1936 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1936 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1936 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Noble Kizer, the Boilermakers compiled a 5–2–1 record, finished in a tie for fourth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 3–1–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 157 to 95.^[1]

1936 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–2–1 (3–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Noble Kizer (7th season)
Captain	George O. Bell
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

1936 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Northwestern $	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
No. 1 Minnesota	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Ohio State	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Indiana	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Purdue	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Illinois	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Chicago	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	1
Iowa	0	–	4	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Michigan	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Ohio*		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 47–0	17,000
October 10	Wisconsin		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 35–14	18,000
October 17	at Chicago		Stagg Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	W 35–7	15,000	[2]
October 24	at No. 1 Minnesota	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 0–33	47,780
October 31	at Carnegie Tech*	No. 17	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 7–6	20,000
November 7	at No. 3 Fordham*		Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–15	40,000
November 14	at Iowa		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 13–0	15,000
November 21	Indiana		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	T 20–20	30,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

• George Bell, C
• Andy Botney, QB-E-HB
• Forrest Burmeister, G-T
• Johnny Drake, FB
• J. P. Fitzgerald, T-E
• Wayne Gift, QB
• Andy Grant, G
• Lee Graves, G
• Paul Humphrey, C
• Tony Ippolito, FB-QB
• Cecil Isbell, HB
• Cody Isbell, E-C-HB
• Tony Juska, FB
• Woodrow Knorr, G
• Jim Maloney, G
• Ben Medley, HB-QB
• Joe Mihal, T
• Basil Petry, C
• Donald Powell, E
• Bob Purdy, QB-HB
• Martin Schreyer, C-T
• Robert Selby, HB
• George Spehn, E
• Fred Stalcup, QB-HB
• Bill Upton, C
• Bill Vergane, E-T
• Frederick Wahl
• Clem Woltman, T
• Jim Zachary, E

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