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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]

Seasons


Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
Albert Berg (Independent) (1887)
1887	Albert Berg	0–1
1888	No team
George Reisner (Independent) (1889)
1889	George Reisner	2–1
Clinton Hare (Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1890)
1890	Clinton Hare	3–3	2–1	2nd
Knowlton Ames (Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1891–1892)
1891	Knowlton Ames	4–0	4–0	1st
1892	Knowlton Ames	8–0	4–0	1st
D. M. Balliet (Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1893–1894)
1893	D. M. Balliet	5–2–1	4–0	1st
1894	D. M. Balliet	9–1	4–0	1st
D. M. Balliet (Independent) (1895)
1895	D. M. Balliet	4–3
S.M. Hammond (Western Conference) (1896)
1896	S.M. Hammond	4–2–1	0–2–1	T–6th
William Church (Western Conference) (1897)
1897	William Church	5–3–1	1–2	5th
Alpha Jamison (Western Conference) (1898–1900)
1898	Alpha Jamison	3–3	0–1	T–6th
1899	Alpha Jamison	4–4–1	1–2	5th
1900	Alpha Jamison	4–4	0–4	9th
D. M. Balliet (Western Conference) (1901)
1901	D. M. Balliet	4–4–1	0–3–1	T–7th
Charles Best (Western Conference) (1902)
1902	Charles Best	7–2–1	2–2	5th
Oliver Cutts (Western Conference) (1903–1904)
1903	Oliver Cutts	4–2	0–2	8th
1904	Oliver Cutts	9–3	1–2	T–5th
Albert Hernstein (Western Conference) (1905)
1905	Albert Hernstein	6–1–1	1–1–1	4th
Myron Witham (Western Conference) (1906)
1906	Myron Witham	0–5	0–3	T–6th
Leigh Turner (Western Conference) (1907)
1907	Leigh Turner	0–5	0–3	T–5th
Frederick Speik (Western Conference) (1908–1909)
1908	Frederick Speik	4–3	1–3	T–4th
1909	Frederick Speik	2–5	0–4	T–7th
Marquis Horr (Western Conference) (1910–1912)
1910	Marquis Horr	1–5	0–4	8th
1911	Marquis Horr	3–4	1–3	6th
1912	Marquis Horr	4–2–1	2–2–1	T–3rd
Andy Smith (Western Conference) (1913–1915)
1913	Andy Smith	4–1–2	2–1–2	T–2nd
1914	Andy Smith	5–2	2–2	4th
1915	Andy Smith	3–3–1	2–2	5th
Cleo O'Donnell (Western Conference) (1916–1917)
1916	Cleo O'Donnell	2–4–1	0–4–1	T–8th
1917	Cleo O'Donnell	3–4	0–4	T–8th
Arthur Scanlon (Western Conference) (1918–1920)
1918	Arthur Scanlon	3–3	1–0	T–1st
1919	Arthur Scanlon	2–4–1	0–3	T–9th
1920	Arthur Scanlon	2–5	0–4	T–9th
William Dietz (Western Conference) (1921)
1921	William Dietz	1–6	1–4	T–8th
Jim Phelan (Western Conference) (1922–1929)
1922	Jim Phelan	1–5–1	0–3	T–9th
1923	Jim Phelan	2–5–1	1–4	T–8th
1924	Jim Phelan	5–2	2–2	5th
1925	Jim Phelan	3–4–1	0–3–1	T–9th
1926	Jim Phelan	5–2–1	2–1–1	4th
1927	Jim Phelan	6–2	2–2	T–4th
1928	Jim Phelan	5–2–1	2–2–1	6th
1929	Jim Phelan	8–0	5–0	1st
