1911 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1911 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceWestern Conference
Record3–4 (1–3 Western)
Head coach
CaptainR. W. Tavey
Home stadiumStuart Field
1911 Western Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Minnesota $ 3 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 1
Chicago 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Wisconsin 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Illinois 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Iowa 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Northwestern 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Indiana 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1911 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team which represented Purdue University during the 1911 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bill Horr, the Boilermakers compiled a 3–4 record, finished in sixth place in the Western Conference with a 1–3 record against conference opponents and outscored their opponents by a total of 58 to 48. R. W. Tavey was the team captain.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 8Wabash*
L 0–3
October 15at Chicago
L 3–11
October 28DePauw*
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 5–0
November 4at Illinois
L 3–12
November 11Iowa
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 0–11[3]
November 18Rose Polytechnic*
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 35–6
November 25at Indiana
W 12–5
  • *Non-conference game

[4]

Roster

  • E. G. Ball, E
  • John Berns, G
  • William Bowman, G
  • Marton Collen, T
  • C. D. Dunwoody
  • G. H. Fletcher, QB
  • Al Freygang, T
  • C. E. Glossop, C
  • Frank Hanna, E
  • Robert Hutchison, QB
  • Don Miles, E
  • James Miller, E
  • Alan Ogan, FB
  • Elmer Oliphant, HB
  • Van Ruffner, G
  • C. S. Winston

[5]

References

  1. ^ "1911 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "2016 Boilermaker Football Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue University. 2016. p. 88. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "Purdue Team Again Trailed in Defeat: Outclassed by Iowa Team in Saturday's Game Boilermakers Never Had Chance". The Lafayette Daily Carrier. November 13, 1911. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 81. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  5. ^ "All-Time Letterwinners". Purdue University Athletics. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
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