Purdue

Official Name: 
Purdue University
Nickname: 
Boilermakers
Mailing Address: 

Room 15--Mackey Arena
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1790

Website: 
www.purduesports.com
Telephone: 
(765) 494-3200
Fax: 
(765) 494-5447
Enrollment: 
38,565
Arena: 

Mackey Arena
Capacity: 14,123
Year Opened: 1967

School Colors: 
Old Gold and Black
Conference: 

Big Ten (since 1896)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(8) 1969, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 2010

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(24) 1969, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010
33-24 record (.579)
Reached Final Four in 1969 (2nd) and 1980 (3rd)

NIT Appearances: 

(8) 1971, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1992, 2001, and 2004
20-7 record (.741)
Finished 1st in 1974, 2nd in 1979, 3rd in 1981 and 2nd in 1982

CCAT/NCIT Record: 

1-1 in 1975

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Gene Keady (25 years from 1981-2005, 512-270 record, .655)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Rick Mount (2,323 points from 1968-70)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Joe Barry Carroll (1,148 from 1977-80)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Rick Mount (61 points as senior vs. Iowa on 2/28/70)

All-American Selections: 

(28) C Joe Barry Carroll (1979 and 1980), F Norm Cottom (1934 and 1935), C-F Terry Dischinger (1960, 1961 and 1962), G Keith Edmonson (1982), F-C Paul Hoffman (1947), F Robbie Hummel (2010), F Bob Kessler (1936), C Carl McNulty (1952), F Todd Mitchell (1988), G Rick Mount (1968, 1969 and 1970), C Charles Stretch Murphy (1929 and 1930), F Glenn Robinson (1993 and 1994), C Steve Scheffler (1990), F Dave Schellhase (1965 and 1966), G-F Ed Shaver (1935), F Forrest Sprowl (1942), G John Wooden (1932), F Jewell Young (1937 and 1938)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

(16) Charles Stretch Murphy (1929 and 1930), John Wooden (1930, 1931 and 1932), Norman Cottom (1934), Bob Kessler (1936), Jewell Young (1937 and 1938), Terry Dischinger (1961 and 1962), Dave Schellhase (1966), Rick Mount (1969 and 1970), Joe Barry Carroll (1980), Glenn Robinson (1994)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(3) Terry Dischinger (1960), Dave Schellhase (1965), Glenn Robinson (1993)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Rick Mount* (61 vs. Iowa)
February 28, 1970 (senior/35.4 ppg)
*Big Ten Conference game record.

1

2

Total

Purdue

47

60

107

Iowa

49

59

108

Purdue

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Mount

27-47

7-8

61

Weatherford

10-21

1-2

21

Ford

3-7

1-5

7

Faerber

3-5

3-4

9

Bedford

0-3

0-0

0

Franklin

0-1

0-0

0

Longfellow

1-1

2-2

4

Johnson

1-1

1-1

3

Rogers

1-2

0-0

2

Totals

46-88

15-22

107

Percentages

.523

.682

Iowa

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Vidnovic

6-14

8-8

20

Johnson

10-19

6-6

26

Jensen

2-6

2-4

6

Brown

9-14

5-8

23

Calabria

8-15

9-10

25

McGilmer

3-4

2-4

8

Grabinski

0-1

0-0

0

Totals

38-73

32-40

108

Percentages

.521

.800
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

F. Homer Curtis

1

1897

1-1

.500

1897

1-1

Alpha P. Jamison

2

1900-01

12-1

.923

1901

12-0

C.M. Besy

1

1902

10-3

.769

1902

10-3

C.I. Freeman

1

1903

8-0

1.000

1903

8-0

James L. Nufer

1

1905

3-6

.333

1905

3-6

Clarence B. Jamison

3

1906-08

16-24

.400

1907

7-8

Edward J. "Doc" Stewart

1

1909

8-4

.667

1909

8-4

Ralph R. Jones

3

1910-12

32-9

.780

1912

12-0

R.E. Vaughn

4

1913-16

21-32

.396

1913

7-5

Ward "Piggy" Lambert

29

1917, 1919-46

371-152

.709

1932

17-1

Jock J. Maloney

1

1918

11-5

.688

1918

11-5

Melvin H. Taube

5

1946-50

45-46

.495

1949

13-9

Ray Eddy

15

1951-65

176-65

.730

1956

16-6

George King

7

1966-72

109-64

.630

1969

23-5

Fred Schaus

6

1973-78

104-60

.634

1974

21-9

Lee Rose

2

1979-80

50-18

.735

1979

27-8

Gene Keady

25

1981-2005

512-270

.655

1988

29-4

Matt Painter

6

2006-11

138-64

.683

2010

29-6
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,620-941 (.633) from 1897 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Purdue did not field a formal team in 1898 and 1899
  • Purdue did not have a formal coach in 1904 (11-2 record)
  • Taube compiled a 3-4 record in 1945-46 after succeeding Lambert (7-7)
  • Schaus' record does not reflect a forfeit victory awarded from Minnesota in 1976-77
  • Keady's record does not reflect 18 forfeited regular-season games and two vacated NCAA Tournament contests (1-1 mark) in which a player ruled by the NCAA to be ineligible participated during the 1995-96 season.