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Purdue Boilermakers

Big TenWest Lafayette, INRoss-Ade Stadium

2026: 3–⁠4 (2–⁠2 Big Ten). Last: lost to Washington 38–⁠26 at home. Next: at Penn State, Saturday, Oct 31.

  1. W 44–⁠19Indiana State
  2. L 36–⁠38Wake Forest
  3. L 38–⁠52at UCLA
  4. L 10–⁠49No. 3 Notre Dame
  5. W 24–⁠17at Illinois
  6. W 41–⁠13Minnesota
  7. L 26–⁠38Washington
  8. Oct 31at Penn State
  9. Nov 7Maryland
  10. Nov 14at Iowa
  11. Nov 21Wisconsin
  12. Nov 28at Indiana
  • Outfitted by Nike
  • Sudler Trophy, 1995

Purdue has played football since 1887 and is 637–⁠618–⁠48 in the 1,303 games on record here, which start in 1892. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 5, in 1943. They have won eight Big Ten Conference titles (the last in 2000), plus three Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles, one Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association title, counting shared titles. Since 1936, the NFL Draft has taken 168 players from here in its first seven rounds, 23 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took three players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 11 players and 5 coaches from Purdue. Joe Tiller (1997–⁠2008) won more games here than any other coach: 87. The most-played rival is Indiana: 127 meetings, Purdue leads 77–⁠44–⁠6. This season, under Barry Odom, they’re 3–⁠4.

Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette
Ross-Ade StadiumPhoto: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On this date in 2019Purdue lost to No. 23 Iowa 26–⁠20 on the road.

Résumé

All-time record
648–⁠621–⁠48 official; 637–⁠618–⁠48 on file; how we count
Postseason
11–⁠10 matches the official bowl record
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
5 of 219 ranked
Elo now
1436 104th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 63 · Composite No. 47 in FBS, Oct 17; down 5 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
1932 rated 1728
Conference titles
12 last in 2000
Seasons
135 since 1892, 1,303 games

Identity

Fight song
Hail Purdue!
Student section
Ross-Ade Brigade
Apparel
Nike
Band
Purdue “All-American” Marching Band since 1886, 395 members

2026 season 3–⁠4

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsIndiana StateW 44–⁠1980%
Sep 12vsWake ForestL 36–⁠3838%
Sep 19atUCLAL 38–⁠5226%
Sep 26vs3Notre DameL 10–⁠4915%
Oct 3atIllinoisW 24–⁠1720%
Oct 10vsMinnesotaW 41–⁠1335%
Oct 16vsWashingtonL 26–⁠3841%
Oct 31atPenn StatePreview25%
Nov 7vsMarylandPreview64%
Nov 14atIowaPreview16%
Nov 21vsWisconsinPreview44%
Nov 28atIndianaPreview9%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Purdue’s Elo through 2026: 1392 going into the opener, 1436 after the latest game.13751400142514501475Elo 1392 going in; beat Indiana State 44–19Elo 1404 going in; lost to Wake Forest 38–36Elo 1396 going in; lost to UCLA 52–38Elo 1383 going in; lost to Notre Dame 49–10Elo 1373 going in; beat Illinois 24–17Elo 1411 going in; beat Minnesota 41–13Elo 1457 going in; lost to Washington 38–26Now: Elo 1436 after the latest game1436
Indiana StateWake ForestUCLANotre DameIllinoisMinnesotaWashingtonNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Future schedule

2027–⁠34
202711 games: 6 home, 5 away
202812 games: 6 home, 6 away
20293 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20301 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20311 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20331 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20341 game: 1 home, non-conference only

Purdue’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of September 16, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookAll-time letterwinnersThe money

On the 2026 team

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Purdue.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Nike · Official source
Mascot
Purdue Pete · Official source
Student section
Ross-Ade Brigade · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Josh Henson · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Kevin Kane · Official source
NIL collective
Boiler BrandWorks · Single source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Nike. The deal's term hasn't been published.

