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2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2007
team	Purdue Boilermakers
image	Purdue Boilermakers workmark.svg
image_size	150px
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	8–5
conf_record	3–5
head_coach	Joe Tiller (11th season)
cooff_coach1	Bill Legg
cooc1_year	2nd
cooff_coach2	Ed Zaunbrecher
cooc2_year	2nd
def_coach	Brock Spack (11th season)
mvp	Dustin Keller
captain	Cliff Avril
captain2	Dan Bick
captain3	Stanford Keglar
captain4	Curtis Painter
off_scheme	One-back shotgun spread
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
champion	Motor City Bowl champion
bowl	[Motor City Bowl](2007-motor-city-bowl)
bowl_result	W 51–48 vs. [Central Michigan](2007-central-michigan-chippewas-football-team)

The 2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team 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.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Toledo

Eastern Illinois

Central Michigan

Minnesota

Source: ESPN

Notre Dame

PUR: Kory Sheets 27 Rush, 141 Yds

Ohio State

Michigan

Iowa

Northwestern

Penn State

Michigan State

Indiana

Motor City Bowl

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.

Roster

2008 NFL draft

Stanford Keglar	Linebacker	4	134	[Tennessee Titans](2008-tennessee-titans-season)

References

(September 9, 2007). "Lightning strikes". [[Journal & Courier]].
[https://web.archive.org/web/20250122173950/https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/272722509 ESPN]. Retrieved 2014-Sep-29.

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