28 Facts About Purdue Boilermakers

1. Purdue Boilermakers secured a fifth straight 20-win season and its 12th in Painter's 14 seasons.

2. Purdue Boilermakers converted 7-of-9 in the final period, including two clutch jumpers from Oden late to seal the game.

3. Purdue Boilermakers played their first game at Ross Ade Stadium on November 22, 1924 against the Indiana Hoosiers.

4. Purdue Boilermakers appeared in one of the only two ever National Commissioners Invitational Tournaments.

5. Purdue Boilermakers have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational one time.

6. Purdue Boilermakers have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament eight times.

7. Purdue Boilermakers was seeded 2nd in the East Region of the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, their highest seed in recent history.

8. Purdue Boilermakers won the outright 2017 Big Ten Conference title, along with Caleb Swanigan being named unanimous B1G Player of the Year.

9. Purdue Boilermakers has produced a total of 184 NFL draft selections.

10. In 2013, Purdue Boilermakers designed a new black helmet that was used during the Ohio State and Indiana games.

11. In 2009, Purdue Boilermakers wore the Black on Black in a night game against Notre Dame on the Purdue Blackout, and then wore them for the remainder of their home games.

12. In 2002, Purdue Boilermakers changed from its black home jersey to an old gold jersey.

13. In 2015, Purdue Boilermakers added even more excitement to the uniforms.

14. In 2014, Purdue Boilermakers added no permanent uniforms, but they did have a couple special occasion helmets.

15. In 2014, the Purdue Boilermakers wore this helmet a couple of more times, namely when they played Notre Dame at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, when they wore it with default white jerseys and pants.

16. Purdue Boilermakers wore this helmet as an away uniform with the default white jersey and black pants during the Old Oaken Bucket rivalry game at Indiana.

17. Purdue Boilermakers has had a more recent tradition of sending defensive ends to the NFL.

18. Thus, the trains which carried Purdue Boilermakers's sporting teams and their fans to other cities for athletic contests were known as "Boilermaker Specials".

19. Purdue Boilermakers has won or shared a conference championship on 12 occasions, including four Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles and eight Big Ten Conference titles.

20. On December 5, 2016, Purdue Boilermakers hired Jeff Brohm to become head coach of the football program.

21. Purdue Boilermakers bounced around with many different head coaches until 1921, with most having little to no success coaching at Purdue.

22. Purdue Boilermakers plays its home games at Ross–Ade Stadium on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

23. Purdue Boilermakers lost by 18 at Michigan State earlier this season but gets the sixth-ranked Spartans at home Sunday.

24. Purdue Boilermakers was successful in putting Kaleb Wesson in early foul trouble.

25. Purdue Boilermakers has a successful men's volleyball program that competes in the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation.

26. Purdue Boilermakers is home to both an English and Western riding program.

27. Purdue Boilermakers Wrestling practices in the Blake Wrestling Training Center and competes on campus in the Holloway Gymnasium.

28. Purdue Boilermakers are the official intercollegiate athletics teams representing Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana.