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Purdue University Boilermakers Tickets Information
The Purdue Boilermakers are one of 11 teams in the Big Ten Conference - along with the Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan State Spartans, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, and Wisconsin Badgers.
The Purdue Boilermakers are the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) men's football and basketball teams for Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, one of 9 public universities in the Big Ten, and one of 2 from the state of Indiana, the other being the Indiana Hoosiers. They are two of the university's 20 varsity teams and, dating back to 1896, one of the founding members of the Big Ten conference.
The Purdue Boilermakers play their football home games at the 62,500 seat Ross-Ade Stadium and their basketball home games at the 14,123 seat Mackey Arena. The team uniform colors are old gold and black, and the mascots are the Boilermaker Special, a replica of a railroad locomotive from the Victorian era, built atop the chassis of a truck, and Purdue Pete.
Football:
The Purdue Boilermakers football program began in 1887 and has achieved a 558-473-48 (.539) overall record since. This includes an 8-7 postseason bowl record and 8 conference titles.
Head Coach Danny Hope is entering his rookie year as head coach of the Boilermakers . It was announced in 2008 that he had been offered the head coaching job in a succession plan to long time head coach Joe Tiller. He put together a 35-22 record in his last head coaching role at Eastern Kentucky.
There are many current NFL players that were Boilermakers in college. Players include Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints), Matt Light (New England Patriots), Kyle Orton (Denver Broncos), Bernard Pollard (Kansas City Chiefs) and Dustin Keller (New York Jets).
The Purdue Boilermakers football team finished with a 4-8 record in 2008, but concluded the season with a 62-10 victory over Indiana. Get your tickets today and watch them carry their momentum over to 2009.
Basketball:
Since 2005, head coach of the Purdue Boilermakers has been Matt Painter, former head coach at Southern Illinois University. His record with Purdue is currently 83-50, and he has a career record of 108-55.
The Purdue Boilermakers have a number of school heroes in their previous rosters including the following who've made it to the NBA: Brian Cardinal (Minnesota Timberwolves) and Brad Miller (Chicago Bulls), and legendary coach John Wooden (winner of 10 NCAA championships (all as coach of the UCLA Bruins), and inductee into the National Basketball Hall of Fame as a player. As a coach he holds a personal career record of 885-203).
The Purdue Boilermakers are the reigning Big Ten Conference champions. They have also won 21 Big Ten regular season titles, most recently in 1996. As part of the Big Ten, they have never won an NCAA championship tournament, though they were the 1969 runners-up, beaten out by the UCLA Bruins, 92-72. They won 1 NIT championships, in 1974 against the Utah Utes, 87-81. They were also NIT runners-up in 1979 and 1982.
In 2008-09, the Purdue Boilermakers finished 2nd in the conference with a 11-7 (.611) record in the Big Ten and 27-10 (.730) in the NCAA. The only way is up from here. Get your Purdue Boilermakers tickets today and watch it happen.
