2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2009 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGary Nord (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorDonn Landholm (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Captain
5
  • Joey Elliott
  • Mike Neal
  • Jason Werner
  • Torri Williams
  • Jared Zwilling
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 62,500)
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Ohio State $   7 1     11 2  
No. 7 Iowa %   6 2     11 2  
No. 9 Penn State   6 2     11 2  
Northwestern   5 3     8 5  
No. 16 Wisconsin   5 3     10 3  
Michigan State   4 4     6 7  
Purdue   4 4     5 7  
Minnesota   3 5     6 7  
Illinois   2 6     3 9  
Michigan   1 7     5 7  
Indiana   1 7     4 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. It was Danny Hope's first season as head coach following the retirement of Joe Tiller.[1] The Boilermakers finished the season 5–7 (4–4 Big Ten).

  1. ^ "Purdue to Name Hope as Tiller's Successor". NBC Sports. January 9, 2009. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2009.