Kenny Thompson

This week we wrap up the best Boilermaker football players by number series with  a College Football Hall of Fame guard and a Touchdown Twin. 91 Blaine Smith While not…

Before there was such a thing as the “Den of Defensive Ends” at Purdue, one of their future members was a 6-foot-7 giant who was so fleet of foot that…

Perhaps the strangest NFL championship game, pre-Super Bowl era, involved the Chicago Bears winning the title in 1932 on an indoor 60-yard field that was littered with circus “leftovers.” A…

A member of the Buffalo Bills’ “Electric Company” is among a group of talented offensive linemen in this week’s countdown of the best Boilermakers by number. Crashing this list of…

As tempting as it may be for fans to predict future success or failure for a Purdue football head coach after his first game, history says your results may vary.…

With a few exceptions, expectations have never been high for Purdue football in my lifetime. Last season’s 1-11 record dropped the program’s winning percentage to .513. That’s still better than…

Barry Odom was born to be a football player. Coaching became his destiny. In Oklahoma, there’s two things that matter. Oil and football. Growing up in Maysville, Odom watched the…

An underrated aspect of Joe Tiller’s coaching prowess was his ability to shift players into positions that not only would help Purdue football win games but also prepare them in…

Three of the best running backs in Purdue history and a first-round NFL Draft pick head this week’s edition of the best Boilermakers by number. 41 William “Dutch” Fehring Fehring…

From 1887 to 1928, Purdue football did not have a single player earn All-America recognition. That drought ended in 1929 with not one but two All-Americans helping the Boilermakers go…