Year: | 1957 |
Team: | Purdue Boilermakers |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
Short Conf: | Big Ten |
Record: | 5–4 |
Conf Record: | 4–3 |
Head Coach: | Jack Mollenkopf |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Mvp: | Neil Habig |
Captain: | Mel Dillard, Neil Habig |
Stadium: | Ross–Ade Stadium |
The 1957 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1957 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled a 5–4 record, finished in a tie for fourth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 4–3 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 178 to 114.[1] [2]
Notable players included quarterbacks Bob Spoo and Ross Fichtner and tackle Nick Mumley.