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1892

Best seasons ever
Purdue end-of-season Elo from 1892 to 2026, best in 1932 at 1728.130015001700190019001920194019601980200020201932 peak: Elo 1728
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

On Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Barry Odom2025–⁠20265–⁠14
Ryan Walters2023–⁠20245–⁠19
Brian Brohm20220–⁠1
Jeff Brohm2017–⁠202236–⁠34
Gerad Parker20160–⁠6
Darrell Hazell2013–⁠20169–⁠33
Patrick Higgins20120–⁠1
Danny Hope2009–⁠201222–⁠27
Joe Tiller1997–⁠200887–⁠62
Jim Colletto1991–⁠199620–⁠43–⁠3
Fred Akers1987–⁠199012–⁠31–⁠1
Leon Burtnett1982–⁠198621–⁠34–⁠1
Jim Young1977–⁠198138–⁠19–⁠1
Alex Agase1973–⁠197618–⁠25–⁠1
Bob DeMoss1970–⁠197213–⁠18
Jack Mollenkopf1956–⁠196984–⁠39–⁠9
Stuart Holcomb1947–⁠195535–⁠42–⁠4
Cecil Isbell1944–⁠194614–⁠14–⁠1
Elmer Burnham1942–⁠194310–⁠8
Mal Elward1937–⁠194116–⁠18–⁠6
Noble Kizer1930–⁠193642–⁠13–⁠3
James Phelan1922–⁠192935–⁠22–⁠5
William Dietz19211–⁠6
Butch Scanlon1918–⁠19207–⁠12–⁠1
Cleo O’Donnell1916–⁠19175–⁠8–⁠1
Andy Smith1913–⁠191512–⁠6–⁠3
Bill Horr19121–⁠2
Keckie Moll19123–⁠0–⁠1
M.H. Horr1910–⁠19114–⁠9
Frederick Speik1908–⁠19096–⁠8
L.C. Turner19070–⁠5
M.E. Witham19060–⁠5
A.E. Hernstein19056–⁠1–⁠1
Oliver Cutts1903–⁠190413–⁠5
Charles Best19027–⁠2–⁠1
D.M. Balliet1893–⁠190122–⁠10–⁠2
Alpha Jamison1898–⁠190011–⁠11–⁠1
Bill Church18975–⁠3–⁠1
S.M. Hammond18964–⁠2–⁠1
Knowlton Ames18928–⁠0

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesPUR record
Indiana12777–⁠44–⁠6 ‡
Illinois10249–⁠47–⁠6 ‡
Iowa9450–⁠41–⁠3
Wisconsin9129–⁠54–⁠8
Northwestern9053–⁠36–⁠1
Notre Dame9026–⁠60–⁠2 †
Minnesota8136–⁠42–⁠3
Michigan State6929–⁠36–⁠3 †

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Indiana, Notre Dame, Illinois, Chicago.

The trophy it holds: Purdue Cannon (Illinois, since 2026). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (123)

Every program Purdue has played, A to Z, with Purdue’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

12, counting shared titles
Big Ten Conference 8
1918 (shared), 1929, 1931 (shared), 1932 (shared), 1943 (shared), 1952 (shared), 1967 (shared), 2000 (shared)
Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 3
1892, 1893, 1894
Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1
1891
Big Ten West 1
2022

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1887–⁠1890
  2. Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1891–⁠1894
  3. Independent 1895
  4. Western Conference 1896–⁠1952
  5. Big Ten since 1953

Purdue’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).

National award winners

All awards
2018Rondale Moore WR/RSHornung
2001Travis Dorsch KRay Guy
2000Drew Brees QBMaxwell
2000Tim Stratton TEMackey

Consensus All-Americans 22

2021David Bell WR
2018Rondale Moore APB
2010Ryan Kerrigan DE
2004Taylor Stubblefield WR
2001Travis Dorsch P
1986Rod Woodson CB
1980Dave Young TE
1980Mark Herrmann QB
1972Dave Butz DT
1972Otis Armstrong RB
1969Mike Phipps QB
1968Chuck Kyle MG
1968Leroy Keyes RB
1967Leroy Keyes RB
1965Bob Griese QB
1952Bernie Flowers E
1943Alex Agase OG
1940David Rankin E
1933Duane Purvis FB
1932Paul Moss E
1929Elmer Sleight OT
1929Ralph Welch FB

