Purdue Football Team History
Purdue Boilermakers
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Founded: 1869 Stadium: Ross-Ade Stadium Capacity: 67,332 Colors: Old Gold & Black Coach: Noble E. Kizer Conference: Big 10-
1931 Season Highlights
Noble E. Kizer enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Purdue.
The Boilermakers won the Big 10 Conference Championship.
1931 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Oct. 3 vs. Coe
19
0
W
Sat., Oct. 3 vs. Western Reserve
28
0
W
Sat., Oct. 10 vs.
Illinois
7
0
W
Sat., Oct. 17 @
Wisconsin
14
21
L
Sat., Oct. 24 @ Carnegie Tech
13
6
W
Sat., Oct. 31 @ Chicago
14
6
W
Sat., Nov. 7 vs. Centenary
49
6
W
Sat., Nov. 14 vs.
Iowa
22
0
W
Sat., Nov. 21 @
Indiana
19
0
W
Sat., Nov. 28 @
Northwestern
7
0
W
@ Chicago, IL
1931 Season Totals
Record 9-1
Points Scored 192
Scoring Average 19.2
Points Allowed 39
Defense Average 3.9
Opponents Record 17-22
Conference Record 4-1
Home Record 5-0
Away Record 4-1
1931 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1931 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1931 All Big 10 Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
The oldest college football bowl game is the Rose Bowl, which was first played in 1902.