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The Purdue Boilermakers are a college football program that competes in NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference.
[edit] Coaching Staff
[edit] Position Coaches
- Joe Tiller - Head Coach
- Danny Hope - Associate Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator, Offensive-Line (will become HC in 2009)
- Mark Hagen - Assistant Head Coach, Special Teams Coordinator, Linebackers Coach
- Brock Spack - Defensive Coordinator, Safeties Coach
- Ed Zaunbrecher - Co-Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks Coach
- Lou Anarumo - Defensive Backs Coach
- John McDonell - Offensive Tackles and Tight Ends Coach
- Brian Rock - Wide Receivers Coach
- Joel Thomas - Running Backs Coach
- Terrell Williams - Defensive Line Coach
[edit] Support Staff
- Don Coller - Director of Football Operations
- Jim Lathrop - Director of Strength and Conditioning
- Kevin Nesfield - Graduate Assistant
- Mike Jacobs - Graduate Assistant
[edit] Stadium
[edit] Uniforms
Purdue's colors are old gold and black. So too are their uniforms. Their home uniforms are black with white numerals and old gold outline. On the sleeve is the player's number in white, outlined in old gold, along with two outer old gold stripes and a black one inside at the end of the sleeve. The pants are old gold with two black strpies along both sides. The away uniform is white with black numerals and old gold outline. Both home and away jerseys sport the Purdue slant "P" logo in the center front of the collar, surrounded by a patch of black fabric. The away pants are black with two old gold stripes. Since the arrival of Joe Tiller in 1997, Purdue players have not worn names on the backs of their jerseys. The helmet is old gold with the Purdue "P" in black with a white outline on both sides. There are three stripes down the middle; two outer black ones, and one think inner white one. The facemask is black. 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. 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. They 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. 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.
[edit] All-Time Win/Loss/Tie Record as of 2006
[edit] Big Ten Championships
- 1918, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1943, 1952, 1967, 2000
[edit] Bowl Games
[edit] Trophy Games
[edit] Individual Award Winners
- Drew Brees - 2000
- Travis Dorsch - 2001
- Tim Stratton - 2000
- Bob Griese - 1966
- Leroy Keyes - 1967
- Mike Phipps - 1969
- Otis Armstrong - 1972
- Mark Herrmann - 1980
- Drew Brees - 2000
[edit] College Football Hall of Famers
[edit] Players
[edit] Coaches
[edit] Pro Football Hall of Famers
[edit] Current NFL Players
[edit] Other Famous Players
[edit] All Time Football Team
Purdue's All Time Football Team (chosen in 1987)[citation needed]
- Offense
- QB - Bob Griese
- RB - Otis Armstrong
- RB - Leroy Keyes
- RB - Duane Purvis
- TE - Jim Beirne
- TE - Dave Young
- L - Alex Agase
- L - Tom Bettis
- L - Carl Singer
- L - Pete Quinn
- L - Elmer Sleight
- PK - Scott Sovereen
- Defense
- DL - Dave Butz
- DL - Ken Novak
- DL - Lamar Lundy
- DL - Ned Maloney
- DL - Chuck Kyle
- LB - Greg Bingham
- LB - Keena Turner
- DB - Tom Foley
- DB - John Charles
- DB - Rod Woodson
- DB - Leroy Keyes
- P - Matt Kinzer
[edit] Related Pages
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ All-Time Win/Loss/Tie Record as of 2006
- ^ College Football Hall of Famers
- ^ Current NFL Players
