The Purdue Boilermakers football team represents Purdue University in the BIG 10 Conference NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision of college football. Purdue plays its home games at Ross–Ade Stadium on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Enjoy the history of this long a storied program from 1887 to the present!
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Mark Herrmann The Purdue Prodigy Passing Leader
Purdue’s Mark Herrmann set national records as a Purdue quarterback and earned him a place in the College Football Hall of Fame. — www.hammerandrails.com
Mark Herrmann's football career was a tale of two chapters, each etched with contrasting storylines. From the golden halls of Purdue to the muddled trenches of the NFL, his journey is a study in both unbridled college football brilliance and professional struggles.
At Purdue, Herrmann was a titan. He shattered passing records, becoming the NCAA's first quarterback to throw for 9,000 yards. His pinpoint accuracy and athleticism earned him All-America honors and propelled the Boilermakers to national prominence.
But Herrmann's story wasn't just about numbers. It was about resilience. He suffered through heartbreaking near-misses, weathered coaching changes, and battled injuries that could have derailed his career. Yet, he rose with every challenge, his unwavering love for Purdue fueling his comeback.
His 1980 Bluebonnet Bowl performance cemented his legend. Leading a comeback against USC, nicknamed "The Cardiac Kids," Herrmann threw for a then-record 303 yards, defying expectations and etching his name in Purdue's pantheon of heroes.
He was the golden boy, the face of college football's new era, poised for NFL stardom. But the transition to the professional ranks proved harsh. Drafted in the fourth round by the Denver Broncos, Herrmann found himself buried on a depth chart, his college magic failing to translate. He bounced between four teams in eleven seasons, never fully settling into a starting role.
Rod Woodson
Born February 10, 1965, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was the cornerback with World Speed from Purdue Rod Woodson. Per his bio on the FootballFoundation.org website Rod was the 1986 runner-up for the Jim Thorpe Award and left Purdue holding 13 individual school records. He left Purdue as the career leader in solo tackles, interceptions, interception return yardage, interceptions returned for touchdowns, kickoff returns and kickoff return yardage, and he still ranks in the top five in nearly every category. Rod Woodson was honored with induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2016 after the National Football Foundation tallied their votes. Woodson was the tenth overall player taken in the 1987 NFL Draft picked by the Pittsburgh Steelers. All he did was produce great stats for the majority of his career. In 1993 he was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year and was a six time All-Pro during his 17 year career. Rod picked off 71 career passes and held the NFL record for interception return yards at 1473 when he retired. Besides the Steelers , Woodson played with the 49ers, the Ravens and the Raiders. Rod Woodson was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009. For more on this legend check out these awesome posts below:
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The image above shows an RPPC mailed in 1909 from West Lafayette, IN, to Will Hubbard in Bosler, Wyoming. Mailed by a Purdue student named Ralph, the message asks how things are going in his friends’ new home and mentions that Purdue opens the 1909 season playing at UChicago. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Timothy P Brown investigates a photographic postcard mailed in 1909 with an image of a 1903 Purdue Boilermakers football game. The field displayed shows the partial Checkerboard lined field that only occurred in 1903.
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Purdue University Logo PNG Purdue University has several basic identity elements: the wordmark, seal, institutional colors, and typefaces. Meaning and history Before 2018, Purdue had a tradition to allow its academic and administrative units to modify the main wordmark replacing the text "University" with the name of the unit. However, eventually the school’s design team
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