2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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.

2007 Purdue Boilermakers football
Motor City Bowl champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2007 record8–5 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Legg (5th, 2nd as Co-OC) &

Wide Receiver Coach Gary Armstrong

Ed Zaunbrecher (2nd, 2nd as Co-OC)
Offensive schemeOne-back shotgun spread
Defensive coordinatorBrock Spack (11th season)
Base defense4–3
MVPDustin Keller
Captains
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 62,500)
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
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 pmat Toledo*
ESPNUW 52–2426,100[1]
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[1]
September 229:00 pmat Minnesota
ESPN2W 45–3147,483[1]
September 2912:00 pmNotre Dame*
ESPNW 33–1965,250[1]
October 68:00 pmNo. 4 Ohio StateNo. 23
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ABCL 7–2365,497[1]
October 1312:00 pmat Michigan
BTNL 21–48110,888[1]
October 2012:00 pmIowa
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ESPN2W 31–658,123[1]
October 2712:00 pmNorthwestern
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
BTNW 35–1758,237[1]
November 312:00 pmat Penn State
ESPNL 19–26108,318[1]
November 1012:00 pmMichigan State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
BTNL 31–4855,630[1]
November 173:30 pmat Indiana
BTNL 24–2750,741[1]
December 267:30 pmvs. Central Michigan*
ESPNW 51–4860,624[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 summaries

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
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Dustin KellerTight End130New York Jets
Cliff AvrilDefensive End392Detroit Lions
Stanford KeglarLinebacker4134Tennessee Titans

References
  1. "Cumulative Season Statistics". Purdue University.
  2. ESPN. Retrieved 2014-Sep-29.
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