Purdue Boilermakers football
| Purdue Boilermakers football | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| First season | 1887; 139 years ago | ||
| Athletic director | Mike Bobinski | ||
| General manager | Brandon Lee | ||
| Head coach | Barry Odom 1st season, 2–10 (.167) | ||
| Location | West Lafayette, Indiana | ||
| Stadium | Ross–Ade Stadium (capacity: 61,441) | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | Big Ten | ||
| Colors | Old gold and black | ||
| All-time record | 644–618–48 (.510) | ||
| Bowl record | 11–10 (.524) | ||
| National championships | |||
| Unclaimed | 1931 | ||
| Conference championships | |||
| IIAA: 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894 Big Ten: 1918, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1943, 1952, 1967, 2000 | |||
| Conference division championships | |||
| Big Ten West: 2022 | |||
| Consensus All-Americans | 22 | ||
| Rivalries | Indiana (rivalry) Notre Dame (rivalry) Illinois (rivalry) Chicago (historic rivalry) | ||
| Uniforms | |||
| Fight song | Hail Purdue! | ||
| Mascot | Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete | ||
| Marching band | Purdue All-American Marching Band | ||
| Outfitter | Nike | ||
| Website | PurdueSports.com | ||
The Purdue Boilermakers football team represents Purdue University in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football. Purdue plays its home games at Ross–Ade Stadium on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The head coach of Purdue is Barry Odom, the 38th head coach in Purdue history. The Boilermakers compete in the Big Ten Conference.
With a 644–618–48 record at the conclusion of the 2025 season, Purdue has the 59th-most victories. Purdue was originally classified as a Major College school in the 1937 season until 1972. Purdue received Division I classification in 1973, becoming a Division I-A program from 1978 to 2006 and an FBS program from 2006 to the present. The Boilermakers have registered 64 winning seasons in their history, with 19 of those seasons resulting in eight victories or more, 10 seasons resulting in at least nine wins, and one season with ten victories or more. Of those successful campaigns, Purdue has produced five unbeaten seasons in its history, going 4–0 in 1891, 8–0 in 1892, 8–0 in 1929, 7–0–1 in 1932 and 9–0 in 1943. The Boilermakers have won a total of 12 conference championships in their history; eight Big Ten Conference titles; four Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles and one Big Ten West Division title.