Hill on the night his and Karen's son Lucas was born but, on seeing Keith with Karen at the hospital, Dan left without Karen seeing him. Dan and Deb married and moved back to Tree Hill with their son Nathan. Dan tried to get joint custody of Lucas, but Karen refused and Dan gave up on trying to be part of Lucas's life. He later became a successful car salesman having set up his own business with Deb's money. Dan is a man with big dreams and expectations, especially regarding his son Nathan, but he doesn't handle it very well when they're not fulfilled.

text: Season 1[edit]

text: Dan is a controlling father to Nathan, who is now the Ravens' star player, but has nothing to do with Lucas. When Lucas joins the Ravens, Dan encourages Nathan to give his half-brother a hard time. Dan puts so much pressure on Nathan that Nathan takes drugs to enhance his basketball performance, leading to him collapsing on the court. When Deb finds out, she asks Dan for a divorce. When Dan's parents come to town for Dan's birthday, it is revealed that Dan's father Royal put similar pressure on Dan and that Dan faked the extent of an injury he suffered in college in order to give up basketball. Dan also has an uneasy relationship with Keith, due to Keith's continuing friendship with Karen. When Keith crashes the car he is driving with Lucas inside, Dan pulls Lucas from the car and saves his life, leading to a temporary truce with Karen. Keith is left in financial difficulty due to Lucas's medical bills and Dan offers to buy Keith's garage from him while Keith continues to run it. However, it soon becomes clear that Dan will be running the garage in his own way and Keith quits. After being rejected by Karen, Keith turns to Deb for comfort and they have a one-night stand. On walking in on them in bed together, Dan tells Keith that he is no longer his brother. Dan is about to sign his divorce papers to Deb when he suffers a heart attack. When Deb finds Dan on the floor, Dan tells her "you'd better hope I die."

text: Season 2[edit]

text: After his heart attack, Dan claims to be a changed person and tries to get closer to Lucas. Dan and Deb are united in their disapproval of Nathan's marriage to Haley. Dan claims to have forgiven Deb and Keith for their fling and a guilty Deb allows Dan to live with her while he recovers. It becomes clear that the new Dan is an act when he lies to Deb after being given a clean bill of health and it is revealed that Keith's new girlfriend Jules was actually hired by Dan to seduce his brother. On discovering that he has the same heart condition as Dan, Lucas agrees to move in with Dan on the conditions that Dan pays for Lucas's medication and keeps this from Karen, and also that Dan leaves Keith and "Jules" alone. Dan keeps his promises but Karen discovers the truth about Jules and threatens to tell Keith, leading to Jules leaving Keith at the altar. Dan is delighted at this result and, after knocking down the groom on the wedding cake, looks at Deb saying "one down, one to go". On discovering what Dan did, Keith confronts Dan at the dealership and attacks him. Before leaving town, Keith tells Dan that he has nothing left to lose, but Dan does. When Nathan and Haley's marriage is in trouble, Dan is quick to pounce, and gets Nathan to sign annulment papers and move back in with him and Deb. However, Deb wants Dan out of their lives for good, especially after learning that Dan told Nathan that it is his fault that Deb is now addicted to pills. Lucas continues to live with Dan in order to bring down his father once and for all. He finds cash and an incriminating ledger in the attic of the dealership and discovers that Dan has been making money illegally by changing the amounts on bills and pocketing the extra cash. However, Dan has made Deb the co-owner of the dealership, meaning that she would be incriminated too. Dan then reveals he left the cash and ledger for Lucas to find as a test of Lucas's loyalty, which Lucas failed, and so Dan severs all ties to Lucas, even cutting off his son's heart medication. Dan also sabotages Karen's relationship with her business lecturer Andy by walking into one of Andy's classes and telling everyone that Andy is sleeping with Karen, which leads to Andy losing his job. Dan then tries to have Andy deported back to New Zealand. When Karen angrily confronts Dan at the dealership, Dan grabs her and forcefully kisses her, saying "isn't that was this is really about?" At the end of the season Dan falls unconscious after drinking a poisoned bottle of whisky that was left for him with a note saying "for everything you've done". The dealership is then set on fire with Dan inside.

text: Season 3[edit]

text: Dan survives the fire, but the dealership is destroyed. Dan at first thinks it was Lucas who tried to kill him when he remembers seeing him in the fire, but it is revealed that Lucas saved him. Wanting access to the fire investigation, Dan runs for mayor of Tree Hill. His family-based campaign includes having Deb pretend to love him in exchange for a final divorce. This ploy works and Dan is elected mayor. As mayor, Dan gains access to CCTV showing Keith buying the whisky used to drug Dan, and when Keith returns to town Dan has him arrested on suspicion of his attempted murder. Although the police release Keith due to lack of evidence, Dan still believes that Keith was the perpetrator, and things become worse when Keith announces that he is going to marry Karen and adopt Lucas. One day at Tree Hill High, Jimmy Edwards takes a gun to school and fires it, causing a lock down. Keith persuades Dan as mayor to let him go into the school to talk to Jimmy, but Jimmy commits suicide by shooting himself in front of Keith. Dan then gets into the school, picks up the gun and shoots Keith, killing him. Jimmy gets the blame for Keith's death as it is assumed that he shot Keith before turning the gun on himself. Dan convinces himself that Keith deserved what he got as he started the war with Dan. Nevertheless, Dan becomes haunted, seeing visions of Keith as a child everywhere, and this has a profound effect on him. Realizing he has to change his ways he tries to get closer to Nathan, telling his son that he is proud of him and that he loves him. Haley then gives Dan a second chance by inviting him to her and Nathan's second wedding. At the ceremony Deb tells Dan that it was her, not Keith, who tried to kill him in the fire. Dan goes to Keith's grave and breaks down. Dan then apologizes to Karen for how he treated her and Lucas and she reveals that she is pregnant with Keith's child. Dan takes her in his arms promising to be there for her this time. He then goes home and discovers that someone has written "MURDERER" on his wall.

text: Season 4[edit]

text: Dan tries to make amends for Keith's death by looking after Karen. However, he still sees messages everywhere calling him a murderer, and wonders if it is all in his head. Meanwhile, Nathan is in deep debt and asks Dan to help him. Dan refuses and Nathan goes to a loan shark, Daunte, instead. Daunte forces Nathan to shave points in a basketball game and then demands that Nathan lose the State Championship. On discovering the trouble that Nathan is in, Dan confronts Daunte and offers to pay him off, but Daunte gets Dan to back down by threatening Nathan, Lucas, the pregnant Haley and Karen. When the Ravens win the State Championship, Daunte runs Haley over and crashes into a construction site. Nathan pulls Daunte out of the car and beats him, before realizing he is dead. Dan takes the fall for Nathan and is arrested. Dan plans to plead guilty to Daunte's murder in order to be punished for Keith's death, but the coroner's report shows that Daunte was already dead when Nathan pulled him out of the car. Dan is released and the experience brings him and Karen closer together, as Karen admires what Dan was willing to do for his son. Dan and Karen begin to come together romantically, attending the school prom together as chaperones, but Dan continues to receive text messages and notes accusing him of killing his brother. Dan discovers that the person sending the messages is Abby Brown, a student who witnessed the shooting. Dan then visits Abby and her mother and tries to explain why he killed Keith, saying "Karen was mine, she was supposed to be mine". Abby leaves Tree Hill for good, but not before telling Lucas what she knows. Lucas walks in on Dan and his mother kissing and attacks Dan, shouting that he killed Keith, but Karen refuses to believe him. Lucas then goes to the police, but Dan has got there first and told them that Lucas is just trying to sabotage Dan's relationship with Karen. On learning from Haley that Deb has a gun, Lucas steals the gun and confronts Dan in front of Karen, causing her to collapse. Lucas fires a warning shot to make Dan leave, before rushing the unconscious Karen to hospital. After learning from Deb that Dan killed Keith, Nathan confronts Dan and tells him that he will never be a part of his grandson's life. After Karen's daughter is born by c-section, Dan visits his new niece in the hospital, before turning himself in to the police.

text: Two weeks later, a recovered Karen visits Dan in his cell and tells him that she has a daughter, Lily, who will never know her father because of Dan, before spitting at him. Dan is so distraught by this encounter that he tries to hang himself in his cell with his bedsheet. The sheet unravels after a few seconds, and Dan falls to the floor, left to agonize over what he has done.

text: Season 5[edit]

text: Four and a half years later, Nathan visits Dan in prison, and tells him that he will never be like him. Nathan then tells Dan that Jamie found a picture of him once and Nathan told him that his grandfather was dead. Later, a prison guard tells Dan that Nathan left behind an envelope, which contains a picture of Jamie. A parole hearing is held for Dan[1] and despite Lucas pleading with the board not to be fooled by Dan, he is released. Soon after, Dan goes to a store to buy a basketball for his grandson and ends up sleeping with the cashier later that night.[2] At Lucas's wedding, Dan sits outside in his car and is confronted by Haley, who tells him to stay away from the family. When Jamie is abducted during the ceremony by his evil nanny, Carrie, Dan saves him and threatens Carrie, telling her that he killed his brother and would have no problem doing the same to her. Dan then returns Jamie to Nathan and Haley's house and is attacked by Lucas and Nathan. On Jamie's 5th birthday Dan goes to drop off a gift and has a confrontation with Deb. After the party Nathan goes and tells Dan to stay away and Dan reveals he only has six months to live due to his HCM. After the man in front of him on the heart transplant list dies he becomes number one.Excited he leaves the hospital and helps an old man retrieve his cane before getting hit by a car. Ironically, seconds later his beeper goes off because a heart has been found for him.[3]

text: Season 6[edit]

text: When he wakes up from the accident, it is revealed that Carrie, Jamie's former nanny, was the one who ran him over, as revenge for interfering with her taking Jamie as her son. He finds himself in a "hospital room" but when he tries to escape (Carrie is torturing him) he discovers that he is not in a hospital room, but in her house, in a room which Carrie designed to confuse him by disguising it as a hospital room by putting medical equipment and painting the room, as well as adding hospital-style curtains. Carrie devises a plan to get Jamie by telling Haley that Dan is dying, so that she'll bring Jamie to see him. Carrie goes after Jamie, then Haley too. Dan shoots Carrie once she attempts to kill Haley and Deb. Carrie wakes up later that night, and reminds Dan that he promised he'd kill her if she came near his family again, prompting him to keep his word and shoot her again, this time killing her. As a result, Nathan and Haley let Dan see Jamie, but Nathan quickly reminds his father that he still hates him for killing his uncle. Unfortunately, Dan still finds himself without a heart transplant and has to wait longer. In the mean time, he tries to be a father to Nathan by advising him on his basketball and has a talk with Lucas about the day of the school shooting to help with the Ravens movie. His relationship with Jamie also grows and he finally has a blowout with Deb about Keith. When his heart transplant does come, the man who delivers it trips over a dog's leash and the dog eats it. Dan ultimately loses all hope and attempts to drown himself at a beach. He then goes to tells Jamie goodbye. Jamie becomes upset and asks him who killed Keith; and Dan admits that he did it. Dan leaves Tree Hill, but not before saying some last words to Lucas and Nathan. At the end of the season we see Dan as a broken man. He hates his life and wants to die. To make amends he goes to visit Coach Durham to whom he confesses that when he looks back on his life it all went wrong when he refused to play at the state championship. He tells Coach Durham that he should be dead but he isn't and that he realizes "this is my hell". He has to see his family experience the happiest moments of their lives but he can't feel them. To this Coach Durham replies "you created that, Danny". Dan then turns a gun on himself but can't bring himself to pull the trigger. He then forces the gun into Coach Durhams hand and begs him to shoot him later, after Dan cries in his arms, adds "there is still time for redemption, son". Nathan shows up and tells Dan that he has made it to the NBA. Later Peyton lets Dan hold his other grandchild Sawyer Scott. At the end of the episode he tells the audience that when he looks in the mirror he sees that he was supposed to be someone else, but fell short of that person.

