Purdue Boilermakers football
| Purdue Boilermakers football | |||
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| First season | 1887; 138 years ago | ||
| Athletic director | Mike Bobinski | ||
| Head coach | Barry Odom 1st season, 0–0 (–) | ||
| Stadium | Ross–Ade Stadium (capacity: 61,441) | ||
| Year built | 1924 | ||
| Field surface | Bermuda Grass | ||
| Location | West Lafayette, Indiana | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | Big Ten Conference | ||
| Past conferences | Independent (1887–1890) Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1891–1894) Independent (1895) | ||
| All-time record | 642–608–48 (.513) | ||
| Bowl record | 11–10 (.524) | ||
| Unclaimed national titles | 1 (1931) | ||
| Conference titles | 12 (1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1943, 1952, 1967, 2000) | ||
| Division titles | 1 (2022) | ||
| Rivalries | Illinois (rivalry) Indiana (rivalry) Notre Dame (rivalry) | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 21 | ||
| Current uniform | |||
| Colors | Old gold and black | ||
| 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 629–583–48 record at the conclusion of the 2021 season, Purdue has the 55th-most victories among NCAA FBS programs. 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.