2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team


The 2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team will represent Purdue University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Boilermakers will play their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana and compete in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They will be led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Brohm.

Previous season

The Boilermakers finished the 2019 season 4–8, 3–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division. Several players received season-ending injuries by the team's fourth game, including All-American wide receiver Rondale Moore, starting quarterback Elijah Sindelar, and defensive captain Markus Bailey.

Schedule

Purdue had games scheduled against Memphis, Air Force, and Boston College, but cancelled these games on July 9 due to the Big Ten Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Game summaries

Nebraska

4–4November 2, 2019Purdue, 31–27

Rutgers

0–1October 21, 2017Rutgers, 14–12

Illinois

44–45October 26, 2019Illinois, 24–6

Michigan

14–45September 23, 2017Michigan, 28–10

Northwestern

51–32November 9, 2019Purdue, 24–22

Minnesota

33–39September 28, 2019Minnesota, 38–31

Wisconsin

29–50November 23, 2019Wisconsin, 45–24

Iowa

48–39October 19, 2019Iowa, 26–20

Indiana

74–42November 30, 2019Indiana 44–41