text: Season 7[edit]

text: Fourteen months have past since the season six finale, and Dan is now a motivational speaker. He has his own TV show called Scott Free Redemption. He has also written a book with the same title. It is then revealed that he is married to Rachel Gatina. Dan reached out to his son Nathan when he read about him and Renee Richardson who he meets and ask her to speak about it on his show. Dan reveals that Renee Richardson was lying about Nathan Scott alleged affair and exposes her truth on his show. It is also revealed that Dan did in fact have a heart transplant as he quotes Renee Richardson con as "Takes a Con to Know a Con." About a year earlier Dan traveled to Mexico to have a heart transplant. His new wife Rachel Gatina, paid with his money for a family to pull the life support plug on their young son. The heart was then given to Dan. Dan returns to Tree Hill and tries to ask forgiveness from Nathan. Nathan will not forgive Dan, but only "tolerate" him for Jamie's sake. Dan then meets Clay who he shakes up (throws him in the ocean) and basically tells him not to give up on being an agent. On the eve of Nathan and Haley's departure, Rachel gets Dan to do a live broadcast from the school hallway where he killed Keith. Dan then runs into Jimmy's mom who tells him she will never be able to forgive him. So instead of reading his script, Dan talks about his life and tells his audience that there is no forgiveness for him, only what comes next. He gives everything that he has to charity as well as divorce papers to Rachel. As he is preparing to leave Tree Hill, Nathan meets up with him to tell him that he's back with the Bobcats, and says thank you. He then says goodbye to Jamie.

text: Season 8[edit]

text: Dan has moved to a diner, and reappears again when Quinn visits him to help her to kill Katie Ryan, and he convinces her not to do it. In the finale, Nathan visits him and gives him a photo of Lydia and a baseball from Jamie's first game and Dan thinks that there is a chance for forgiveness.

text: Season 9[edit]

text: Dan burns down his diner and returns to Tree Hill and asks Haley for a place to stay, initially resistant, she offers him money, but he says that he doesn't want money. He moves into Nathan and Haley's house to the delight of Jamie who is excited to spend time with him. Nathan tells him that he is going to Europe and that when he comes back he wants him to be gone. When Nathan does not return from Europe, Haley and Jamie blame Dan. He rents out the sound stage from Julian and uses it to find Nathan. Dan, Julian and Chris Keller save Nathan. However, Dan is shot while rescuing Nathan and dies in the hospital surrounded by Nathan, Haley, Deb, Jamie and Lydia. When he dies, he sees a vision of his brother Keith, who brings him to the hallway where Dan shot Keith and he tells him that he forgives him. When Keith goes into the light, Dan asks him "I know where you're going, but what about me?" and Keith says "Don't worry little brother, You're my plus one."


document_title: Purdue Boilermakers football

question_text: purdue football players in nfl hall of fame

question_tokens: purdue football players in nfl hall of fame

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text: Purdue Boilermakers football

text: History[edit]

text: Early years (1887–1921)[edit]

text: 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.[8] A group of students at Purdue University formed the school's first football team in 1887.[9] Albert Berg was hired as the coach. Despite being deaf, Berg was reportedly "the only man in the territory with any knowledge of the game."[10]  Berg was 23 years old when he became Purdue's football "coacher."[11]  He was paid $1 for each lesson he gave to the newly organized football team and had only one week to prepare the team for its first game.[11][12][13]  The 1887 Purdue team played its only game on October 29, 1887, against the Butler College team at Athletic Park in Indianapolis.  Butler soundly defeated Berg's squad by a score of 48–6.[14] After the loss to Butler, Purdue did not field a football team again until 1889.[11][12]

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text: 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.  They also shut out DePauw in Greencastle, Indiana, 32–0.  Purdue suffered its worst loss of the season on November 1 in Ann Arbor, falling to Michigan by a score of 34 to six.  Hare's squad also dropped their season opener in Chicago on October 18 to the Chicago University Football Club, 10–6, and their season finale on November 27 against Hare's former team, Butler, by a score of 12 to 10.[15]  With their wins over DePauw and Wabash and their loss to Butler, Purdue tallied a 2–1 mark against their opponents from within the state of Indiana.  Hare's team finished second place in the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association to Butler, who beat all three of their in-state foes and was awarded the state championship.[16]

text: In 1891, Knowlton Ames became the head coach for Purdue, where he led the Boilermakers to a 12–0 record over two years.[17]

text: In the fall of 1893, D. M. Balliet became the head football coach at Purdue.  He led the team to a 5–2–1 record in 1893 and 9–1 in 1894.  During the 1894 season, Balliet's Purdue squad defeated Amos Alonzo Stagg's Chicago Maroons and outscored opponents by a collective score of 177 to 42.[18][19]  His 1895 squad finished with a record of 4–3.[20]  In 1897, Balliet was reported to have given up a successful law practice to join the Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska.[21]

text: Balliet was re-hired as the head coach at Purdue in September 1901.[22]  He led the 1901 Purdue team to a 4–4–1 record, but finished the season with consecutive losses to Notre Dame, Illinois, and Northwestern.[23]  At the end of the 1901 season, Purdue opted not to renew his services.  In March 1902, the Indianapolis News reported, "He is known to be a good coach, but he turned out a loser last year and Purdue wants a change."[24]  In four seasons as Purdue's head coach, Balliet compiled a record of 22–10–2.[25]

text: On October 31, 1903, 14 members of the 1903 squad were killed in Indianapolis Indiana when the train they were riding collided with a coal train.  The event became known as the Purdue Wreck.

text: Purdue bounced around with many different head coaches until 1921, with most having little to no success coaching at Purdue. However Purdue did hire Andy Smith (1913–15) and William Henry Dietz (1921), both of which would go on to become College Football Hall of Fame members.

text: James Phelan (1922–1929)[edit]

text: For the 1922 season, Purdue hired Missouri Tigers football coach, James Phelan. Phelan lead the 1929 Boilermakers to a perfect 8-0 record and what is to date their only ever outright Big Ten Title.

text: Noble Kizer (1930–1936)[edit]

text: In 1925, Noble Kizer became an assistant coach at Purdue under Phelan and inherited the head coaching position upon Phelan's departure for the University of Washington.

text: Allen Elward (1937–1941)[edit]

text: Allen Elward became head coach after serving as an assistant at Purdue from 1927 to 1936. He compiled a 16–18–6 record at Purdue.

text: Elmer Burnham (1942–1943)[edit]

text: Elmer Burnham served as Purdue's freshman football coach for seven years before assuming the role as varsity head coach in 1942.[26] Burnham's 1943 squad went 9–0 and shared the Big Ten Conference title with Michigan.

text: Cecil Isbell (1944–1946)[edit]

text: Cecil Isbell started out at Purdue as an assistant coach and took over as head coach in 1944. He coached there for three years with a 14–14–1 record. He was the first Purdue alumnus to the head football coach.

text: Stu Holcomb (1947–1955)[edit]

text: During Stu Holcomb's tenure as Boilermakers head coach he compiled a record of 35–42–4.  His best year was 1952 when he led the Boilermakers to a Big Ten Conference co-championship and a #18 ranking in the final poll. Despite having only a 4–3–1 overall record, Holcomb's team played well in conference with a 4–1–1 record.   Holcomb's Purdue teams are, perhaps, best remembered for ending Notre Dame's 39-game unbeaten streak when his Boilermakers defeated the Irish, 28–14, in the second game of the 1950 season.  Holcomb was known for developing solid quarterbacks including Bob DeMoss, Dale Samuels and Len Dawson.  These players helped grow a strong tradition at Purdue of great quarterback play.  On December 12, 1955, after his nine seasons at Purdue, Holcomb left Purdue to accept the athletic director position at the Northwestern University

text: Stu Holcomb oversaw the 1947 integration of Purdue's athletic teams after pressure from student led protests. It is hard to find any black athletes in the records before 1950 - where Herman Murray is first shown with the squad. Alongside Herman Murray, One of the most notable early black athletes is Lamar Lundy. Lundy was a two sport athlete who played center for the Purdue basketball team and defensive end for the football team. Lundy was extraordinary and achieved great deal of success during and after his collegiate years. He received the 1956 Purdue MVP award not even 10 years after athletic integration and received offers to play professional basketball and football after graduation. He ultimately chose football and played for the Los Angeles Rams from 1957 to 1969. Both Murray and Lundy were pioneers who paved the way for many young gentlemen.

text: Jack Mollenkopf (1956–1969)[edit]

text: On January 2, 1967, Jack Mollenkopf coached the school's first appearance in the Rose Bowl, leading Purdue to a 14–13 victory over USC.  Against Purdue's in-state rivals, Mollenkopf tallied an 11–2–1 record versus Indiana and a 10–4 mark against Notre Dame.  From 1966 to 1969, a Purdue player finished in the top three in balloting for the Heisman Trophy: quarterback Bob Griese was second in 1966, halfback Leroy Keyes placed third in 1967 and second in 1968, and quarterback Mike Phipps finished as runner-up in 1969.  Mollenkopf's inaugural season in 1956 was the only losing campaign of his tenure as head coach at Purdue.

