2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2007 Purdue Boilermakers football
2007 Purdue Boilermakers football
Motor City Bowl champion
Motor City Bowl, W 51–48 vs. Central Michigan
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	8–5 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Tiller (11th season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Bill Legg (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Ed Zaunbrecher (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	One-back shotgun spread
Defensive coordinator	Brock Spack (11th season)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Dustin Keller
Captains	Cliff Avril; Dan Bick; Stanford Keglar; Curtis Painter;
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
	Seasons ← 2006 2008 →

2007 Big Ten Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Ohio State $	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 18 Michigan	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 20 Illinois %	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 24 Wisconsin	5	–	3	9	–	4
Penn State	4	–	4	9	–	4
Iowa	4	–	4	6	–	6
Purdue	3	–	5	8	–	5
Indiana	3	–	5	7	–	6
Michigan State	3	–	5	7	–	6
Northwestern	3	–	5	6	–	6
Minnesota	0	–	8	1	–	11

$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Purdue Boilermakers football represented Purdue University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Joe Tiller, in his 11th season at Purdue, was the team's head coach. The Boilermakers' home games were played at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue began the 2007 season unranked in preseason polls. Purdue played twelve regular season games during the 2007 season, including seven in West Lafayette. They played in the Motor City Bowl where they defeated Central Michigan.