Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 1 7:00 pm at Toledo * ESPNU W 52–2426,100
September 8 12:00 pm Eastern Illinois * BTN W 52–652,504 [ 1]
September 15 12:00 pm Central Michigan * Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPN2 W 45–2260,038
September 22 9:00 pm Minnesota ESPN2 W 45–3147,483
September 29 12:00 pm Notre Dame * Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry ) ESPN W 33–1965,250
October 6 8:00 pm No. 4 Ohio State No. 23 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ABC L 7–2365,497
October 13 12:00 pm at Michigan BTN L 21–48110,888
October 20 12:00 pm Iowa Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPN2 W 31–658,123
October 27 12:00 pm Northwestern Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN BTN W 35–1758,237
November 3 12:00 pm at Penn State ESPN L 19–26108,318
November 10 12:00 pm Michigan State Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN BTN L 31–4855,630
November 17 3:30 pm at Indiana BTN L 24–2750,741
December 26 7:30 pm vs. Central Michigan * ESPN W 51–4860,624
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
1
2 3 4 Total
• Purdue
14
14 9 15
52
Toledo
7
7 0 10
24
1
2 3 4 Total
Eastern Illinois
3
0 3 0
6
• Purdue
17
14 7 14
52
1
2 3 4 Total
Central Michigan
0
0 14 8
22
• Purdue
24
7 7 7
45
Date: September 15Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana
1
2 3 4 Total
• Purdue
17
7 14 7
45
Minnesota
3
0 14 14
31
Scoring summary 1 14:46 PUR Desmond Tardy 95-yard kickoff return (Chris Summers kick) PUR 7-0
1 4:46 PUR Kory Sheets 16-yard pass from Curtis Painter (Chris Summers kick)PUR 14-0
1 2:25 PUR Chris Summers 24-yard field goal PUR 17-0
1 1:14 MINN Joel Monroe 34-yard field goal PUR 17-3
2 14:51 PUR Cliff Avril 43-yard interception return (Chris Summers kick)PUR 24-3
3 13:18 MINN Duane Bennett 4-yard run (Joel Monroe kick) PUR 24-10
3 9:37 PUR Dorien Bryant 4-yard pass from Curtis Painter (Chris Summers kick)PUR 31-10
3 7:10 MINN Jay Thomas 1-yard run (Joel Monroe kick) PUR 31-17
3 3:27 PUR Kory Sheets 3-yard run (Chris Summers kick) PUR 38-17
4 14:09 MINN Eric Decker 15-yard pass from Adam Weber (Joel Monroe kick)PUR 38-24
4 12:53 PUR Dorien Bryant 16-yard pass from Curtis Painter (Chris Summers kick) PUR 45-24
4 8:50 MINN Adam Weber 2-yard run (Joel Monroe kick) PUR 45-31
1
2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame
0
0 6 13
19
• Purdue
10
13 3 7
33
Scoring summary Q1 10:45 PUR Summers 27 yard field goal PUR 3–0
Q1 5:49 PUR Sheets 1 yard run (Summers kick)PUR 10–0
Q2 11:54 PUR Summers 34 yard field goal PUR 13–0
Q2 4:46 PUR Bryant 11 yard pass from Painter (Summers kick)PUR 20–0
Q2 2:50 PUR Summers 26 yard field goal PUR 23–0
Q3 7:55 ND Carlson 5 yard pass from Clausen (kick failed)PUR 23–6
Q3 :28 PUR Summers 29 yard field goal PUR 26–6
Q4 12:43 ND Kamara 7 yard pass from Sharpley (kick failed) PUR 26–12
Q4 7:58 ND Tate 25 yard pass from Sharpley (Whitaker kick)PUR 26–19
Q4 5:33 PUR Keller 14 yard pass from Painter (Summers kick)PUR 33–19
[ 2]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Ohio St
14
3 3 3
23
Purdue
0
0 0 7
7
Date: October 6Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana
1
2 3 4 Total
Purdue
7
0 0 14
21
• Michigan
17
14 3 14
48
1
2 3 4 Total
Iowa
3
0 3 0
6
• Purdue
7
7 7 10
31
Date: October 20Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana
1
2 3 4 Total
Northwestern
0
14 3 0
17
• Purdue
14
0 0 21
35
Date: October 27Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana
1
2 3 4 Total
Purdue
10
0 6 3
19
• Penn St
3
10 0 13
26
1
2 3 4 Total
• Michigan St
7
24 0 17
48
Purdue
0
21 3 7
31
Date: November 10Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana
1
2 3 4 Total
Purdue
0
3 7 14
24
• Indiana
7
10 7 3
27
1
2 3 4 Total
• Purdue
21
13 7 10
51
Central Michigan
6
7 28 7
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.
(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
46 Matthew Kern – junior
85 Kyle Adams – sophomore
89 Colton McKey – 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
22 Delos Bhatti – 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
27 Jerad Grey – junior
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