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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: Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Conference: Big 10-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1887  <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2024
1956 Season Highlights
 Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Purdue.
 
1956 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 29  vs. Missouri  16   7   W       
 Sat., Oct. 6  @ Minnesota  14   21   L       
 Sat., Oct. 13  @ Notre Dame  28   14   W       
 Sat., Oct. 20  @ Wisconsin  6   6   T       
 Sat., Oct. 27  vs. Iowa  20   21   L       
 Sat., Nov. 3  vs. Illinois  7   7   T       
 Sat., Nov. 10  @ Michigan State  9   12   L       
 Sat., Nov. 17  @ Northwestern  0   14   L       
 Sat., Nov. 24  vs. Indiana  39   20   W       
 
1956 Season Totals
  Record3-4 -2
  Points Scored139
  Scoring Average15.4
  Points Allowed122
  Defense Average13.6
  Opponents Record38-37
  Conference Record1-4
  Home Record2-1 -1
  Away Record1-3 -1
1956 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1956 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Minnesota 6-1-212787 4-1-28467  Murray Warmath
Indiana 3-6129263 1-585216  Bernie A. Crimmins
Illinois 2-5-2124154 1-4-279106  Ray Eliot
Iowa 9-121984Won  35-195-18844  Forest Evashevski
Michigan 7-2233123 5-214396  Bennie G. Oosterbaan
Michigan State 7-223987 4-213349  Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Ohio State 6-316081 4-28847  Wayne Woody Hayes
Northwestern 4-4-1107112 3-3-18079  Ara R. Parseghian
Purdue 3-4-2139122 1-4-295101  Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Wisconsin 1-5-393129 0-4-346116  Milton Milt Bruhn

1956 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1956 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 biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.