2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2007 Purdue Boilermakers football
Motor City Bowl champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
2007 record 8–5 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach Joe Tiller (11th season)
Offensive coordinator

Bill Legg (5th, 2nd as Co-OC) & Wide Receiver Coach Gary Armstrong

Ed Zaunbrecher (2nd, 2nd as Co-OC)
Offensive scheme One-back shotgun spread
Defensive coordinator Brock Spack (11th season)
Base defense 4–3
MVP Dustin Keller
Captain Cliff Avril
Captain Dan Bick
Captain Stanford Keglar
Captain Curtis Painter
Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 62,500)
2007 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#5 Ohio State $   7 1         11 2  
#18 Michigan   6 2         9 4  
#20 Illinois %   6 2         9 4  
#24 Wisconsin   5 3         9 4  
Penn State   4 4         9 4  
Iowa   4 4         6 6  
Purdue   3 5         8 5  
Indiana   3 5         7 6  
Michigan State   3 5         7 6  
Northwestern   3 5         6 6  
Minnesota   0 8         1 11  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Purdue Boilermakers football represented Purdue University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Joe Tiller, in his 11th season at Purdue, was the team's head coach. The Boilermakers' home games were played at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue began the 2007 season unranked in preseason polls. Purdue played twelve regular season games during the 2007 season, including seven in West Lafayette. They played in the Motor City Bowl where they defeated Central Michigan.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 7:00 PM at Toledo* Glass BowlToledo, OH ESPNU W 52–24   26,100[1]
September 8 12:00 PM Eastern Illinois* Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN BTN W 52–6   52,504[1]
September 15 12:00 PM Central Michigan* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPN2 W 45–22   60,038[1]
September 22 9:00 PM at Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeMinneapolis, MN ESPN2 W 45–31   47,483[1]
September 29 12:00 PM Notre Dame* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) ESPN W 33–19   65,250[1]
October 6 8:00 PM No. 4 Ohio State No. 23 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ABC L 7–23   65,497[1]
October 13 12:00 PM at Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI BTN L 21–48   110,888[1]
October 20 12:00 PM Iowa Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPN2 W 31–6   58,123[1]
October 27 12:00 PM Northwesterndagger Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN BTN W 35–17   58,237[1]
November 3 12:00 PM at Penn State Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA ESPN L 19–26   108,318[1]
November 10 12:00 PM Michigan State Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN BTN L 31–48   55,630[1]
November 17 3:30 PM at Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) BTN L 24–27   50,741[1]
December 26 7:30 PM vs. Central Michigan* Ford FieldDetroit, MI (Motor City Bowl) ESPN W 51–48   60,624[1]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

(as of 07/10/2007)

Wide Receivers

  •  1 Selwyn Lymon - Junior
  •  3 Waynelle Gravesande - Freshman
  •  6 Desmond Tardy - Junior
  •  9 Dorien Bryant - Senior
  • 18 Roberto McBean - Junior
  • 21 Greg Orton - Junior
  • 22 Dray Mason - Sophomore
  • 82 Derek Benson - Sophomore
  • 83 Joe Whitest - Junior
  • 84 Byron Williams - RS Senior
  • 86 Derrick Sherman - Freshman
  • 87 Kris Staats - Freshman
  • 88 Jake Standeford - RS Senior
  • 80 James Garcia - "Freshman"

Offensive Line

  • 50 Eric Hedstrom - Sophomore
  • 51 Garrett Miller - Junior
  • 55 Elliot Hood - RS Senior
  • 56 Jonathan Patton Junior
  • 60 Zach Smith - Junior
  • 61 Zach Jones - Sophomore
  • 61 Chris Mattson - Senior
  • 62 Andy Huffman - Sophomore
  • 63 James Shepherd - Freshman
  • 66 Jordan Grimes - Senior
  • 68 Robbie Powell - RS Senior
  • 69 Neal Tull - RS Senior
  • 72 Justin Pierce - Freshman
  • 73 Dan Zaleski - Junior
  • 74 Sean Sester - Junior
  • 75 Zach Reckman - Sophomore
  • 77 Ryan Prater - Freshman
  • 78 Cory Benton - Junior

Tight Ends

  • 28 Dustin Keller - Senior
  • 80 Jerry Wasikowski - Junior
  • 85 Kyle Adams - Sophomore
  • 89 Colton McKey - Freshman
  • 96 John Finch - Freshman

Fullbacks

  • 44 Frank Halliburton - Sophomore
 

Quarterbacks

  •  5 Justin Siller - Freshman
  • 12 Curtis Painter - RS Junior
  • 14 Joey Elliott - Sophomore
  • 16 Jeff Panfil - Freshman
  • 17 Chris Bennett - Junior

Running Backs

  • 23 Joe Williams - Junior
  • 24 Kory Sheets - RS Junior
  • 25 Dan Dierking - Freshman
  • 33 Jaycen Taylor - Junior
  • 34 Malcolm Harris - Freshman