text: Mollenkopf is Purdue's all-time leader in Big Ten Conference wins (58) and conference winning percentage (.637).  His 84 wins at Purdue placed him first on the school's all-time wins list until Joe Tiller passed him in 2008, and he ranks fourth in overall winning percentage (.670).  Mollenkopf's Boilermakers were nationally ranked for 80 weeks, the most under any Purdue head coach, and captured the #1 spot the first five weeks of the 1968 season.

text: Bob DeMoss (1970–1972)[edit]

text: Former Purdue player and assistant coach Bob DeMoss was promoted to head coach in 1970.[27] DeMoss inherited a Purdue squad who was loaded at the running back position with Stan Brown, and Otis Armstrong, but the team struggled to find consistency out of its quarterback position.[28] DeMoss resigned following the 1972 season, citing his desire to be with his family more as his reason for stepping down.[29] DeMoss compiled a career college football record of 13–18.[30]

text: Alex Agase (1973–1976)[edit]

text: After nine seasons as the Northwestern coach, Alex Agase accepted an offer at the end of 1972 to become head football coach at Purdue, one of the two schools for which he played.[31] Taking the job was "not an easy decision to make", he said at the time, because he was happy at Northwestern.[31] Agase coached at Purdue through the 1976 season, but his team never posted a winning record in his years there.[32] He was fired in early 1977 and took a job as athletic director at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan.[33] He stayed in that job until 1982, when he unexpectedly resigned citing "personal reasons".[34]

text: Jim Young (1977–1981)[edit]

text: In December 1976, Purdue hired 41-year-old Jim Young away from Arizona.[35] When Young arrived at Purdue, he named true freshman, Mark Herrmann as the team's starting quarterback, and the freshman lived up to expectations, throwing for 2,041 yards through the team's first eight games.[36] Herrmann would break the NCAA record for passing yards (2,453) and passing touchdowns (18) for freshman.[37] In 1978, Young would lead Purdue to a 9-2-1 record, and a victory over Georgia Tech in the 1978 Peach Bowl. Young was named the Big Ten's Coach of the Year, the first Boilermaker head coach to ever win the award.[38] Throughout his career, Herrmann would break the Big Ten's all-time career passing yards (6,734) and passing touchdowns (48) before his senior season.[39] After a disappointing 1981 season, Young resigned from his position as head coach at Purdue, citing his desire to concentrate on athletic administration.[40]

text: Leon Burtnett (1982–1986)[edit]

text: In November 1981, defensive coordinator Leon Burtnett was promoted as Purdue's 30th head football coach.[41] During the 1984 campaign, Burtnett's team posted its best season, which the highlight of the year was beating #2 Ohio State 28-23.[42] The 1984 squad's 7-4 record earned Burtnett the Big Ten's Coach of the Year Award.[43] His success that year earned him a contract extension through 1990.[44] Burtnett's teams didn't improve after 1984, and after a 3-8 season in 1986, Burtnett resigned as head coach.[45]

text: Fred Akers (1987–1990)[edit]

text: After Burtnett's dismissal, Purdue had verbally agreed to hire Ron Meyer as their next head coach.[46] Prior to finalizing a deal with Purdue, the Indianapolis Colts called and offered Meyer a contract. Meyer accepted the Colts offer.[46] After they were left in the cold by Meyer, Purdue hired former Texas head coach Fred Akers.[47] The Akers hiring caused starting quarterback Jeff George to transfer due to the Akers running style offense as opposed to Burtnett's passing offense.[47] Akers coached his teams to only 12 wins in four years.[48]

text: Jim Colletto (1991–1996)[edit]

text: Jim Colletto was named Purdue's head coach in December 1990, accepting the position while he was serving the offensive coordinator for Ohio State.[49] Colletto came to Purdue with the goal of recruiting kids from the Chicago area, and keeping Purdue's quarterback tradition trending onward.[49] During his introduction press conference, he stated that at practice field, he planned to install a small cemetery in which he would place a tombstone for every school Purdue upset or beat on the road.[50] Colletto also provided up change on offense, as he brought his I formation with him from Ohio State.[51] During his first season as head coach, the Boilermakers improved winning two more games than they had the year before, and freshman tailback Corey Rogers was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year.[52]

text: In 1992, Colletto lost Rogers to academic ineligibility, and was forced to use a new running back.[52] The Rogers suspension opened the door for what would become Purdue's all-time leading rusher, Mike Alstott.[53]

text: In 1994, the Boilermakers got out to a 4-1-1 start, and were starting to gain national attention.[54] With Rogers and Alstott leading the way out of the Purdue backfield, Purdue racked up 1,206 and 17 rushing touchdowns in 6 games.[54] However Purdue stumbled down the stretch, finishing the season 0-4-1.

text: Colletto resigned in November 1996.[55]

text: Joe Tiller (1997–2008)[edit]

text: Joe Tiller was hired by Purdue in 1997.[56] Tiller inherited a program that had only had two winning seasons in the previous 18 years. However, the Boilermakers made an immediate splash in the second game of his rookie season with a nationally televised upset of Notre Dame. Tiller would go on to lead the Boilermakers to ten bowl berths in twelve years, most notably the 2001 Rose Bowl. Prior to Tiller's arrival, Purdue had played in only five bowl games, most recently the 1984 Peach Bowl.  On September 20, 2008, in a game versus Central Michigan, Tiller won his 85th game at Purdue to become the winningest coach in school history, topping the previous mark set by Jack Mollenkopf (1956–1969).[57] Tiller's "basketball on grass" offense was well renowned for its ability to score and score effectively, befuddling opposing defenses. This was especially the case when Drew Brees ran the team from 1997 to 2000. Tiller's Purdue squads were shut out only once, by Penn State, in a 12–0 defeat at Ross–Ade Stadium on October 28, 2006.

text: Tiller was the first coach to use the spread offense in the Big Ten Conference, although many others have since brought their own version of the spread, including Jim Tressel at Ohio State, Randy Walker at Northwestern, Rich Rodriguez at Michigan, and Ron Zook at Illinois. Under Tiller and his spread offense, Purdue annually had one of the top offenses in the Big Ten.

text: Danny Hope (2009–2012)[edit]

text: Beginning on approximately January 7, 2008, several media outlets reported that Hope had been offered and accepted a coaching position at Purdue where it was expected that he would replace coach Joe Tiller as part of a succession plan.[58]

text: During his previous stay at Purdue, Hope was the offensive line coach for Tiller. He is credited with building the offensive line that protected NFL quarterback Drew Brees and produced several NFL offensive linemen, including All-Pro Matt Light.[59]

text: In his first game as head coach at Purdue in 2009, the Boilermakers won, 52–31, over Toledo.[60] Purdue lost their next five games before upsetting #7 Ohio State, 26–18, at home on October 17.[61] Later during the 2009 season, the Boilermakers won at Michigan for the first time since 1966 with a 38–36 come-from-behind win at The Big House on November 7. It was only the third time in program history that Purdue defeated Ohio State and Michigan in the same season.[62]

text: Hope's teams would miss out on bowl games in both the 2009 and 2010 seasons. However, the 2011 team was able record a 6-6 overall record and a 4-4 conference record, including a second win against Ohio State in 3 years. The team would end up going to the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, where they defeated Western Michigan 37-32 to achieve Hope's first winning season at Purdue.[63] Following the season, Burke extended Hope with a two-year contract extension.[59]

text: The 2012 season was met with high expectations from fans, alumni, and Hope himself, who proclaimed that it would be his best team with many starters returning.[64] Moreover, with both Ohio State and Penn State serving bowl bans that year, the Boilermakers had a strong opportunity to win the Leaders division title. However, after a 3-1 non-conference start, the team would then open Big Ten play with five straight losses. Although the Boilers would eventually win their final three games, including victories over archrivals IU and Illinois, and become bowl-eligible for the second straight year, athletic director Morgan Burke announced on November 25, 2012, that Hope would be fired. Wide receivers coach Patrick Higgins was named interim coach for the bowl game.[65]

text: Darrell Hazell (2013–2016)[edit]

text: On December 5, 2012, it was announced that Darrell Hazell would leave the Kent State Golden Flashes to become the head coach of the Boilermakers for the 2013 season.[66] The Boilermakers started the season with a 42–7 loss to the Cincinnati Bearcats at Nippert Stadium.[67] The following week against Indiana State, Hazell won his first game at Purdue 20–14.[68] After the Boilermakers started 1–2, and Rob Henry continuing to struggle in the team's 4th game, Danny Etling was thrust into a game with Purdue trailing 27–10 to Northern Illinois.[69] Etling finished the game with 241 yards passing while throwing two touchdowns and two interceptions.[70] During the ensuing week, Etling was named the starter for the Boilermakers.[71] With Etling at quarterback, Hazell showed he was playing the 2013 season to gain experience for younger players. The Boilermakers finished the 2013 season 1–11, one of the worst seasons in Purdue history.[72] The Boilermakers went 3-9 in 2014, 2-10 in 2015, and were 3-3 in 2016 when on October 16, 2016, Hazell was fired with a record of 9-33 with the Boilermakers, including 3-24 in conference play. He was replaced on an interim basis by wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator Gerad Parker, who went 0-6 to end the season 3-9.[73]

text: Jeff Brohm (2017–present)[edit]

text: On December 5, 2016, Purdue hired Jeff Brohm to become head coach of the football program. Brohm came from Western Kentucky, where he was 30–10 in 3 seasons.[74] Brohm brought instant success to Purdue, success that the program had not experienced since Head Coach Joe Tiller. In their game against Michigan, Purdue sold out Ross Ade Stadium for the first time since 2008 in Joe Tiller's final season against Indiana. Brohm finished his first regular season with a 6-6 record, including the first victory over rival Indiana since 2012.  Brohm also was able to earn a bowl berth for Purdue, their first since the 2012 season, where Purdue defeated Arizona in the Foster Farms Bowl, 38-35.

text: Conference affiliations[edit]

text:
Independent (1887–1890)
Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1891–1894)
Independent (1895)
Western Conference (1896–1952)
Big Ten Conference (1953–present)

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text: Head coaches[edit]

text: There have been 38 head coaches with 39 tenures since the inaugural team in 1887, with Jeff Brohm being the current head coach.[75]

text:
No.

Coach

Years

Record

Pct.

