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2011 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2011 Purdue Boilermakers football
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Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Champions
Conference Big Ten Conference
Division Leaders Division
2011 record 7–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach Danny Hope (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator Gary Nord (3rd year)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Gary Emanuel (2nd year)
Base defense 4–3
Captain Chris Carlino
Captain Rob Henry
Captain Dennis Kelly
Captain Kawann Short
Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 62,500)
Uniform
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Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Legends Division
#11 Michigan State x   7 – 1         11 – 3  
#12 Michigan %   6 – 2         11 – 2  
#24 Nebraska   5 – 3         9 – 4  
Iowa   4 – 4         7 – 6  
Northwestern   3 – 5         6 – 7  
Minnesota   2 – 6         3 – 9  
Leaders Division
#10 Wisconsin xy$   6 – 2         11 – 3  
Penn State x   6 – 2         9 – 4  
Purdue   4 – 4         7 – 6  
Ohio State   3 – 5         6 – 7  
Illinois   2 – 6         7 – 6  
Indiana   0 – 8         1 – 11  
Championship: Wisconsin 42, Michigan State 39
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll
Middle Tennessee State at Purdue
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 7 7 0 10 24
• Boilermakers 3 7 0 17 27
Purdue at Rice
1 2 3 4 Total
Boilermakers 7 10 2 3 22
• Owls 3 14 7 0 24
SE Missouri St. at Purdue
1 2 3 4 Total
Redhawks 0 0 0 0 0
• Boilermakers 17 21 7 14 59
Notre Dame at Purdue
(Shillelagh Trophy)
1 2 3 4 Total
• Fighting Irish 14 7 14 3 38
Boilermakers 0 3 0 7 10
Minnesota at Purdue
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Gophers 0 3 7 7 17
• Boilermakers 24 7 14 0 45
Purdue at Penn State
1 2 3 4 Total
Boilermakers 3 3 6 6 18
• Nittany Lions 7 3 10 3 23
Illinois at Purdue
(Purdue Cannon)
1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Fighting Illini 0 0 0 14 14
• Boilermakers 7 14 0 0 21
Purdue at Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Boilermakers 7 0 0 7 14
• #17 Wolverines 7 15 7 7 36

The 2011 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Under third-year head coach Danny Hope, Purdue compiled a record of 7–6 and finished in third place in the newly formed Leaders Division of the Big Ten Conference. They played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana and are members of the Big Ten Conference. Highlights of Purdue's 2011 season included a 21–14 victory over #21 Illinois, a 26–23 overtime victory over Ohio State, and the first bowl game since 2007. Purdue's season ended with a 37–32 victory against Western Michigan in the 2011 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.

The Special teams unit for the 2011 season was a key factor in many of the Boilermakers games as they averaged a school-record 28.7 yards per kick-off return. The team title was the first since the 1954 Boilermakers led the NCAA in any yardage category for an entire season, and is merely the third team title in school history (also passing defense in 1941). True freshman Raheem Mostert was a key contributor, as he averaged 33.5 yards a return, capped off with a 99-yard touchdown return in the bowl game. He finished the season with seven returns of 39 or more yards, including an 81-yarder at Indiana and a 74-yarder at Wisconsin. Against the Badgers, he racked up 206 yards on five kickoff returns to break 42-year-old school records for total yardage and average yards per return.


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