Defensive Line

  • 32 Cliff Avril - Senior
  • 45 Eugene Bright - Senior
  • 49 Nickcaro Golding - Freshman
  • 54 Jared Zwilling - Sophomore
  • 70 Andrew Quintana - Freshman
  • 71 Alex Magee - Junior
  • 79 Jermaine Guynn - Junior
  • 87 Mike McDonald - Senior
  • 90 Ryan Baker - Junior
  • 91 Preston Numa - Freshman
  • 92 Mike Neal - Sophomore
  • 93 Jeff Benjamin - RS Senior
  • 94 Ryan Kerrigan - Freshman
  • 95 Keyon Brown - Sophomore
  • 97 Gerald Gooden - Freshman
  • 98 Corey Chapman - Freshman
  • 99 Nick Mondek - Freshman

Linebackers

  • 17 Josh Ferguson - RS Senior
  • 27 Kevin Green - Freshman
  • 29 Jason Werner - Sophomore
  • 36 Dan Bick - Senior
  • 39 John Humphrey - Freshman
  • 41 Brian Ellis - Junior
  • 42 Anthony Heygood - Junior
  • 46 Jeff Lindsay - Freshman
  • 47 Mike Durrett - RS Senior
  • 57 Tyler Haston - Freshman
  • 59 Stanford Keglar - RS Senior
  • 81 DeVarro Greaves - Freshman
 

Defensive Backs

  •  2 Torri Williams - Junior
  •  3 Frank Duong - Junior
  •  4 Fabian Martin - Junior
  •  5 Terrell Vinson - Senior
  •  7 Brandon King- Sophomore
  •  8 Keith Smith - Sophomore
  • 10 Royce Adams - Sophomore
  • 15 Charlton Williams - Freshman
  • 19 Brandon Whittington - Junior
  • 20 Brandon Erwin - Sophomore
  • 23 Justin Scott - Senior
  • 25 Paul Long - RS Senior
  • 26 Aaron Lane - Senior
  • 30 Joe Holland - Freshman
  • 31 Josh McKinley - Freshman
  • 35 David Pender - Sophomore
  • 40 Jonte Lindsey - Senior
  • 43 Adam Wolf - Sophomore

Punters

  • 11 Jared Armstrong - Senior

Kickers

Game notes

Toledo

1 234Total
Purdue 14 14915 52
Toledo 7 7010 24

Eastern Illinois

1 234Total
Eastern Illinois 3 030 6
Purdue 17 14714 52

Central Michigan

1 234Total
Central Michigan 0 0148 22
Purdue 24 777 45
  • Date: September 15
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

Minnesota

1 234Total
Purdue 17 7147 45
Minnesota 3 01414 31

Notre Dame

1 234Total
Notre Dame 0 0613 19
Purdue 10 1337 33

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Ohio State

1 234Total
Ohio St 14 333 23
Purdue 0 007 7
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

Michigan

1 234Total
Purdue 7 0014 21
Michigan 17 14314 48

Iowa

1 234Total
Iowa 3 030 6
Purdue 7 7710 31
  • Date: October 20
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

Northwestern

1 234Total
Northwestern 0 1430 17
Purdue 14 0021 35
  • Date: October 27
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

Penn State

1 234Total
Purdue 10 063 19
Penn St 3 10013 26

Michigan State

1 234Total
Michigan St 7 24017 48
Purdue 0 2137 31
  • Date: November 10
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

Indiana

1 234Total
Purdue 0 3714 24
Indiana 7 1073 27

Motor City Bowl

1 234Total
Purdue 21 13710 51
Central Michigan 6 7287 48

Boilermaker kicker Chris Summers hit a 40-yard field goal as time expired to defeat the Central Michigan Chippewas 51–48. Purdue Quarterback Curtis Painter passed for a Motor City Bowl record 546 yards, going 35-54 with 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Kory Sheets led the Boilermakers in rushing with 12 attempts for 27 yards and 2 touchdowns. Painter's favorite target was Greg Orton who caught 9 passes for 136 yards and 1 touchdown. For Central Michigan, QB Dan LeFevour went 17–34 with 292 yards and 4 touchdowns and no interceptions. He also led the Chippewas in rushing with 33 attempts for 114 yards and 2 touchdowns. LeFevour's favorite target was Bryan Anderson who caught 7 passes for 129 yards and 3 touchdowns. During the 1st half it was all Boilermakers, with Purdue leading 34–13 at the break. In the 2nd half the Chippewas started their comeback. It started with a 76-yard pass from LeFevour to Antonio Brown to make it 34–20. The Boilermakers then scored again on a 19-yard pass from Painter to Jake Standeford to make it 41–20. The Chippewas then proceeded to score three unanswered touchdowns, a 10-yard pass to Anderson, and the two rushing touchdowns by LeFevour to tie the game. With 8:19 left in the 4th quarter, Purdue retook the lead on a 13-yard run by Jaycen Taylor. With 1:09 left, LeFevour hit Anderson for 19 yards and a touchdown to tie it at 48. It would turn out that the Chippewas scored too quickly. Painter then led a drive full of short first down passes to the Chippewa 23, where Summers would kick his 40 yard walk-off field goal.

2008 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Dustin Keller Tight End 1 30 New York Jets
Cliff Avril Defensive End 3 92 Detroit Lions
Stanford Keglar Linebacker 4 134 Tennessee Titans

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Cumulative Season Statistics". Purdue University.
  2. ESPN. Retrieved 2014-Sep-29.
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