1
Albert Berg
1887
0–1
.000

2
George Andrew Reisner
1889
2–1
.667

3
Clinton L. Hare
1890
3–3
.500

4
Knowlton Ames
1891–1892
12–0
1.000

5, 9
D.M. Balliet
1893–1895, 1901
22–10–2
.676

6
S. M. Hammond
1896
4–2–1
.643

7
William H. Church
1897
5–3–1
.611

8
Alpha Jamison
1898–1900
11–11–1
.500

10
Charles Best
1902
7–2–1
.750

11
Oliver Cutts
1903–1904
13–5
.722

12
Albert E. Herrnstein
1905
6–1–1
.813

13
Myron E. Witham
1906
0–5
.000

14
Leigh C. Turner
1907
0–5
.000

15
Frederick A. Speik
1908–1909
6–8
.429

16
Bill Horr
1910–1912
8–11–3
.432

17
Andy Smith
1913–1915
12–6–3
.643

18
Cleo A. O'Donnell
1916–1917
5–8–1
.393

19
A. G. Scanlon
1918–1920
7–12–1
.375

20
William Henry Dietz
1921
1–6
.143

21
James Phelan
1922–1929
35–22–5
.605

22
Noble Kizer
1930–1936
42–13–3
.750

23
Mal Elward
1937–1941
16–18–6
.475

24
Elmer Burnham
1942–1943
10–8
.556

25
Cecil Isbell
1944–1945
14–14–1
.500

26
Stu Holcomb
1946–1955
35–42–4
.457

27
Jack Mollenkopf
1956–1969
84–39–9
.670

28
Bob DeMoss
1970–1972
13–18
.419

29
Alex Agase
1973–1976
18–25–1
.420

30
Jim Young
1977–1981
38–19–1
.664

31
Leon Burtnett
1982–1986
21–34–1
.384

32
Fred Akers
1987–1990
12–31–1
.284

33
Jim Colletto
1991–1996
21–42–3
.341

34
Joe Tiller
1997–2008
87–62
.584

35
Danny Hope
2009–2012
22–27
.449

36
Patrick Higgins
2012
0–1
.000

37
Darrell Hazell
2013–2016
9–33
.214

38
Gerad Parker
2016
0–6
.000

39
Jeff Brohm
2017–present
7–6
.538

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text: Bowl games[edit]

text: Purdue has participated in 18 bowl games throughout its history, compiling a 10–8 record.[76] Purdue did not appear frequently in post-season play from 1967 to 1984, but they played well, winning 4 of 5 bowl games including four consecutive wins between 1967 and 1980. When Tiller arrived in 1997, Purdue went to eight consecutive bowl games, but only won three of the eight bowl games. Tiller would lead the Boilermakers to a total of 10 bowl games in his 12 seasons as head coach.[77] Of those 18 bowl appearances, the Boilermakers have participated in 1 "major" Division I-A/FBS bowl games, which was part of the BCS Bowl Games. The Boilermakers have never played in a National Championship Game.

text:
Season

Coach

Bowl

Opponent

Result

1966
Jack Mollenkopf
Rose Bowl
USC
W 14–13

1978
Jim Young
Peach Bowl
Georgia Tech
W 41–21

1979
Jim Young
Bluebonnet Bowl
Tennessee
W 27–22

1980
Jim Young
Liberty Bowl
Missouri
W 28–25

1984
Leon Burtnett
Peach Bowl
Virginia
L 24–27

1997
Joe Tiller
Alamo Bowl
Oklahoma State
W 33–20

1998
Joe Tiller
Alamo Bowl
Kansas State
W 37–34

1999
Joe Tiller
Outback Bowl
Georgia
L 25–28

2000
Joe Tiller
Rose Bowl
Washington
L 24–34

2001
Joe Tiller
Sun Bowl
Washington State
L 27–33

2002
Joe Tiller
Sun Bowl
Washington
W 34–24

2003
Joe Tiller
Capital One Bowl
Georgia
L 27–34

2004
Joe Tiller
Sun Bowl
Arizona State
L 23–27

2006
Joe Tiller
Champs Sports Bowl
Maryland
L 7–24

2007
Joe Tiller
Motor City Bowl
Central Michigan
W 51–48

2011
Danny Hope
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
Western Michigan
W 37–32

2012
Patrick Higgins
Heart of Dallas Bowl
Oklahoma State
L 14–58

2017
Jeff Brohm
Foster Farms Bowl
Arizona
W 38–35

text: Conference championships[edit]

text: Purdue has won or shared a conference championship on 12 occasions, including four Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles and eight Big Ten Conference titles.[78]  As members of the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Big Ten, the Boilermakers have amassed a record of 154–64–3 (.703 winning percentage) in conference play.

text:
Season

Coach

Conference

Record

Conference Record

1891
Knowlton Ames
IIAA
4–0
4–0

1892
Knowlton Ames
IIAA
8–0
4–0

1893
D.M. Balliet
IIAA
5–2–1
4–0

1894
D.M. Balliet
IIAA
9–1
4–0

1918†
A. G. Scanlon
Big Ten Conference
3–3
1–0

1929
James Phelan
Big Ten Conference
8–0
5–0

1931†
Noble Kizer
Big Ten Conference
9–1
5–1

1932†
Noble Kizer
Big Ten Conference
7–0–1
5–0–1

1943†
Elmer Burnham
Big Ten Conference
9–0
6–0

1952†
Stu Holcomb
Big Ten Conference
4–3–1
4–1–1

1967†
Jack Mollenkopf
Big Ten Conference
8–2
6–1

2000†
Joe Tiller
Big Ten Conference
8–4
6–2

text: † Shared championship

text: Facilities[edit]

text: Stuart Field (1892–1924)[edit]

text: Stuart Field was dedicated on April 16, 1892,[79] and named for Charles B. and William V. Stuart, two brothers who served on the university's board of trustees.[80] Originally a seven-acre[80] (2.8 ha) field with eight hundred seats,[79] by the 1910s it was expanded to twice that area[80] and a seating capacity of five thousand.[81]

text: Ross–Ade Stadium (1924–present)[edit]

text: The Boilermakers have called Ross–Ade Stadium home since 1924. It is named for David E. Ross and George Ade, the principal benefactors.  Ross–Ade Stadium opened on November 22, 1924, with a seating capacity of 13,500 and standing room for an additional 5,000 people.[82] A series of additions and renovations pushed the seating capacity to almost 68,000 (70,000 with standing room). In 2001 Purdue University began a $70 million renovation, which led to a reduced seating capacity of 62,500. The current capacity is 57,236, with standing room for over 60,000.[83]

text: Mollenkopf Athletic Center[edit]

text: An indoor training facility used primarily for the football team. It includes a full practice football field, extensive weight room, and offices for the football program. Also housed in Mollenkopf is the Purdue Football Hall of Glory.

text: Rivalries[edit]

text: Purdue's major rival has always been Indiana University, with whom they play for the Old Oaken Bucket, but during the Joe Tiller era the rivalry with Notre Dame in football has become the most heated and most competitive with Joe Tiller led teams going 5-7 vs. Notre Dame. Danny Hope picked up the Shillelagh Trophy with a 24-21 loss in his first season as head coach. In addition, Purdue has a long-standing rivalry with Illinois, with whom they play for the Purdue Cannon trophy.

text: Due to having an odd number of teams from 1993 to 2010, the Big Ten utilized a rotating system of conference games. Every school was designated two official rivals, whom they played every year.  The official rivals for Purdue were Indiana and Northwestern. However, after the expansion of the Big Ten to 12 schools, Purdue and Northwestern were placed into separate conference divisions and no longer played each other on an annual basis. Beginning in 2011, Purdue's new designated cross-division rival will be Iowa. This matchup has been mocked by fans of both teams. The other cross-divisional rivalries set up by the Big Ten had some history or a trophy behind the pairing, but Purdue and Iowa were left over. The respective SB Nation blogs of Hammer & Rails and Black Heart Gold Pants have since celebrated this rivalry between the two schools with the tongue-in-cheek reference to each other as "Our Most Hated Rivals" or simple "OMHR"

text: Trophy games[edit]

text:
Indiana Hoosiers – Old Oaken Bucket
Notre Dame Fighting Irish – Shillelagh Trophy
Illinois Fighting Illini – Purdue Cannon

text: Cradle of Quarterbacks[edit]

text: Purdue's football program has long been known for its proliffic passing quarterbacks, ranging from players who have set School, Big Ten & NCAA records, to being named All-Americans and finalist for national awards, to being elected into the College Football and Pro Football Hall of Fames.[84] This great tradition has led to the school being nicknamed the "Cradle of Quarterbacks". When Drew Brees led the New Orleans Saints to a victory in Super Bowl XLIV, Purdue became just the second college in history to produce 3 different Super Bowl winning quarterbacks.[84][85]

text:
Name

Years as Starter

NFL Draft

Curtis Painter
2005–08
201st Pick by the Indianapolis Colts

Kyle Orton
2001–04
106th Pick by the Chicago Bears

Drew Brees †
1998–2000
32nd Pick by the San Diego Chargers

Jim Everett
1981–85
3rd Pick by the Houston Oilers

Scott Campbell
1980–83
191st Pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers

Mark Herrmann
1977–80
98th Pick by the Denver Broncos

Gary Danielson
1970–72
Went Undrafted

Mike Phipps
1967–69
3rd Pick by the Cleveland Browns

Bob Griese †
1964–66
4th Pick by the Miami Dolphins

Len Dawson †
1954–56
5th Pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers

Dale Samuels
1950–52
28th Pick by the Chicago Cardinals

Bob DeMoss
1945–48
13th Pick by the New York Bulldogs

text: † Quarterbacks to start and win a Super Bowl.

text: Culture[edit]

text: Marching band[edit]

text: The Purdue All-American Marching Band is the marching band of Purdue University.  The Purdue "All-American" Marching Band (AAMB) is the primary source of auxiliary entertainment for Purdue University football games.  AAMB does many service performances for high schools, junior high schools, and elementary schools, and has been the host band of the Indianapolis 500 race every year the race has been held since 1927.  The band has grown from an original 5 members to 373 members, making it one of the largest marching bands in the world.  The two most distinctive features of the AAMB are the World's Largest Drum and solo baton twirler the Purdue Golden Girl.

