Big Ten
The 2017 season's largest margin: Purdue 35, Missouri 3. A 32-point win — the year's high-water mark.
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2017 — The 2017 Season
Purdue's 2017 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Won the Foster Farms Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Elijah SindelarQB2,099 passing yards
- David BloughQB1,103 passing yards
- Markell JonesRB566 rushing yards
- D.J. KnoxRB561 rushing yards
- Tario FullerRB261 rushing yards
- Anthony MahoungouWR678 receiving yards
- Gregory PhillipsWR424 receiving yards
- Jackson AnthropWR423 receiving yards
- Markus BaileyLB89 tackles
- Jacob ThienemanS80 tackles
- T.J. McCollumLB69 tackles
- Danny EzechukwuLB5 sacks
- Gelen RobinsonDE4 sacks
- Lorenzo NealDT2 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Purdue 10, Michigan 28. A 18-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Purdue beat Arizona 38-35 in the postseason.
"Boiler Up"
2017 is a middle chapter for Purdue — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.