1997 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1997 Purdue Boilermakers football
Alamo Bowl vs. Oklahoma State, W 33–20
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP #15
1997 record 9–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Joe Tiller
Captain Brian Alford
Captain Rosevelt Colvin
Captain Mark Fischer
Home stadium Ross-Ade Stadium
Seasons
« 1996 1998 »
1997 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#1/2 Michigan †   8 – 0         12 – 0  
#12/12 Ohio State   6 – 2         10 – 3  
#16/17 Penn State   6 – 2         9 – 3  
#15/15 Purdue   6 – 2         9 – 4  
Wisconsin   5 – 3         8 – 5  
Iowa   4 – 4         7 – 5  
Michigan State   4 – 4         7 – 5  
Northwestern   3 – 5         5 – 7  
Minnesota   1 – 7         3 – 9  
Indiana   1 – 7         2 – 9  
Illinois   0 – 8         0 – 11  
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1997 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

Contents

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 6 7:00 PM at Toledo* Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH L 22–36   27,700
September 13 3:30 PM #15 Notre Dame* Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh) ABC W 28–17   68,789
September 20 2:00 PM Ball State* Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 28–14   45,947
September 27 12:30 PM Northwestern Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPN W 21–9   42,112
October 11 7:00 PM at Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN ESPN+ W 59–43   37,821
October 18 2:00 PM #24 Wisconsin Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 45–20   54,252
October 25 2:00 PM at Illinois #23 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon) W 48–3   45,122
November 1 12:30 PM at #16 Iowa #18 Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA ESPN2 L 17–35   70,397
November 8 12:30 PM Michigan State #24 Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPN2 W 22–21   55,539
November 15 12:00 PM #6 Penn State #19 Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPN L 17–42   52,156
November 22 1:00 PM at Indiana #25 Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) W 56–7   46,599
December 30 8:00 PM Oklahoma State* #17 Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl) ESPN W 33–20   55,552
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

[1]

Personnel

Coaching staff

[2]

Starters

[3]

Game summaries

Toledo

See also: Toledo Rockets football
Purdue at Toledo
1 2 3 4 Total
Purdue 7 7 0 8 22
• Toledo 21 6 3 6 36

Joe Tiller's first game as Purdue head coach [4]


Notre Dame

See also: 1997 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and Jeweled Shillelagh
Notre Dame at Purdue
1 2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame 0 10 0 7 17
• Purdue 7 7 0 14 28

[5]


Ball State

See also: Ball State Cardinals football
Ball State at Purdue
1 2 3 4 Total
Ball State 0 7 0 7 14
• Purdue 3 10 15 0 28
  • Date: September 20
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
  • Game attendance: 45,947

[6]


Northwestern

See also: Northwestern Wildcats football
Northwestern at Purdue
1 2 3 4 Total
Northwestern 3 6 0 0 9
• Purdue 7 7 7 0 21
  • Date: September 27
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
  • Game attendance: 42,112

[7]


Minnesota

See also: 1997 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Purdue at Minnesota
1 2 3 4 Total
• Purdue 17 21 14 7 59
Minnesota 14 7 7 15 43

[8]


Wisconsin

See also: 1997 Wisconsin Badgers football team
Wisconsin at Purdue
Homecoming
1 2 3 4 Total
Wisconsin 0 10 7 3 20
• Purdue 21 7 7 10 45
  • Date: October 18
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN

With the win over Wisconsin, Purdue is off to its best start since 1978 and produced their first five-game winning streak since 1980.[9]


Illinois

See also: Illinois Fighting Illini football
See also: Purdue Cannon
Purdue at Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
• Purdue 14 20 7 7 48
Illinois 0 3 0 0 3

[10]

Iowa

See also: 1997 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
Purdue at Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
Purdue 10 7 0 0 17
• Iowa 0 14 21 0 35

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Michigan State

See also: 1997 Michigan State Spartans football team
Michigan State at Purdue
1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan State 7 7 0 7 21
• Purdue 0 7 0 15 22
  • Date: November 8
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium
    West Lafayette, IN
  • Game attendance: 55,539

[12]


Penn State

See also: 1997 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
Penn State at Purdue
1 2 3 4 Total
• Penn State 0 14 14 14 42
Purdue 0 9 0 8 17
  • Date: November 15
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium
    West Lafayette, IN
  • Game attendance: 52,156

[13]


Indiana

See also: Indiana Hoosiers football
See also: Old Oaken Bucket
Purdue at Indiana
1 2 3 4 Total
• Purdue 14 7 7 28 56
Indiana 0 7 0 0 7

[14]


Oklahoma State

See also: 1997 Alamo Bowl
Oklahoma State vs. Purdue
Alamo Bowl
1 2 3 4 Total
• Purdue 7 3 20 3 33
Oklahoma State 3 3 7 7 20

[15]


Awards

[16]

References

  1. ^ 2011 Purdue football information guide
  2. ^ 2011 Purdue football information guide
  3. ^ 2011 Purdue football information guide
  4. ^ 1997 Purdue football archives. PurdueSports.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  5. ^ 1997 Purdue football archives. PurdueSports.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  6. ^ 1997 Purdue football archives. PurdueSports.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  7. ^ 1997 Purdue football archives. PurdueSports.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  8. ^ 1997 Purdue football archives. PurdueSports.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011
  9. ^ "Boilermakers Rout Wisconsin." 1997 Purdue football archives. PurdueSports.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011
  10. ^ 1997 Purdue football archives. PurdueSports.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  11. ^ 1997 Purdue football archives. PurdueSports.com. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  12. ^ 1997 Purdue football archives. PurdueSports.com. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  13. ^ 1997 Purdue football archives. PurdueSports.com. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  14. ^ 1997 Purdue football archives. PurdueSports.com. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  15. ^ 1997 Purdue football archives. PurdueSports.com. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  16. ^ 2011 Purdue football information guide
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