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Purdue Football Team History


Purdue Boilermakers
Purdue University
 West Lafayette, IN
Founded: 1869
Stadium: Ross-Ade Stadium
Capacity: 67,332
Colors: Old Gold & Black
Coach: Ryan Walters
Conference: Big 10-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference

Purdue 
Team Timeline
First Team: 1887  
  1994 - Michigan State self-forfeited all wins in the 1994 season, resulting in Purdues loss to Michigan State being retroactively changed to a win.
  2012 - Danny Hope was fired after the end of the regular season. Patrick Higgins coached the bowl game.
  2016 - Darrell Hazell was fired on October 16, 2016. Gerad Parker was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
  2022 - On December 7, 2022, head coach Jeff Brohm accepted the head coach position at Louisville. His brother and Purdue offensive coordinator Brian Brohm served as interim head coach for the Boilermakers during the Citrus Bowl.
 
Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
  1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1918, 1929, 1931
1932, 1943, 1952, 1967, 2000
Division Championships
  2022
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 640-597-48
 Winning Pct. 52%
 Vacated Wins 0
 Forfeit Wins 0
 Adjusted Record 640-597-48
 Winning Pct. 52%
 National Championships 0
 Conference Titles 12
 Division Titles 1
 Conference Record 326-356-24
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 396-248-26
 Away Record 233-336-22
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 137
 Winning Seasons (#1) 77
 Losing Seasons (#1)56
 Most Wins in A Season 10 (1979)
 Most Loses in A Season 11 (2013)
 10 Win Seasons 1
 Most Points Scored in a Game 96 (10/21/1893)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 446 (2007)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 63 (12/28/2018)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 475 (2015)
 Largest Margin of Victory 96 (10/21/1893)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 56 (11/9/1907)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 115 (10/9/1993)
 Last Shutout 9/10/2022
 Last Time Shutout 11/2/2013
 Shutouts All-Time 180
 Been Shutout All-Time 134
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 16 (10/24/1891-11/4/1893)
 Longest Losing  11 (10/20/1906-10/3/1908)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 10-10-0
 Rose 1-1-0
 Cotton 0-0-0
 Orange 0-0-0
 Fiesta 0-0-0
 Sugar 0-0-0
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  23-22
 2010-19  43-81
 2000-09  67-57
 1990-99 48-63
 1980-89 45-65-2
 1970-79 55-53-2
 1960-69 65-28-3
 1950-59 42-38-10
 1940-49 40-48-2
 1930-39 54-20-8
 1920-29 38-33-5
Next Game
 8/31/2024 (Sat)  
vs. Indiana State in a Non-Conference Game
Last Time: Purdue won 56-0 in 2022.
All-Time:
 Purdue vs. Indiana State 6-0-0 100.0% 
 
2024 Season
 Sat., Aug. 31  vs. Indiana State
 Sat., Sep. 7  OPEN 
 Sat., Sep. 14  vs. Notre Dame
 Sat., Sep. 21  @ Oregon State
 Sat., Sep. 28  vs. Nebraska
 Sat., Oct. 5  @ Wisconsin
 Sat., Oct. 12  @ Illinois
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. Oregon
 Sat., Oct. 26  OPEN 
 Sat., Nov. 2  vs. Northwestern
 Sat., Nov. 9  @ Ohio State
 Sat., Nov. 16  vs. Penn State
 Sat., Nov. 23  @ Michigan State
 Sat., Nov. 30  @ Indiana
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring0-0
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2024 Big 10  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Illinois 0-0
Indiana 0-0
Iowa 0-0
Maryland 0-0
Michigan 0-0
Michigan State 0-0
Minnesota 0-0
Nebraska 0-0
Northwestern 0-0
Ohio State 0-0
Oregon 0-0
Penn State 0-0
Purdue 0-0
Rutgers 0-0
Southern California 0-0
UCLA 0-0
Washington 0-0
Wisconsin 0-0
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Purdue & Indiana have played 123 games.
Purdue has won 75 games.
Indiana has won 42 games.
with 6 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-27
 10 or more 133-133
 20 or more  128-76
 30 or more 92-25
 40 or more 50-2
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 17-0
 10 or more 116-160
 20 or more 65-149
 30 or more 23-100
 40 or more 6-45
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

Quarterbacks from Alabama won the first three Super Bowls. They also have more Super Bowl wins than quarterbacks from any other school (Kenny Stabler 1, Joe Namath 1 and Bart Starr 2).