text: In 1886 the Purdue Student Army Training Corps produced 5 men who provided music for the Army trainees to listen to during their morning conditioning runs.  While operating without a director until 1904, the band had started playing at Purdue football games and had grown to over 50 members.  In 1904, Paul Spotts Emrick, joined the band.  His experience as a conductor resulted in his election as band president and director the next year.  During his senior year at Purdue, the marching band, under Emrick, became the first band to break ranks and form a letter on the field—the famous Block "P".[86]

text: Emrick stayed on as director after his graduation in 1908. In 1921, Emrick commissioned Leedy to construct the World's Largest Drum, and it has been a part of the marching band ever since.  In 1935, during a Purdue football game at Northwestern University the band donned lights on their uniforms while performing at halftime.  With the stadium lights turned off for the performance, the band drew such awe from radio broadcaster Ted Husing, he referred to them as a "truly All-American marching band", hence the current title of the band.

text: Mascot[edit]

text: Boilermaker Special[edit]

text: The Boilermaker Special is the official mascot of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. It resembles a Victorian-era railroad locomotive and is built on a truck chassis.  It is operated and maintained by the student members of the Purdue Reamer Club.

text: Purdue University is a land-grant university (or Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) university) created through the Morrill Act of 1862.  In the 1890s, Purdue became a leader in the research of railway technology.  For many years Purdue operated the "Schenectady No. 1", and later the "Schenectady No. 2", on a dynamometer in an engineering laboratory on the West Lafayette campus.  These were 4-4-0 type steam locomotives manufactured by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The Schenectady was a classic Victorian-era design similar in construction to the Western and Atlantic Railroad No. 3 (see The General (locomotive) on display at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History).  Purdue even operated its own railroad to connect the campus to a main rail line.  In the 1930s the dynamometer was decommissioned and the Schenectady No. 2 was retired as the railroad industry in the United States converted from steam to diesel-electric locomotives.

text: Purdue did not have a mascot.  In 1939, Purdue student Israel Selkowitz suggested the school adopt an official mascot to represent Purdue's engineering heritage.  He originally proposed a "mechanical man".  After much debate, it was decided to build a locomotive on an automobile chassis.  This choice allowed the mascot to build on Purdue's engineering and railroading heritage, as well as represent the school's nickname "Boilermakers" in a meaningful way.

text: The "Boilermaker" nickname came about during the early years of Purdue football.  There had been rumors the university enrolled burly boilermakers from the Monon Railroad shops in Lafayette, Indiana as students/football players to help beef up the scrawny football team.  When a railroad operated an extra train independent of the scheduled timetable, it was known as a "special".  Thus, the trains which carried Purdue's sporting teams and their fans to other cities for athletic contests were known as "Boilermaker Specials".  It was a perfect match.

text: Financial and moral support for the first Boilermaker Special was provided by key members of the Purdue University graduating class of 1907, and members of the Purdue Reamer Club from the graduating classes of 1940 and 1941.

text: Purdue Pete[edit]

text: Purdue Pete was first designed as a logo by the University Bookstore in 1940.[87]  They would put it on their products and portray him dressed up in different clothes for the different majors.  He got the Purdue part of his name from Purdue University.[88]  The owners of the bookstores gave him the name "Pete", yet no one officially knows why this was chosen to be his name.[88]  He was given a physical identity in 1956 as he came out and helped the students cheer at a pep rally.[87] Over the years, the appearance of Purdue Pete has gone under several drastic changes as well as several minor changes.  His original head was made of paper-mâché, pasted onto a chicken wire frame.[88]  This was very inconvenient for the person who would be underneath because it would limit his movements, yet he was still expected to move around and do stunts.[88]  This head was changed to a giant fiberglass head where the person inside would use a harness to support it.  This was unpractical due to the sheer size of it.  In the 1980s, Purdue Pete acquired the appearance he is now associated with.[88] Proposals to switch to a soft-sculpture costume were rejected in 2006 and 2011.[89][90]

text: Den of Defensive Ends[edit]

text: Purdue has also had a more recent tradition of sending defensive ends to the NFL. Since 1999, Purdue has had 9 defensive ends selected in the NFL Draft. With their success in the NFL, Purdue has earned the nickname, the "Den of Defensive Ends."[91]

text:
Name

Years as Starter

NFL Draft

Leo Sugar
1949–51
123rd Pick by the Chicago Cardinals

Lamar Lundy
1954–56
47th Pick by the Los Angeles Rams

Keena Turner †
1976–79
39th Pick by the Miami Dolphins

Rosevelt Colvin †
1995–98
111th Pick by the Chicago Bears

Chike Okeafor
1994–96, 1998
89th Pick by the San Francisco 49ers

Akin Ayodele
1999–2001
89th Pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars

Shaun Phillips
2000–03
98th Pick by the San Diego Chargers

Ray Edwards
2003–05
127th Pick by the Minnesota Vikings

Rob Ninkovich †
2004–05
135th Pick by the New Orleans Saints

Anthony Spencer
2003–06
26th Pick by the Dallas Cowboys

Cliff Avril †
2004–07
92nd Pick by the Detroit Lions

Ryan Kerrigan
2007–10
16th Pick by the Washington Redskins

text: † Defensive ends to start and win a Super Bowl.

text: Logos and uniforms[edit]

text: This section is too long. Consider splitting it into new pages, adding subheadings, or condensing it.  (December 2017)

text: Purdue's colors are Old Gold and Black, as are its uniforms. Home uniforms are black with old gold numerals. On the shoulder is the player's number in old gold, and on the sleeve, there is an old gold stripe at the bottom. The pants are old gold with one black stripe along each side, with the Purdue train logo right above it. The helmet is old gold with a black stripe down the middle, a black facemask, and a black slanted "P" logo on each side. The away uniform is white with black numerals. The shoulders have black numerals on them, and the sleeve has a black stripe at the bottom. Both home and away jerseys sport the Purdue train logo in the center front of the collar, surrounded by a patch of black fabric. The away pants are black one old gold stripe on each side as well as the Purdue train logo. This uniform also features the old gold helmet used for the home uniform. Since 2013, Purdue has added in some alternate uniforms.  Purdue has always had alternate uniforms utilizing black jerseys with black pants or white jerseys with old gold pants, but these uniforms always used the same old gold helmet. When Purdue updated its uniforms during Danny Hope's coaching time, they added white pants with a black stripe on each side and a train logo as well. These pants are usually seen accompanied by a white jersey, but Purdue wore them at home with their black jersey and gold helmet once in 2013. Also, in 2013, Purdue added a matte black helmet with gold railroad tracks that run down the middle of the helmet being wider in front and gradually narrowing to the back of the helmet where it ends and in its place is a train logo. The sides of the helmet also feature a gold slanted "P" logo on either side and a black facemask. This helmet was features at home in 2013 against the Ohio State Buckeyes with the default black jersey and pants. Purdue also wore this helmet as an away uniform with the default white jersey and black pants during the Old Oaken Bucket rivalry game at Indiana. In 2014, the Boilermakers wore this helmet a couple of more times, namely when they played Notre Dame at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, when they wore it with default white jerseys and pants. They wore this same uniform combination at Indiana at the end of the year. In 2014, Purdue added no permanent uniforms, but they did have a couple special occasion helmets. In one game earlier in the year, they wore an old gold helmet with a black stripe down the middle and black facemask, but the slanted "P" logo was instead a black outline with pictures sent in by season ticket holders inside of it. In October, when the Boilers played Michigan State at home, they featured a matte black helmet with a lime green stripe down the middle, lime green slanted "P" logos, a large lime green cancer ribbon in the back, and the slogan "Hammer Down Cancer" at the back of the helmet. While, the jersey and pants were Purdue's default white for both, they also features lime green nike socks. Later in the season when they played Wisconsin at home, the Boilermakers used a matte black helmet with 3 stripes down the middle that were red, white, and blue in order with slanted "P" logos on the side that were filled with a waving American flag. The slogan at the bottom said "United" in red, "We" in white, and "Stand" in blue. This was worn with their default black jersey and pants. In 2015, Purdue added even more excitement to the uniforms. They have featured a white helmey with one side featuring the train logo in black and gold chrome with the other side featuring the player's number in black. There are two black stripes and a gold chrome stripe going down the middle, and the facemask is black with a gold chrome stripe in the middle where the stripe on the helmet continues. Also, Purdue added an Anthricite Gray alternate that used a dark gray helmet with light gray railroad tracks down the middle and a ligjt gray slanted "P" logo on each side. The jerseys are dark gray with light gray numerals on the front and back, with light gray numerals on the shoulder and a light gray stripe at the bottom of the sleeve. Instead of the player's last name being features on the back of the jersey like all of the others do, this jersey says "BOILERMAKERS" in all black. The pants to this uniform are dark gray with a light gray stripe on each side and an alternate version of the train logo that uses only black and light gray. Against Indiana State, Purdue used a helmet similar to the one they wore in 2014 against Wisconsin but this time, the helmet was white with a black facemask. This was worn with the Anthricite gray jersey and pants.  Since the arrival of Joe Tiller in 1997, Purdue players have not worn names on the backs of their jerseys. When Danny Hope took over in 2009, he added names to the backs of the jerseys.

text: Before Tiller, the team wore uniforms that sported the school's name across the front of the jersey, and the old gold color was more pronounced, with almost a copper hue. In Tiller's first season, the helmet color was lightened substantially, as was the gold used on the rest of the uniform.

text: Purdue's Pride sticker (given out for good performances) was the Purdue logo (locomotive). This was changed in 2006 to a sledgehammer with the slant "P" in the hammer's head (like the one wielded by mascot Purdue Pete).  In the 2006 game against the Indiana State Sycamores, Purdue wore a throwback uniform from 1966, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the school's first Rose Bowl team. It featured a white jersey with two outer black stripes on the shoulder and one inner gold stripe. The numerals were black with no outline. The team wore gold pants with two black stripes on the sides, and the helmets were old gold with black numbers and one black stripe down the middle.  The gold in the throwback uniforms was more yellow in hue than that in the regular 1997–present uniforms.

text:
In 2002, Purdue changed from its black home jersey to an old gold jersey. The old gold uniforms had white numerals and black outline for home games, and white uniforms with old gold numbers and back outline for away games. Some complained that the numerals on the jersey were too hard to see, so in 2003 they changed to an old gold jersey with black numerals outlined in white, and white pants with two black stripes down the sides. After losing their opening game at home to Bowling Green, Tiller and the team decided to dump the gold jerseys and go back to the black uniforms. After they changed back to the black uniforms, the team came out to Back in Black by AC/DC for every home game in 2003. Since then, Purdue has stayed with the black uniforms. In one game against Wisconsin in 2006, the Boilermakers wore the black jersey with black pants. They hadn't sported an all-black look at home since the last game of the season in 1996 against Indiana.
In 2009, Purdue also wore the Black on Black in a night game against Notre Dame on the Purdue Blackout, and then wore them for the remainder of their home games. In 2010, the Black on Black remained the normal home uniform with the exception being the Homecoming game against Minnesota where the team donned Throwback Uniforms for the 2001 Rose Bowl team. While the original jerseys were made by Champion, the replicas were Nike branded.

