2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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

2020 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	West Division
2020 record	0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jeff Brohm (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Brian Brohm (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	JaMarcus Shephard (3rd as Co-OC, 4th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Bob Diaco (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Anthony Poindexter (4th season)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 57,236)

2020 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Indiana			–							–
Maryland			–							–
Michigan			–							–
Michigan State			–							–
Ohio State			–							–
Penn State			–							–
Rutgers			–							–
West Division
Illinois			–							–
Iowa			–							–
Minnesota			–							–
Nebraska			–							–
Northwestern			–							–
Purdue			–							–
Wisconsin			–							–
Championship: TBA
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Note: Due to COVID-19, the Big Ten suspended the 2020 football season. As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

On August 11, 2020, the Big Ten Conference cancelled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference expressed the possibility that a season could be played in the spring of 2021.[1]

Previous season

Main article: 2019 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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.[2]

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.[3]

The Big Ten released a revised conference schedule, with every team playing a ten-game conference-only season.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5		at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI
September 12		Iowa	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN
September 19		Ohio State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN
September 26		at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)
October 10		at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI
October 17		Rutgers	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN
October 24		at Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN
October 31		Northwestern	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN
November 14		Nebraska	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN
November 21		at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)
Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings (after November 3) released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. "Big Ten Statement on 2020-21 Fall Season". bigten.org. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
2. Miller, Travis (December 3, 2019). "Purdue's Complete 2019 Injury List". Hammer and Rails. Vox Media. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
3. Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
4. "2020 Purdue Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 29, 2020.