1887 Purdue football team

1887 Purdue football
Conference	Independent
1887 record	0–1
Head coach	Albert Berg (1st year)

The 1887 Purdue football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1887 college football season. The team compiled an 0–1 record in the university's first season fielding an intercollegiate football team. Albert Berg, a 23-year-old Princeton alumnus and deaf mute, was the team's coach.^[1] The team of 12 players practiced for one week before playing in the school's first official football game, a 48–6 loss to Butler played in Indianapolis.^[1]^[2]

Players

Henry Luke Bolley
J. B. Burris
Henry Caraway
Charles Gough
R. Gregory
L. D. Hord
Dumont Lotz
B. F. McCoy
Charles Middleton
John Moore
W. J. Ransdall

References

1 2 "1887-1909: In the beginning ..." (PDF). Purdue University. 2008. p. 25.
↑ "Purdue Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 8, 2015.

Purdue Boilermakers football

Venues	Stuart Field (1892–1924) Ross–Ade Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Chicago Illinois (Purdue Cannon) Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) Notre Dame (Shillelagh Trophy)

Culture & lore	Boilermaker Special Cradle of Quarterbacks Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" All-American Marching Band "When Worlds Collide (Powerman 5000 song)"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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