Led the nation 13

2022Charlie Jones receptions (110 catches)
2018Rondale Moore receptions (114 catches)
2011Raheem Mostert kickoff return average (33.5)
2000Drew Brees total offense (4,189 yds), total offense per game (358.1)
1999Drew Brees total offense (4,086 yds)
1985Jim Everett total offense per game (326.3)
1985Rodney Carter receptions (98 catches)
1980Dave Young receptions (70 catches)
1970Stan Brown kickoff return average (33.6)
1969Stan Brown kickoff return yards (698 yds)
1967Leroy Keyes points (114 pts)
1961Ron DiGravio passer rating (140.1)
1954Len Dawson passing touchdowns (15 TD)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
2000Drew Brees QB3rd
1999Drew Brees QB4th
1980Mark Herrmann QB4th
1969Mike Phipps QB2nd
1968Leroy Keyes RB2nd
1967Leroy Keyes RB3rd
1966Bob Griese QB2nd

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
11
Coaches
5
2016Rod Woodson CB
2014Dave Butz DT
2012Otis Armstrong RB
2012William Henry Dietz coach here, 1921
2010Mark Herrmann QB
2006Mike Phipps QB
1999Jim Young coach here, 1977–⁠1981
1990Leroy Keyes RB
1989Bump Elliott RB
1988Jack Mollenkopf coach here, 1956–⁠1969
1984Bob Griese QB
1973James Phelan coach here, 1922–⁠1929
1967Cecil Isbell RB
1963Alex Agase OG
1955Elmer Oliphant RB
1951Andy Smith coach here, 1913–⁠1915

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
168 since 1936
First-round picks
23
AAFC and AFL picks
3 1948, 1962–⁠63
2022George Karlaftis DENo. 30, Kansas City Chiefs
2011Ryan Kerrigan DENo. 16, Washington Redskins
2008Dustin Keller TENo. 30, New York Jets
2007Anthony Spencer LBNo. 26, Dallas Cowboys
1987Rod Woodson DBNo. 10, Pittsburgh Steelers
1986Jim Everett QBNo. 3, Houston Oilers
1976Mike Pruitt RBNo. 7, Cleveland Browns
1976Ken Novak DTNo. 20, Baltimore Colts

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

Purdue University-Main Campus
Enrollment
58,658 44,819 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
West Lafayette, Indiana
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1869
Graduates’ median earnings
$72,424 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @boilerfootballInstagram @boilerfootballFacebook purduefootball

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones purduesports.com lists for its football program, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Voices

play-by-play
  1. 1995–⁠2009Joe McConnell

From the announcers’ Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA), with the years as each article gives them: those in Wikipedia’s Purdue football announcers category, and any whose article names them the program’s play-by-play voice. Television network crews and announcers whose articles give no years are left out.