text: In 2013, Purdue designed a new black helmet that was used during the Ohio State and Indiana games. The all black helmet had a matte finish with a decal of train tracks down the center of the helmet, with the University's official athletic logo at the end of the tracks. Also on the helmet was the phrase "One Brick Higher", the motto coach Darrell Hazell had chosen for the season.[92] During the 2015 season, Purdue introduced a white helmet, as well as an anthracite gray uniform.

text: In 2016, Purdue announced that they would have a complete re-design of their uniforms for the 2016 season, using the motto, "Focus, Fight, Finish" for the three difference designs.[93]

text: Final rankings[edit]

text: Purdue has finished a season ranked in the Associated Press (AP) poll on 17 occasions.[94]  The Boilermakers have finished ranked amongst the top 10 in college football on five occasions. Purdue attained its highest-ever ranking in the polls during the preseason of the 1968 season, when they were ranked #1 in the AP Poll for 6 straight weeks before they lost to #4 Ohio State 0-13.[94][95] Since the implementation of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) in 1998, Purdue has finished the regular season ranked one time in the final BCS standings. While the Boilermakers are 54–175–5 against opponents ranked in the AP Poll, they have an all-time record of 111–65–10 when ranked in the AP Poll themselves.[96]

text:
Season

Record

AP

1943
9–0
5

1952
4–3–2
18

1958
6–1–2
13

1960
4–4–1
19

1961
6–3
12

1966
9–2
7

1967
8–2
9

1968
8–2
10

1969
8–2
18

1978
9–2–1
13

1979
10–2
15

1980
9–3
17

1997
9–3
15

1998
9–4
24

1999
7–5
25

2000
8–4
13

2003
9–4
18

text: "Spoilermakers"[edit]

text: Purdue has knocked off the #1 ranked football team in college football seven times over the years—the third most of all the Division I teams in college football. Only Notre Dame and Oklahoma have accomplished this more times.[97]

text:
Date

Opponent

Location

Score

October 7, 1950
#1 Notre Dame
South Bend, Indiana
28–14

October 24, 1953
#1 Michigan State
West Lafayette, Indiana
6–0

October 2, 1954
#1 Notre Dame
South Bend, Indiana
27–14

November 12, 1960
#1 Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
23–14

September 25, 1965
#1 Notre Dame
West Lafayette, Indiana
25–21

September 30, 1967
#1 Notre Dame
West Lafayette, Indiana
28–21

November 6, 1976
#1 Michigan
West Lafayette, Indiana
16–14

text: Individual accolades[edit]

text: Heisman Trophy candidates[edit]

text: Purdue has produced eight Heisman Trophy candidates. Four Boilermakers, Bob Griese, Leroy Keyes, Mark Herrmann and Drew Brees have each been finalist for the award in two separate seasons.

text:
Season

Player

Finish

Votes

1943

Tony Butkovich

8th

65

1965

Bob Griese

8th

193

1966

Bob Griese

2nd

618

1967

Leroy Keyes

3rd

1,366

1968

Leroy Keyes

2nd

1,103

1969

Mike Phipps

2nd

1,334

1972

Otis Armstrong

8th

208

1979

Mark Herrmann

8th

54

1980

Mark Herrmann

4th

405

1985

Jim Everett

6th

77

1999

Drew Brees

4th

308

2000

Drew Brees

3rd

619

text: Major award winners[edit]

text: A total of 6 Boilermaker players and coaches have either won numerous major college football awards.

text:
hidePurdue Major Award Winners

Season

Name

Pos.

Award

1966
Bob Griese
QB
Sammy Baugh

1969
Mike Phipps
QB
Sammy Baugh

1980
Mark Herrmann
QB
Sammy Baugh

Season

Name

Pos.

Award

2000
Drew Brees
QB
Maxwell

2000
Tim Stratton
TE
John Mackey

2001
Travis Dorsch
P
Ray Guy

text: All-Americans[edit]

text: A total of 50 Boilermakers have been recognized as All-Americans by various media selectors.[98]  Among those selections, twenty have achieved Consensus All-American status.  Of those consensus All-Americans, seven were unanimous selections.[99]

text:
hidePurdue All-Americans

Season

Name

Pos.

1929
Elmer Sleight*
OT

1929
Ralph Welch*
FB

1931
Charles Miller
C

1931
Paul Moss
End

1932
Roy Horstmann
FB

1932
Paul Moss#
End

1933
Duane Purvis*
RB

1934
Duane Purvis
RB

1939
Dave Rankin
End

1940
Dave Rankin*
End

1943
Alex Agase*
G

1943
Tony Butkovich
FB

1944
Babe Dimancheff
HB

1945
Tom Hughes
T

1951
Leo Sugar
DE

Season

Name

Pos.

1952
Bernie Flowers*
End

1954
Tom Bettis
G

1958
Tom Franckhauser
CB

1958
Gene Selawski
K

1960
Jerry Beabout
TE

1962
Don Brumm
T

1964
Harold Wells
DE

1965
Bob Griese*
QB

1965
Karl Singer
OT

1965
Jerry Shay
DT

1966
Jim Beirne
End

1966
John Charles
DB

1966
Bob Griese
QB

1967
Leroy Keyes#
HB

1968
Leroy Keyes#
HB/DB

Season

Name

Pos.

1968
Chuck Kyle*
G

1969
Tim Foley
DB

1969
Mike Phipps#
QB

1971
Tom Luken
OG

1972
Otis Armstrong*
HB

1972
Dave Butz*
DT

1973
Carl Capria
DB

1974
Larry Burton
WR

1975
Ken Long
OT

1975
Ken Novak
DT

1979
Mark Herrmann
QB

1980
Mark Herrmann#
QB

1980
Dave Young#
TE

1985
Rod Woodson
DB

1986
Rod Woodson*
DB

Season

Name

Pos.

1989
Shawn McCarthy
P

1990
Steve Jackson
DB

1995
Mike Alstott
RB

1997
Brian Alford
WR

1999
Drew Brees
QB

2000
Drew Brees
QB

2000
Matt Light
OT

2001
Travis Dorsch*
P

2003
Stuart Schweigert
S

2004
Taylor Stubblefield#
WR

2006
Anthony Spencer
DE

2010
Ryan Kerrigan#
DE

* – denotes Consensus All-Americans

# – denotes Unanimous All-Americans

text: Conference award winners[edit]

text: During Purdue's 116-season tenure with the Big Ten Conference, a total of 18 Boilermakers have been recognized with superlative conference honors.

text:
hidePurdue Conference Award Winners

Season

Name

Pos.

Award

1966
Bob Griese
QB
Chicago Tribune Silver Football

1967
Leroy Keyes
RB
Chicago Tribune Silver Football

1969
Mike Phipps
QB
Chicago Tribune Silver Football

1972
Otis Armstrong
RB
Chicago Tribune Silver Football

1978
Jim Young
Head Coach
Dave McClain Coach of the Year

1980
Mark Herrman
QB
Chicago Tribune Silver Football

1984
Leon Burtnett
Head Coach
Dave McClain Coach of the Year

1988
Brian Fox
QB
Freshman of the Year

1989
Eric Hunter
QB
Freshman of the Year

Season

Name

Pos.

Award

1991
Corey Rogers
RB
Freshman of the Year

1992
Jeff Zgonina
DT
Defensive Player of the Year

1997
Joe Tiller
Head Coach
Dave McClain Coach of the Year

1998
Drew Brees
QB
Offensive Player of the Year

2000
Stuart Schweigert
S
Freshman of the Year

2000
Drew Brees
QB
Offensive Player of the Year

2000
Drew Brees
QB
Chicago Tribune Silver Football

2010
Ryan Kerrigan
DE
Defensive lineman of the Year

2010
Ryan Kerrigan
DE
Defensive Player of the Year

text: Hall of Fame inductees[edit]

text: College Football Hall of Fame[edit]

text: A total of seventeen Boilermakers have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

text:
Alex Agase – G (1941–43, 46)
Inducted 1963.[100]
Otis Armstrong – HB (1970–72)
Inducted 2012.[101]
Dave Butz – DT (1970–72)
Inducted 2014.[102]
William Dietz – Head Coach (1921–26)
Inducted 2012.[103]
Chalmers "Bump" Elliott – HB (1943–44)
Inducted 1989.[104]
Bob Griese – QB (1964–66)
Inducted 1984.[105]
Mark Herrmann – QB (1977–80)
Inducted 2010.[106]
Cecil Isbell – HB (1935–37)
Inducted 1967.[107]
Leroy Keyes – HB (1966–68)
Inducted 1990.[108]
John McKay – Head Coach (1960–75)
Inducted 1988[109]
Jack Mollenkopf – Head Coach (1955–69)
Inducted 1988.[110]
Elmer Oliphant – HB (1911–14)
Inducted 1955.[111]
Jim Phelan – Head Coach (1922–29)
Inducted 1973.[112]
Mike Phipps – QB (1967–69)
Inducted 2006.[113]
Andy Smith – Head Coach (1913–15)
Inducted 1951.[114]
Rod Woodson – Safety (1983–86)
Inducted 2016.[115]
Jim Young – Head Coach (1977–81)
Inducted 1999.[116]

text: Pro Football Hall of Fame[edit]

text: Four Boilermakers hold the distinguished title of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees.

