1997 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1997 Purdue Boilermakers football
Alamo Bowl champion
Alamo Bowl, W 33–20 vs. Oklahoma State
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 15
AP No. 15
1997 record 9–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Joe Tiller (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney (1st season)
Offensive scheme Spread offense
Defensive coordinator Brock Spack (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Captain Brian Alford (Senior year)
Captain Rosevelt Colvin (Junior year)
Captain Mark Fischer (Senior year)
Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 67,861)
1997 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 Michigan $  8 –0     12 –0  
No. 12 Ohio State  6 –2     10 –3  
No. 16 Penn State  6 –2     9 –3  
No. 15 Purdue  6 –2     9 –3  
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

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.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 6 6:00 PM at Toledo* Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH L 22–36   27,700
September 13 2:30 PM No. 15 Notre Dame* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Rivalry) ABC W 28–17   68,789
September 20 1:00 PM Ball State* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 28–14   45,947
September 27 11:30 AM Northwestern Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPN W 21–9   42,112
October 11 6:00 PM at Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN ESPN+ W 59–43   37,821
October 18 1:00 PM No. 24 Wisconsindagger Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 45–20   54,252
October 25 1:00 PM at Illinois No. 23 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon) W 48–3   45,122
November 1 12:30 PM at No. 16 Iowa No. 18 Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA ESPN2 L 17–35   70,397
November 8 12:30 PM Michigan State No. 24 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPN2 W 22–21   55,539
November 15 12:00 PM No. 6 Penn State No. 19 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPN L 17–42   52,156
November 22 1:00 PM at Indiana No. 25 Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) W 56–7   46,599
December 30 8:00 PM Oklahoma State* No. 17 Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl) ESPN W 33–20   55,552
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Personnel

Coaching staff

Starters

Game summaries

Toledo

Purdue at Toledo
1 234Total
Purdue 7 708 22
• Toledo 21 636 36

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

Notre Dame

Notre Dame at Purdue
1 234Total
Notre Dame 0 1007 17
• Purdue 7 7014 28

In Joe Tiller's first home game, Purdue snapped an 11-game losing streak to Notre Dame as fans tore down the goalposts after the victory. Edwin Watson, who had two touchdown runs, had said earlier in the week that former head coach and new Irish offensive coordinator Jim Colletto "was used to losing here (Purdue), so it would be nothing new for him."[5]

Ball State

Ball State at Purdue
1 234Total
Ball State 0 707 14
• Purdue 3 10150 28
  • Date: September 20
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
  • Game attendance: 45,947

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Northwestern

Northwestern at Purdue
1 234Total
Northwestern 3 600 9
• Purdue 7 770 21
  • Date: September 27
  • Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
  • Game attendance: 42,112

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Minnesota

Purdue at Minnesota
1 234Total
• Purdue 17 21147 59
Minnesota 14 7715 43
  • Purdue's first win in Minneapolis since 1983.

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin at Purdue
Homecoming
1 234Total
Wisconsin 0 1073 20
• Purdue 21 7710 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

Purdue at Illinois
1 234Total
• Purdue 14 2077 48
Illinois 0 300 3

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Iowa

Purdue at Iowa
1 234Total
Purdue 10 700 17
• Iowa 0 14210 35

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Michigan State

Michigan State at Purdue
1 234Total
Michigan State 7 707 21
• Purdue 0 7015 22
  • Date: November 8
  • Location: Ross–Ade Stadium
    West Lafayette, IN
  • Game attendance: 55,539

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Penn State

Penn State at Purdue
1 234Total
• Penn State 0 141414 42
Purdue 0 908 17
  • Date: November 15
  • Location: Ross–Ade Stadium
    West Lafayette, IN
  • Game attendance: 52,156

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Indiana

Purdue at Indiana
1 234Total
• Purdue 14 7728 56
Indiana 0 700 7

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Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State vs. Purdue
Alamo Bowl
1 234Total
• Purdue 7 3203 33
Oklahoma State 3 377 20

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Roster

1997 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Donald Winston So
QB 3 John Reeves  Sr
WR 5 Willie Tillman Sr
WR 6 Isaac Jones Sr
WR 9 Robert Tolbert So
QB 12 Billy Dicken  Sr
WR 20 Chris Daniels  So
RB 36 Edwin Watson Sr
RB 43 Kendall Matthews Sr
OT 54 Mark Fischer Sr
OG 56 Chukky Okobi  Fr
OT 76 Dan Maly Sr
OG 79 Chad Manning Sr
WR 80 Brian Alford  Sr
TE 81 Brandon Jewell  Sr
TE 84 Jon Blackmon Sr
WR 88 Jason Loerzel Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
FS 2 Derrick Brown Sr
LB 4 Mike Rose So
SS 7 Adrian Beasley So
SS 10 Lee Brush Sr
CB 11 Michael Hawthorne So
CB 14 Jamel Coleman Sr
CB 28 Henry Bell Jr
DE 49 Chukie Nwokorie Jr
DE 58 Warren Moore Fr
DE 59 Rosevelt Colvin Jr
DT 71 Anthony Gutwein Jr
DT 82 David Nugent So
DE 87 Rocco Foggio Fr
DT 97 Greg Smith Sr
DT 98 Leo Perez Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
PK 22 Aaron Bunten Fr
P 26 Danny Rogers So
LS 60 Andy Standifer So
P 92 Brandon Kaser Jr
PK 96 Shane Ryan So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 28, 2016

Awards

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. ↑ USA Today.
  16. ↑ 1997 Purdue football archives. PurdueSports.com. Retrieved November 10, 2011
  17. ↑ 2011 Purdue football information guide
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