On the newsreel

And 21 more

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20263–⁠42–⁠2Barry Odom14361.6
20252–⁠100–⁠9Barry Odom1339-6.1
20241–⁠110–⁠9Ryan Walters1340-16.2
20234–⁠83–⁠6Ryan Walters1479-7.3
20228–⁠66–⁠3Jeff Brohm, Brian Brohm15497.7
20219–⁠46–⁠3Jeff Brohm159110.3
20202–⁠42–⁠4Jeff Brohm14205.9
20194–⁠83–⁠6Jeff Brohm1456-0.7
20186–⁠75–⁠4Jeff Brohm15396.5
20177–⁠64–⁠5Jeff Brohm15335.8
20163–⁠91–⁠8Darrell Hazell, Gerad Parker1323-11.0
20152–⁠101–⁠7Darrell Hazell1311-7.4
20143–⁠91–⁠7Darrell Hazell1340-6.2
20131–⁠110–⁠8Darrell Hazell1316-15.7
20126–⁠73–⁠5Danny Hope, Patrick Higgins1464-1.0
20117–⁠64–⁠4Danny Hope14913.1
20104–⁠82–⁠6Danny Hope1400-6.5
20095–⁠74–⁠4Danny Hope14855.1
20084–⁠82–⁠6Joe Tiller14672.4
20078–⁠53–⁠5Joe Tiller155612.4
20068–⁠65–⁠3Joe Tiller15134.4
20055–⁠63–⁠515Joe Tiller154711.8
20047–⁠54–⁠424Joe Tiller163418.3
20039–⁠46–⁠21918Joe Tiller164214.9
20027–⁠64–⁠4Joe Tiller157311.3
Every season back to 1892 (110 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20016–⁠64–⁠4Joe Tiller15266.8
20008–⁠46–⁠21413Joe Tiller162713.7
19997–⁠54–⁠42325Joe Tiller163614.7
19989–⁠46–⁠224Joe Tiller165421.7
19979–⁠36–⁠215Joe Tiller160512.0
19963–⁠82–⁠6Jim Colletto1426-0.3
19954–⁠6–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1Jim Colletto150311.9
19944–⁠5–⁠22–⁠4–⁠2Jim Colletto14379.0
19931–⁠100–⁠8Jim Colletto1345-2.8
19924–⁠73–⁠5Jim Colletto1438-0.7
19914–⁠73–⁠5Jim Colletto14040.3
19902–⁠91–⁠7Fred Akers1334-9.4
19893–⁠82–⁠6Fred Akers1346-5.2
19884–⁠73–⁠5Fred Akers1351-15.7
19873–⁠7–⁠13–⁠5Fred Akers1403-8.1
19863–⁠82–⁠6Leon Burtnett1379-11.1
19855–⁠63–⁠5Leon Burtnett14938.3
19847–⁠56–⁠3Leon Burtnett14814.6
19833–⁠7–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1Leon Burtnett1408-4.7
19823–⁠83–⁠6Leon Burtnett1415-7.9
19815–⁠63–⁠6Jim Young1511-0.3
19809–⁠37–⁠1917Jim Young165413.1
197910–⁠27–⁠1610Jim Young16749.0
19789–⁠2–⁠16–⁠1–⁠113Jim Young162311.0
19775–⁠63–⁠5Jim Young1486-1.8
19765–⁠64–⁠4Alex Agase14652.5
19754–⁠74–⁠4Alex Agase1458-3.9
19744–⁠6–⁠13–⁠5Alex Agase14712.1
19735–⁠64–⁠4Alex Agase14863.1
19726–⁠56–⁠218Bob DeMoss153411.6
19713–⁠73–⁠5Bob DeMoss14152.8
19704–⁠62–⁠5Bob DeMoss15265.7
19698–⁠25–⁠21818Jack Mollenkopf1664
19688–⁠25–⁠2110Jack Mollenkopf1663
19678–⁠26–⁠19Jack Mollenkopf1684
19669–⁠26–⁠187Jack Mollenkopf1665
19657–⁠2–⁠15–⁠29Jack Mollenkopf1623
19646–⁠35–⁠2Jack Mollenkopf1574
19635–⁠44–⁠3Jack Mollenkopf1556
19624–⁠4–⁠13–⁠37Jack Mollenkopf1607
19616–⁠34–⁠212Jack Mollenkopf1641
19604–⁠4–⁠13–⁠419Jack Mollenkopf1606
19595–⁠2–⁠24–⁠2–⁠111Jack Mollenkopf1629
19586–⁠1–⁠23–⁠1–⁠213Jack Mollenkopf1661