text:
Len Dawson – Quarterback (1957–1975); HoF Class of 1987
Bob Griese – Quarterback (1967–1980); HoF Class of 1990
Hank Stram – Head Coach (1960–1974; 1976–1977); HoF Class of 2003
Rod Woodson – Cornerback / Safety (1987–2003); HoF Class of 2009

text: Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame[edit]

text: Since its institution in 1994, the Purdue University Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame recognizes those participants that have helped elevate Boilermaker athletics into one of the most respected programs in the nation.  Former athletes, coaches and administrators are eligible for selection 5 years following their association with Purdue athletics.[117] The following individuals have been inducted into the Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame for their contributions to the Boilermaker football program:

text:
Bernie Allen
Mike Alstott
Otis Armstrong
Erich Barnes
Jim Beirne
Tom Bettis
Drew Brees
Pete Brewster
Lawrence Burton
Tony Butkovich
Dave Butz
John Charles
Rosevelt Colvin
Dr. Lloyd Combs
Gary Danielson
Len Dawson
Bob DeMoss
Babe Dimancheff
Travis Dorsch
Jim Everett
Dutch Fehring
Bernie Flowers
Tim Foley
Bob Griese
Mark Herrmann
Cecil Isbell
Alpha Jamison
Leroy Keyes
Noble Kizer
Matt Light
Lamar Lundy
Guy "Red" Mackey
Felix Mackiewicz
Ned Maloney
Jack Mollenkopf
Elmer Oliphant
Mike Phipps
Duane Purvis
Dave Rankin
Dale Samuels
Jerry Shay
Bill Skowron
Elmer Sleight
Darryl Stingley
Hank Stram
Taylor Stubblefield
Leo Sugar
Harry Szulborski
Joe Tiller
Keena Turner
Sam Voinoff
Ralph Welch
Rod Woodson
Dave Young
Jim Young
Jeff Zgonina

text: Boilermakers in professional football[edit]

text:
Purdue has produced a total of 184 NFL draft selections.[118]
The following "Active" and "All-Star" lists account for past and present Purdue University football players that have participated in the National Football League, the Canadian Football League, and the Arena Football League.

text: Active[edit]

text: As of August 2018, there are a total of 18 Boilermakers listed on team rosters in the NFL,[119] CFL,[120] and AFL.[121]

text:
Ricardo Allen – S – Atlanta Falcons
Ja'Whaun Bentley – LB – New England Patriots
Drew Brees – QB – New Orleans Saints
Anthony Brown – CB – Dallas Cowboys
Danny Ezechukwu – LB – Philadelphia Eagles
Gabe Holmes – TE – Arizona Cardinals
Dennis Kelly – OG – Tennessee Titans
Ryan Kerrigan – LB – Washington Redskins
Jason King – OG – New England Patriots
Austin Larkin – DE – Dallas Cowboys
Raheem Mostert – RB – San Francisco 49ers
Kevin Pamphile – OT – Tennessee Titans
Jordan Roos – OG – Seattle Seahawks
Ryan Russell – DE – Buffalo Bills
Kawann Short – DT – Carolina Panthers
David Steinmetz – OG – Miami Dolphins
Eddy Wilson – DT – Cincinnati Bengals
Frankie Williams – CB – Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DeAngelo Yancey – WR – Green Bay Packers

text: All-Stars[edit]

text: Among the numerous Boilermakers that have participated in the NFL, CFL, and AFL, a total of 34 have received all-star recognition by their respective leagues.

text:
Mike Alstott – FB
NFL Pro Bowl (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)[122]
NFL All-Pro (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)[122]
Otis Armstrong – RB
NFL Pro Bowl (1974, 1976)[123]
NFL All-Pro (1974)[123]
Erich Barnes – DB
NFL Pro Bowl (1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968)[124]
NFL All-Pro (1961)[124]
Dick Barwegan – G
NFL Pro Bowl (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954)[125]
NFL All-Pro (1948, 1949, 1950, 1951)[125]
NFL 1950s All-Decade Team
Jim Beirne – WR
NFL Pro Bowl (1969)[126]
Drew Brees – QB
NFL Pro Bowl (2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)[127]
NFL All-Pro (2006)[127]
Pete Brewster – TE
NFL Pro Bowl (1955, 1956)[128]
Don Brumm – DE
NFL Pro Bowl (1968)[129]
Dave Butz – DL
NFL Pro Bowl (1983)[130]
NFL All-Pro (1983)[130]
NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
Denny Chronopoulos – OG
CFL East All-Star (1993)
Len Dawson – QB
NFL Pro Bowl (1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971)[131]
NFL All-Pro (1962, 1966)[131]
Super Bowl IV MVP
NFL Man of the Year Award (1973)
2nd Team, AFL All-Time Team
Kansas City Chiefs #16 retired
Pro Football Hall of Fame (1987)
Cris Dishman – DB
NFL Pro Bowl (1991, 1997)[132]
NFL All-Pro (1991)[132]
Johnny Drake – DB
NFL Pro Bowl (1938, 1939, 1940)[133]
NFL All-Pro (1940)[133]
Jim Everett – QB
NFL Pro Bowl (1990)[134]
Ed Flanagan – C
NFL Pro Bowl (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973)[135]
Tim Foley – CB/S
NFL Pro Bowl (1979)[136]
Abe Gibron – G
NFL Pro Bowl (1952, 1953, 1954, 1955)[137]
Mel Gray – RB, WR, KR, PR
NFL Pro Bowl (1990, 1991, 1992. 1994)[138]
NFL All-Pro (1990, 1991, 1994)[138]
NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
Bob Griese – QB
NFL Pro Bowl (1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978)[139]
NFL All-Pro (1971, 1977)[139]
Miami Dolphins #12 retired
Miami Dolphins Honor Roll
Pro Football Hall of Fame (1990)
Steve Griffin – WR, DB
ArenaBowl II MVP[140]
Nick Hardwick – C
NFL Pro Bowl (2006)[141]
Cecil Isbell – QB, RB
NFL Pro Bowl (1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942)[142]
NFL All-Pro (1941)[142]
Packers Hall of Fame
NFL 1930s All-Decade Team
Larry Kaminski – C
NFL Pro Bowl (1967)[143]
Joe Krupa – DT
NFL Pro Bowl (1963)[144]
Matt Light – OT
NFL Pro Bowl (2006, 2007, 2010)[145]
NFL All-Pro (2007)[145]
Lamar Lundy – DE
NFL Pro Bowl (1959)[146]
Joe Mihal – OT
NFL Pro Bowl (1940, 1941)[147]
Ken Panfil – OT
NFL Pro Bowl (1959)[148]
John Petty – FB
NFL Pro Bowl (1942)[149]
Shaun Phillips – DE, LB
NFL Pro Bowl (2010)[150]
Mike Pruitt – RB
NFL Pro Bowl (1979, 1980)[151]
Jim Schwantz – LB
NFL Pro Bowl (1996)[152]
Kory Sheets – RB
CFL All-Star (2013)
Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (2013)[151]
Kawann Short – DT
NFL All-Pro (2015)
NFL Pro Bowl (2016)[153]
Leo Sugar – DE
NFL Pro Bowl (1958, 1960)[154]
Keena Turner – LB
NFL Pro Bowl (1984)[155]
Rod Woodson – DB
NFL Pro Bowl (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)[156]
NFL All-Pro (1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002)[156]
Pittsburgh Steelers All-Time Team
NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1993)
UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year (1993)
NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
NFL 1990s All-Decade Team

text: NFL top 50 draft selections[edit]

text: Of Purdue's 185 players selected in the NFL Draft, 55 Boilermakers have been amongst the top 50 selections of the draft.[157]

text:
Frank Loebs
1936 – 27th overall by the New York Giants
Dick Sandefur
1936 – 39th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
Johnny Drake
1937 – 10th overall by the Cleveland Rams
Cecil Isbell
1938 – 7th overall by the Green Bay Packers
Marty Schreyer
1938 – 22nd overall by the Green Bay Packers
Joe Mihal
1939 – 19th overall by the Philadelphia Eagles
Lou Brock
1940 – 24th overall by the Green Bay Packers
Frank Bykowski
1940 – 42nd overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Babe Dimancheff
1944 – 19th overall by the Boston Yanks
Dick Barwegan
1945 – 44th overall by the Boston Yanks
Ed Cody
1946 – 36th overall by the Green Bay Packers
Phil O'Reilly
1948 – 45th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Bob Pfohl
1948 – 46th overall by the New York Giants
Bob DeMoss
1949 – 13th overall by the New York Bulldogs
Lou Karras
1950 – 32nd overall by the Washington Redskins
Earl Murray
1950 – 41st overall by the Baltimore Colts
Barry French
1951 – 45t overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Pete Brewster
1952 – 21st overall by the Chicago Cardinals
Bernie Flowers
1953 – 14th overall by the Baltimore Colts
Dale Samuels
1953 – 28th overall by the Chicago Cardinals
Tom Bettis
1955 – 5th overall by the Green Bay Packers
Joe Krupa
1956 – 17th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Dick Murley
1956 – 39th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Len Dawson
1957 – 5th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Lamar Lundy
1957 – 47th overall by the Los Angeles Rams
Erich Barnes
1958 – 42nd overall by the Chicago Bears
Tom Franckhauser
1959 – 33rd overall by the Los Angeles Rams
Ross Fichtner
1960 – 33rd overall by the Cleveland Browns
Don Brumm
1963 – 13th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
Jim Garcia
1965 – 17th overall by the Cleveland Browns
Jerry Shay
1966 – 7th overall by the Minnesota Vikings
Bob Griese
1967 – 4th overall by the Miami Dolphins
John Charles
1967 – 21st overall by the Boston Patriots
Leroy Keyes
1969 – 3rd overall by the Philadelphia Eagles
Mike Phipps
1970 – 3rd overall by the Cleveland Browns
Dave Butz
1973 – 5th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
Otis Armstrong
1973 – 9th overall by the Denver Broncos
Darryl Stingley
1973 – 19th overall by the New England Patriots
Larry Burton
1975 – 7th overall by the New Orleans Saints
Mike Pruitt
1976 – 7th overall by the Cleveland Browns
Ken Novak
1976 – 20th overall by the Baltimore Colts
Ken Long
1976 – 44th overall by the Detroit Lions
Keena Turner
1980 – 39th overall by the San Francisco 49ers
Dave Young
1981 – 32nd overall by the New York Giants
Don Anderson
1985 – 32nd overall by the Indianapolis Colts
Jim Everett
1986 – 3rd overall by the Houston Oilers
Rod Woodson
1987 – 10th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Fred Strickland
1988 – 47th overall by the Los Angeles Rams
Mike Alstott
1996 – 35th overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Drew Brees
2001 – 32nd overall by the San Diego Chargers
Matt Light
2001 – 48th overall by the New England Patriots
Anthony Spencer
2007 – 26th overall by the Dallas Cowboys
Dustin Keller
2008 – 30th overall by the New York Jets
Ryan Kerrigan
2011 – 16th overall by the Washington Redskins
Kawann Short
2013 – 44th overall by the Carolina Panthers

text: Records[edit]

text: All statistical records are courtesy of the Purdue Football Record Book unless otherwise cited. Statistics containing the "#" symbol denote NCAA FBS records.

