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2012 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2012 Purdue Boilermakers football
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Conference Big Ten Conference
Division Leaders Division
2012 record 6–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach Danny Hope (4th year)
Offensive coordinator Gary Nord (4th year)
Offensive scheme Spread/Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Tim Tibesar (1st year)
Base defense 4–3
Captain
Captain
Captain
Home stadium Ross-Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 62,500)
Uniform
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Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Legends Division
#25 Nebraska x   7 – 1         10 – 4  
#24 Michigan   6 – 2         8 – 5  
#17 Northwestern   5 – 3         10 – 3  
Michigan State   3 – 5         7 – 6  
Iowa   2 – 6         4 – 8  
Minnesota   2 – 6         6 – 7  
Leaders Division
#3 Ohio State* x   8 – 0         12 – 0  
Penn State*   6 – 2         8 – 4  
Wisconsin $   4 – 4         8 – 6  
Purdue   3 – 5         6 – 7  
Indiana   2 – 6         4 – 8  
Illinois   0 – 8         2 – 10  
Championship: Wisconsin 70, Nebraska 31
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Ohio State and Penn State ineligible for conference championship game and post-season bowl games due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from AP Poll
Purdue vs. Eastern Kentucky
1 2 3 4 Total
#18 (FCS) Colonels 0 6 0 0 6
• Boilermakers 13 21 7 7 48
  • Sources:
Purdue at Notre Dame
(Shillelagh Trophy)
1 2 3 4 Total
Boilermakers 0 7 0 10 17
• #22 Fighting Irish 0 7 10 3 20
  • Sources:
Purdue vs. Eastern Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 9 0 7 16
• Boilermakers 13 20 7 14 54
  • Sources:
Purdue vs. Marshall
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 7 7 14 13 41
• Boilermakers 14 28 3 6 51
  • Sources:
Purdue vs. Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
• Wolverines 7 21 3 13 44
Boilermakers 0 10 0 3 13
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium
    West Lafayette, IN
  • Game start: 4:00 EST
  • Elapsed time: 3:00
  • Game attendance: 50,105
  • Game weather: 48° Sunny
  • Referee: Bill LeMonnier
  • TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Eric Collins, Derek Rackley and Lisa Byington
  • Sources:
Purdue vs. Wisconsin
1 2 3 4 Total
• Badgers 7 10 7 14 38
Boilermakers 7 0 0 7 14
  • Sources:
Purdue at Ohio State
1 2 3 4 OT Total
Purdue 13 0 7 2 0 22
• #7 Ohio State 7 0 7 8 7 29
  • Sources:

The 2012 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented the Purdue University during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Boilermakers played in the Leaders Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. The team was led by head coach Danny Hope, who was in his fourth season and was fired after the end of the regular season. The season finished with a won-loss record of 6–7 overall, 3–5 in Big 10 Leaders Division, finishing in 4th place. The team was invited the 2013 Heart of Dallas Bowl, where they were defeated by Oklahoma State, 58-14.

In 2011, the Boilermakers became bowl eligible in their twelfth game, and played in the 2011 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl against Western Michigan, defeating the Broncos 37–32.

Purdue returns fifteen out of twenty-two starters—eight on offense and seven on defense. Purdue will be forced to replace captains Offensive tackle Dennis Kelly, Linebacker Chris Carlino, as well as starters Defensive end Gerald Gooden Jr., Linebacker Joe Holland, Safety Albert Evans, Safety Logan Link Offensive tackle Nick Mondek, Kicker Carson Wiggs and Wide receiver Justin Siller, and key contributor Fullback Jared Crank. Several players left the Purdue program in 2012 for a variety of reasons. The most significant was Running back Reggie Pegram decided to transfer from the program following the bowl game. He ended up transferring to North Texas. Other's that left the program were running backs Doug Gentry and Devin Hill, kicker Ryan Ullrich and defensive tackle LaSalle Cooks.


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