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The Purdue University football team traces its origin back to October 29, 1887, when its team fell to Butler College by a score of 48–6 in Indianapolis, Indiana. [6] A group of students at Purdue University formed the school's first football team in 1887. [7] Albert Berg was hired as the coach. Despite being deaf, Berg was reportedly "the ...
The Wichita State Shockers football team was the college football program of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas.The Shockers fielded a team from 1897 to 1986. [2] [3] They played their home games at Cessna Stadium and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference until the program was discontinued.
The Purdue Boilermakers, a college football team based in Indiana, has competed every season since 1889. The team has played in the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Western Conference and the Big Ten Conference. The team last won a conference title in 2000. [1]
The Purdue Boilermakers football program is a college football team that represents Purdue University in the Big Ten Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had 37 head coaches and 3 interim coaches since it started playing organized football in 1887 and has been known by the nickname Boilermakers since 1891 ...
1902. October 4 – Kansas State and Kansas play the first game of their long rivalry, a 16–0 Jayhawk win.; 1904. October 28 – Haskell College faces Carlisle at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, in front of a crowd of 12,000 people, in an early inter-sectional college football "championship" game.
The 1965 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Jack Mollenkopf , the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 7–2–1 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, tying for third place in the Big Ten.
The 1969 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season.Led by Jack Mollenkopf in his 14th and final season as head coach, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big Ten.
The team played its home games at Cessna Stadium in Wichita, Kansas. The 1972 season was the Shockers' first with a winning record since 1963. In the seven prior seasons, the program had compiled an 11–57 record and sustained tragedy in the 1970 Wichita State University football team plane crash .