Noble Kizer (Western Conference) (1930–1936)
1930	Noble Kizer	6–2	4–2	3rd
1931	Noble Kizer	9–1	5–1	T–1st
1932	Noble Kizer	7–0–1	5–0–1	T–1st
1933	Noble Kizer	6–1–1	3–1–1	3rd
1934	Noble Kizer	5–3	3–1	4th
1935	Noble Kizer	4–4	3–3	T–3rd
1936	Noble Kizer	5–2–1	3–1–1	T–4th
Mal Elward (Western Conference) (1937–1941)
1937	Mal Elward	4–3–1	2–2–1	T–4th
1938	Mal Elward	5–1–2	3–1–1	T–2nd
1939	Mal Elward	3–3–2	2–1–2	3rd
1940	Mal Elward	2–6	1–4	8th
1941	Mal Elward	2–5–1	1–3	T–7th
Elmer Burnham (Western Conference) (1942–1943)
1942	Elmer Burnham	1–8	1–4	8th
1943	Elmer Burnham	9–0	6–0	T–1st			5
Cecil Isbell (Western Conference) (1944–1946)
1944	Cecil Isbell	5–5	4–2	3rd
1945	Cecil Isbell	7–3	3–3	T–4th
1946	Cecil Isbell	2–6–1	0–5–1	9th
Stu Holcomb (Western / Big Ten Conference) (1947–1955)
1947	Stu Holcomb	5–4	3–3	T–3rd
1948	Stu Holcomb	3–6	2–4	T–5th
1949	Stu Holcomb	4–5	2–4	8th
1950	Stu Holcomb	2–7	1–4	9th
1951	Stu Holcomb	5–4	4–1	2nd		14
1952	Stu Holcomb	4–3–2	4–1–1	T–1st		12	18
1953	Stu Holcomb	2–7	2–4	8th
1954	Stu Holcomb	5–3–1	3–3	6th
1955	Stu Holcomb	5–3–1	4–2–1
Jack Mollenkopf (Big Ten Conference) (1956–1969)
1956	Jack Mollenkopf	3–4–2	1–4–2	T–7th
1957	Jack Mollenkopf	5–4	4–3	T–4th
1958	Jack Mollenkopf	6–1–2	3–1–2	3rd		11	13
1959	Jack Mollenkopf	5–2–2	4–2–1	4th
1960	Jack Mollenkopf	4–4–1	2–4	T–5th		16	19
1961	Jack Mollenkopf	6–3	4–2			11
1962	Jack Mollenkopf	4–4–1	3–3	T–5th
1963	Jack Mollenkopf	5–4	4–3	4th
1964	Jack Mollenkopf	6–3	5–2	4th
1965	Jack Mollenkopf	7–2–1	5–2	3rd		13
1966	Jack Mollenkopf	9–2	6–1	2nd	W Rose	6	7
1967	Jack Mollenkopf	8–2	6–2	T–1st		9	9
1968	Jack Mollenkopf	8–2	5–2	3rd		11	10
1969	Jack Mollenkopf	8–2	5–2	3rd		18	18
Bob DeMoss (Big Ten Conference) (1970–1972)
1970	Bob DeMoss	4–6	2–5	8th
1971	Bob DeMoss	3–7	3–5	T–6th
1972	Bob DeMoss	6–5	6–2	3rd
Alex Agase (Big Ten Conference) (1973–1976)
1973	Alex Agase	5–6	4–4	8th
1974	Alex Agase	4–6–1	3–5	6th
1975	Alex Agase	4–7	4–4	8th
1976	Alex Agase	5–6	4–4	T–3rd
Jim Young (Big Ten Conference) (1977–1981)
1977	Jim Young	5–6	3–5	T–6th
1978	Jim Young	9–2–1	6–1–1	3rd	W Peach	13	13
1979	Jim Young	10–2	7–1	2nd	W Bluebonnet	10	10
1980	Jim Young	9–3	7–1	T–2nd	W Liberty	16	17
1981	Jim Young	5–6	3–6	T–8th
Leon Burtnett (Big Ten Conference) (1982–1986)
1982	Leon Burtnett	3–8	3–6	7th
1983	Leon Burtnett	3–7–1	3–5–1	6th
1984	Leon Burtnett	7–5	6–3	T–2nd	L Peach
1985	Leon Burtnett	5–6	3–5	7th
1986	Leon Burtnett	3–8	2–6	T–8th
Fred Akers (Big Ten Conference) (1987–1990)
1987	Fred Akers	3–7–1	3–5	T–6th
1988	Fred Akers	4–7	3–5	6th
1989	Fred Akers	3–8	2–6	8th
1990	Fred Akers	2–9	1–7	T–8th