text: Team records[edit]

text:
Consecutive Victories
16 (1891–93)[158]
Consecutive Bowl Game Appearances
8 (1997–2004)
Consecutive Seasons Ranked in the Final AP or Coaches Poll
4 (1966–1969, 1997–2000)
Margin of Victory
96 vs. Butler (1893)
Total Offensive Yards
In a Game: 763 vs. Indiana (2004)
Points Scored
In a Season: 446 (2007)
In a Regular Season Game: 96 vs. Butler (1893)
In a Bowl Game: 51 vs. Central Michigan (Motor City Bowl, 2007)[159]

text: Individual records[edit]

text:
Total Offense
Career: Drew Brees – 12,692 yards
Season: Drew Brees – 4,189 yards (2000)
Game: Curtis Painter vs. Central Michigan – 540 yards (2007)
Total Touchdowns Scored
Career: Kory Sheets – 54
Season: Leroy Keyes (1967) – 19
Game: Elmer Oliphant (1912), Mike Northington (1973) & Mike Alstott – 5
Total Touchdowns Responsible For
Career: Drew Brees – 106
Season: Drew Brees (1998) – 42
Game: Drew Brees (2× 1998), Kyle Orton (2004) & Curtis Painter (2007) – 6
Total Points Scored (Position Players)
Career: Kory Sheets – 324
Season: Leroy Keyes – 114 (1919)
Game: Elmer Oliphant – 43 vs. Rose Poly (1912)
All-Purpose Yards
Career: Dorien Bryant – 6,219 yards
Season: Dorien Bryant – 2,121 yards (2007)
Game: Otis Armstrong vs. Indiana – 312 yards (1972)

text: Passing[edit]

text:
Passing Yards
Career: Drew Brees – 11,792
Season: Curtis Painter – 3,985 (2006)
Game: Curtis Painter – 546 vs. Central Michigan (2007)
Pass Completions
Career: Drew Brees – 1,026
Season: Drew Brees – 361 (1998)
Game: Drew Brees – 55 vs. Wisconsin (1998)
Pass Attempts
Career: Drew Brees – 1,678
Season: Drew Brees (1998) & Curtis Painter (2007) – 569
Game: Drew Brees – 83 vs. Wisconsin (1998)#[160]
Completion Percentage
Career: Drew Brees – 61.1%
Season (minimum 150 attempts): Mark Herrmann – 65.8% (1980)
Game (minimum 20–29 completions): Kyle Orton – 88.5% vs. Ball State (2004)
Game (minimum 30–39 completions): Drew Brees – 86.1% vs. Minnesota (1998)
Game (minimum 40–49 completions): Curtis Painter – 77.6% vs. Eastern Illinois (2007)
Game (minimum 50–59 completions): Drew Brees – 70.2% vs. Michigan State (1999)
Game (minimum 60+ completions): Drew Brees – 66.3% vs. Wisconsin (1998)
Touchdown Passes
Career: Drew Brees – 90
Season: Drew Brees – 39 (1998)
Game: Drew Brees (2× 1998), Kyle Orton (2004) & Curtis Painter (2007) – 6
Passing Efficiency
Career: Jim Everett – 132.7
Season (minimum 150 attempts): Kyle Orton – 151.1 (2004)
Game (minimum 20–29 completions): Kyle Orton – 258.2 vs. Ball State (2004)
Game (minimum 30–39 completions): Drew Brees – 262.9 vs. Minnesota (1998)
Game (minimum 40–49 completions): Curtis Painter – 177.6 vs. Eastern Illinois (2007)
Game (minimum 50–59 completions): Kyle Orton – 179.0 vs. Indiana (2004)
Game (minimum 60+ completions): Drew Brees – 131.6 vs. Georgia (2000)

text: Rushing[edit]

text:
Rushing Yards
Career: Mike Alstott – 3,635
Season: Mike Alstott -1,436 (1995)
Game: Otis Armstrong – 276 vs. Indiana (1972)
Rushing Attempts
Career: Otis Armstrong – 670
Season: Joey Harris – 250 (2002)
Game: Scott Dierking (1976) & Montrell Lowe (2000) – 36
Rushing Touchdowns
Career: Kory Sheets – 48
Season: Tony Butkovich (1943) & Kory Sheets (2008) – 16
Game: Mike Northington – 5 vs. Iowa (1973)
100-Yard Rushing Games
Career: Mike Alstott – 16
Season: Mike Alstott (1995) – 9

text: Receiving[edit]

text:
Receiving Yards
Career: John Standeford – 3,788
Season: John Standeford – 1,307 (2002)
Game: Chris Daniels – 301 vs. Michigan State (1999)
Receptions:
Career: Taylor Stubblefield – 325
Season: Chris Daniels (1999) – 121
Game: Chris Daniels – 21 vs. Michigan State (1999)
Touchdown Receptions
Career: Brian Alford – 31
Season: Taylor Stubblefield – 16 (2004)
Game: Reggie Arnold – 4 vs. Iowa (1977)
100-Yard Receiving Games
Career: John Standeford – 14
Season: Steve Griffin (1984) & John Standeford (2002) – 7

text: Defensive[edit]

text:
Tackles
Career: Kevin Motts – 520
Season: Mark Brown – 209 (1982)
Game: Chuck Kyle – 27 vs. Indiana (1968)
Tackles For Loss
Career: Jeff Zgonina – 72.0
Season: Jeff Zgonina – 28 (1992)
Game: Jeff Zgonina (1992) & Rob Ninkovich (2005) – 7
Sacks
Career: Rosevelt Colvin – 35.0
Season: Rosevelt Colvin – 15.0 (1998)
Game: Ken Loushin, Tom Kingsbury (1980), Rob Ninkovich (2004 & 2005) & Ryan Kerrigan (2010) – 4.0
Passes Broken Up
Career: Steve Jackson – 35
Season: Jamel Coleman – 20 (1996)
Game: Chuck Piebes (1971) & Bill Kay (1980) – 7
Interceptions
Career: Stuart Schweigert – 17
Season: Phil Mateja (1952) & Bill Kay (1979) – 7
Game: Paul Beery (1976) – 4

text: Kicking[edit]

text:
Scoring
Career: Travis Dorsch – 355
Season: Ben Jones (2003) – 111
Game: E. C. Robertson – 35 vs. Rose Poly (1900)
Field Goals Made
Career: Travis Dorsch – 68
Season: Ben Jones – 25 (2003)
Game: E. C. Robertson – 7 vs. Rose Poly (1900)
Longest Made: Carson Wiggs – 59 yards vs. Toledo (2009)
Field Goals Attempted
Career: Travis Dorsch – 97
Season: Ben Jones – 30 (2003)
Field Goal Percentage
Career (15 min. attempts): Carson Wiggs – .737
Season (1 min. attempt): Ben Jones – .833 (2003)
Game (4 min. attempts): Scott Sovereen (1977), Rick Anderson (1980), Jonathan Briggs (1986), Travis Dorsch (2001), Ben Jones (2003), Chris Summers (2× 2007), & Carson Wiggs (2011) - 1.000

text: Punting[edit]

text:
Punts
Career: Shawn McCarthy – 273
Season: Shawn McCarthy – 79 (1988)
Game: Scott Lougheed (1970) & Jared Armstrong (2007) – 12
Total Punting Yardage
Career: Shawn McCarthy – 11,246
Season: Brent Slaton – 3,303 (2003)
Game: Shawn McCarthy – 409 vs. Illinois (1989)
Average Punting Yardage
Career: Travis Dorsch – 48.5
Season: Travis Dorsch – 48.1 (2001)
Game: Cody Webster – 56.0 vs. Indiana (2010)

text: Kick Returns[edit]

text:
Kick Return Yards
Career: Dorien Bryant – 2,125
Season: Dorien Bryant – 1,007 (2007)
Game: Raheem Mostert – 206 vs. Wisconsin (2011)
Kick Return Yard Average
Career: Raheem Mostert – 30.2
Game (4 min. attempts): Raheem Mostert – 41.2 vs. Wisconsin (2011)
Kick Returns for Touchdowns
Career: Dorien Bryant – 3
Season: Dorien Bryant – 2 (2007)

text: Punt Returns[edit]

text:
Punt Return Yards
Career: Anthony Chambers – 780
Season: Anthony Chambers – 499 (2003)
Game: Anthony Chambers – 149 vs. Penn State (2003)
Punt Return Yard Average
Career: Phil Mateja – 12.0
Season: Vinny Sutherland – 16.4 (1999)
Game (4 min. attempts): Anthony Chambers – 29.8 vs. Penn State (2003)

text: Future non-conference opponents[edit]

text: Announced schedules as of May 8, 2017.[161]

text:
2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

vs Eastern Michigan

at Nevada

vs Memphis

vs Oregon State

vs Indiana State

at Virginia Tech

vs Indiana State

at Notre Dame

vs Wake Forest

at Notre Dame

at Wake Forest

at Vanderbilt

vs Missouri

vs Vanderbilt

vs. Air Force

at Notre Dame

vs Notre Dame

vs Indiana State

vs Notre Dame

at TCU

vs Boston College

vs TCU

at Boston College

at Oregon State

vs Notre Dame

text: Radio network affiliates[edit]

text:
City

Call Sign

Frequency

Bedford, Indiana
WBIW
1340 AM

Berne, Indiana
WZBD-FM
92.7 FM

Boonville, Indiana
WBNL
1540 AM

Bremen, Indiana/South Bend, Indiana
WHPZ
96.9 FM

Columbus, Indiana
WYGB-FM
100.3 FM

Dowagiac, Michigan
WHPD
92.1 FM

Evansville, Indiana
WGBF
1280 AM

Fort Wayne, Indiana
WKJG
1380 AM

Greencastle, Indiana
WREB-FM
94.3 FM

Hammond, Indiana
WJOB
1230 AM

Indianapolis, Indiana
WNDE
1260 AM/97.5 FM

Jasper, Indiana
WQKZ-FM
98.5 FM

Jeffersonville, Indiana
WXVW
1450 AM

Knox, Indiana/Culver, Indiana
WKVI
1520 AM

Lafayette, Indiana
WAZY
96.5 FM

Michigan City, Indiana
WEFM-FM
95.9 FM

Mount Vernon, Indiana
WRCY
1590 AM

Niles, Michigan
WTRC-FM
95.3 FM

Peru, Indiana
WARU-FM
101.9 FM

Salem, Indiana
WSLM/WSLM-FM
1220 AM / 97.9 FM

South Bend, Indiana
WHME (FM)
103.1 FM

Terre Haute, Indiana
WVIG
95.9 FM

Vincennes, Indiana
WFML-FM
96.7 FM

Warsaw, Indiana
WRSW
1480 AM

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