2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team 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.

2007 Purdue Boilermakers football
Motor City Bowl champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record8–5 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorBill Legg (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorEd Zaunbrecher (2nd season)
Offensive schemeOne-back shotgun spread
Defensive coordinatorBrock Spack (11th season)
Base defense4–3
MVPDustin Keller
Captains
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
Seasons
← 2006
2008 →
2007 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Ohio State $   7 1     11 2  
No. 18 Michigan   6 2     9 4  
No. 20 Illinois %   6 2     9 4  
No. 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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 17:00 pmat Toledo*ESPNUW 52–2426,100
September 812:00 pmEastern Illinois*BTNW 52–652,504[1]
September 1512:00 pmCentral Michigan*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ESPN2W 45–2260,038
September 229:00 pmMinnesotaESPN2W 45–3147,483
September 2912:00 pmNotre Dame*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)
ESPNW 33–1965,250
October 68:00 pmNo. 4 Ohio StateNo. 23
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ABCL 7–2365,497
October 1312:00 pmat MichiganBTNL 21–48110,888
October 2012:00 pmIowa
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ESPN2W 31–658,123
October 2712:00 pmNorthwestern 
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
BTNW 35–1758,237
November 312:00 pmat Penn StateESPNL 19–26108,318
November 1012:00 pmMichigan State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
BTNL 31–4855,630
November 173:30 pmat IndianaBTNL 24–2750,741
December 267:30 pmvs. Central Michigan*ESPNW 51–4860,624
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

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Toledo

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Purdue 14 14915 52
Toledo 7 7010 24

Eastern Illinois

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Eastern Illinois 3 030 6
Purdue 17 14714 52

Central Michigan

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

Minnesota

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Purdue 17 7147 45
Minnesota 3 01414 31

Notre Dame

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Notre Dame 0 0613 19
• Purdue 10 1337 33

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Ohio State

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

Michigan

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Purdue 7 0014 21
Michigan 17 14314 48

Iowa

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

Northwestern

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

Penn State

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Purdue 10 063 19
Penn St 3 10013 26

Michigan State

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

Indiana

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Purdue 0 3714 24
Indiana 7 1073 27

Motor City Bowl

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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.

Roster

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(as of 07/10/2007)

Wide receivers

  •  1 Selwyn Lymonjunior
  •  3 Waynelle Gravesande – freshman
  •  6 Desmond Tardy – junior
  •  9 Dorien Bryantsenior
  • 18 Roberto McBean – junior
  • 21 Greg Ortonjunior
  • 22 Dray Masonsophomore
  • 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 Kellersenior
  • 80 Jerry Wasikowski – junior
  • 46 Matthew Kern – junior
  • 85 Kyle Adamssophomore
  • 89 Colton McKey – freshman

Fullbacks

  • 44 Frank Halliburton – sophomore
 

Quarterbacks

  •  5 Justin Siller – freshman
  • 12 Curtis PainterRS junior
  • 14 Joey Elliottsophomore
  • 16 Jeff Panfil – freshman
  • 17 Chris Bennett – junior

Running backs

  • 23 Joe Williams – junior
  • 24 Kory SheetsRS junior
  • 25 Dan Dierking – freshman
  • 33 Jaycen Taylorjunior
  • 34 Malcolm Harris – freshman

Defensive line

  • 32 Cliff Avrilsenior
  • 45 Eugene Brightsenior
  • 49 Nickcaro Golding – freshman
  • 54 Jared Zwilling – sophomore
  • 70 Andrew Quintana – freshman
  • 71 Alex Mageejunior
  • 79 Jermaine Guynn – junior
  • 87 Mike McDonald – senior
  • 90 Ryan Bakerjunior
  • 91 Preston Numa – freshman
  • 92 Mike Nealsophomore
  • 93 Jeff Benjamin – RS senior
  • 94 Ryan Kerriganfreshman
  • 95 Keyon Brown – sophomore
  • 97 Gerald Goodenfreshman
  • 98 Corey Chapman – freshman
  • 99 Nick Mondek – freshman

Linebackers

  • 17 Josh Ferguson – RS senior
  • 22 Delos Bhatti – senior
  • 27 Kevin Green – freshman
  • 29 Jason Wernersophomore
  • 36 Dan Bick – senior
  • 39 John Humphrey – freshman
  • 41 Brian Ellis – junior
  • 42 Anthony Heygoodjunior
  • 46 Jeff Lindsay – freshman
  • 47 Mike Durrett – RS senior
  • 57 Tyler Haston – freshman
  • 59 Stanford KeglarRS senior
  • 81 DeVarro Greaves – freshman
 

Defensive backs

  •  2 Torri Williamsjunior
  •  3 Frank Duong – junior
  •  4 Fabian Martin – junior
  •  5 Terrell Vinson – senior
  •  7 Brandon Kingsophomore
  •  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 Pendersophomore
  • 40 Jonte Lindsey – senior
  • 43 Adam Wolf – sophomore

Punters

  • 11 Jared Armstrong – senior

Kickers

2008 NFL draft

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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

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  1. ^ Kubat, Tom (September 9, 2007). "Lightning strikes". Journal & Courier. p. C1. Retrieved December 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ ESPN[dead link]. Retrieved 2014-Sep-29.
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