19575–⁠44–⁠3Jack Mollenkopf1578
19563–⁠4–⁠21–⁠4–⁠2Jack Mollenkopf1533
19555–⁠3–⁠14–⁠2–⁠120Stuart Holcomb1552
19545–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3Stuart Holcomb1570
19532–⁠72–⁠4Stuart Holcomb1474
19524–⁠3–⁠24–⁠1–⁠118Stuart Holcomb1563
19515–⁠44–⁠1Stuart Holcomb1536
19502–⁠71–⁠4Stuart Holcomb1440
19494–⁠52–⁠4Stuart Holcomb1505
19483–⁠62–⁠415Stuart Holcomb1483
19475–⁠43–⁠3Stuart Holcomb1519
19462–⁠6–⁠10–⁠5–⁠1Cecil Isbell1437
19457–⁠33–⁠315Cecil Isbell1591
19445–⁠54–⁠27Cecil Isbell1577
19439–⁠06–⁠075Elmer Burnham1632
19421–⁠81–⁠4Elmer Burnham1323
19412–⁠5–⁠11–⁠3Mal Elward1444
19402–⁠61–⁠4Mal Elward1490
19393–⁠3–⁠22–⁠1–⁠2Mal Elward1566
19385–⁠1–⁠23–⁠1–⁠1Mal Elward1610
19374–⁠3–⁠12–⁠2–⁠1Mal Elward1557
19365–⁠2–⁠13–⁠1–⁠15Noble Kizer1566
19354–⁠43–⁠3Noble Kizer1543
19345–⁠33–⁠1Noble Kizer1606
19336–⁠1–⁠13–⁠1–⁠1Noble Kizer1690
19327–⁠0–⁠15–⁠0–⁠1Noble Kizer1728
19319–⁠15–⁠1Noble Kizer1704
19306–⁠24–⁠2Noble Kizer1677
19298–⁠05–⁠0James Phelan1677
19285–⁠2–⁠12–⁠2–⁠1James Phelan1588
19276–⁠22–⁠2James Phelan1583
19265–⁠2–⁠12–⁠1–⁠1James Phelan1481
19253–⁠4–⁠10–⁠3–⁠1James Phelan1418
19245–⁠22–⁠2James Phelan1454
19232–⁠5–⁠11–⁠4James Phelan1351
19221–⁠5–⁠10–⁠3–⁠1James Phelan1338
19211–⁠61–⁠4William Dietz1336
19202–⁠50–⁠4Butch Scanlon1373
19192–⁠4–⁠10–⁠3Butch Scanlon1397
19183–⁠31–⁠0Butch Scanlon1403
19173–⁠40–⁠4Cleo O’Donnell1381
19162–⁠4–⁠10–⁠4–⁠1Cleo O’Donnell1430
19153–⁠3–⁠12–⁠2Andy Smith1517
19145–⁠22–⁠2Andy Smith1567
19134–⁠1–⁠22–⁠1–⁠2Andy Smith1552
19124–⁠2–⁠12–⁠2–⁠1Bill Horr, Keckie Moll1484
19113–⁠41–⁠3M.H. Horr1392
19101–⁠50–⁠4M.H. Horr1345
19092–⁠50–⁠4Frederick Speik1371
19084–⁠31–⁠3Frederick Speik1425
19070–⁠50–⁠3L.C. Turner1386
19060–⁠50–⁠3M.E. Witham1461
19056–⁠1–⁠11–⁠1–⁠1A.E. Hernstein1616
19049–⁠31–⁠2Oliver Cutts1547
19034–⁠20–⁠2Oliver Cutts1493
19027–⁠2–⁠12–⁠2Charles Best1499
19014–⁠4–⁠10–⁠3–⁠1D.M. Balliet1407
19004–⁠40–⁠4Alpha Jamison1403
18994–⁠4–⁠11–⁠2Alpha Jamison1391
18983–⁠30–⁠1Alpha Jamison1433
18975–⁠3–⁠11–⁠2Bill Church1488
18964–⁠2–⁠10–⁠2–⁠1S.M. Hammond1517
18954–⁠3D.M. Balliet1535
1894partial9–⁠1D.M. Balliet1581
18935–⁠2–⁠1D.M. Balliet1524
18928–⁠0Knowlton Ames1619

Officially 648–⁠621–⁠48 since 1887 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 637–⁠618–⁠48 (−11 wins, −3 losses). Our file starts in 1892; the program began in 1887. Some games are missing from our source.

Game by game, 134 of 135 seasons are complete on file. For one season (1894) the record comes from coaching totals and some games are missing, so early totals and streaks count only the games on file.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.