Jim Colletto (Big Ten Conference) (1991–1996)
1991	Jim Colletto	4–7	3–5	T–6th
1992	Jim Colletto	4–7	3–5	T–6th
1993	Jim Colletto	1–10	0–8	T–10th
1994	Jim Colletto	5–4–2^{[n 1]}	3–3–2^{[n 1]}	T–8th^{[n 1]}
1995	Jim Colletto	4–6–1	2–5–1	9th
1996	Jim Colletto	3–8	2–6	8th
Joe Tiller (Big Ten Conference) (1997–2008)
1997	Joe Tiller	9–3	6–2	T–2nd	W Alamo	15	15
1998	Joe Tiller	9–4	6–2	4th	W Alamo	23	24
1999	Joe Tiller	7–5	4–4	T–6th	L Outback		25
2000	Joe Tiller	8–4	6–2	T–1st	L Rose^†	13	13
2001	Joe Tiller	6–6	4–4	T–4th	L Sun
2002	Joe Tiller	7–6	4–4	T–5th	W Sun
2003	Joe Tiller	9–4	6–2	T–2nd	L Capital One	19	18
2004	Joe Tiller	7–5	4–4	T–5th	L Sun
2005	Joe Tiller	5–6	3–5	8th
2006	Joe Tiller	8–6	5–3	T–4th	L Champs Sports
2007	Joe Tiller	8–5	3–5	T–7th	W Motor City
2008	Joe Tiller	4–8	2–6	T–9th
Danny Hope (Big Ten Conference) (2009–2012)
2009	Danny Hope	5–7	4–4	T–6th
2010	Danny Hope	4–8	2–6	T–9th
2011	Danny Hope	7–6	4–4	3rd (Leaders)	W Little Caesars Pizza
2012	Danny Hope^{[n 2]}	6–7^{[n 2]}	3–5	4th (Leaders)	L Heart of Dallas
Darrell Hazell (Big Ten Conference) (2013–2016)
2013	Darrell Hazell	1–11	0–8	6th (Leaders)
2014	Darrell Hazell	3–9	1–7	7th (West)
2015	Darrell Hazell	2–10	1–7	7th (West)
2016	Darrell Hazell^{[n 3]}	3–9^{[n 3]}	1–8^{[n 3]}	7th (West)
Jeff Brohm (Big Ten Conference) (2017–2022)
2017	Jeff Brohm	7–6	4–5	T–3rd (West)	W Foster Farms
2018	Jeff Brohm	6–7	5–4	T–2nd (West)	L Music City
2019	Jeff Brohm	4–8	3–6	T–5th (West)
2020	Jeff Brohm	2–4	2–4	6th (West)
2021	Jeff Brohm	9–4	6–3	T–2nd (West)	W Music City
2022	Jeff Brohm^{[n 4]}	8–6^{[n 4]}	6–3	1st (West)	L Citrus
Ryan Walters (Big Ten Conference) (2023–2024)
2023	Ryan Walters	4–8	3–6	T-4th (West)
2024	Ryan Walters	1–11	0–9	18th
Total:		642–608–48
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. ^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Michigan State self-forfeited all wins in the 1994 season, resulting in Purdue's 1994 loss to Michigan State being retroactively changed to a win.
^ ^a ^b The team was led by head coach Danny Hope, who was in his fourth season and was fired after the end of the regular season. Patrick Higgins coached the bowl game.
^ ^a ^b ^c Purdue was led by fourth-year head coach Darrell Hazell until he was fired on October 16, 2016. Gerad Parker was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
^ ^a ^b On December 7, 2022, head coach Jeff Brohm accepted the head coach position at his alma mater Louisville. His brother and Purdue offensive coordinator Brian Brohm served as interim head coach for the Boilermakers during the Citrus Bowl.