1932 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1932 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1932 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third season under head coach Noble Kizer, the Boilermakers compiled a 7–0–1 record, finished as a co-champion in the Big Ten Conference with a 5–0–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 164 to 42.

1932 Purdue Boilermakers football
Big Ten co-champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–0–1 (5–0–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Noble Kizer (3rd season)
CaptainJohn W. Oehler
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
1932 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Michigan + 6 0 08 0 0
No. 4 Purdue + 5 0 17 0 1
No. 11 Wisconsin 4 1 16 1 1
No. 6 Ohio State 2 1 24 1 3
Northwestern 2 3 13 4 1
Minnesota 2 3 05 3 0
Illinois 2 4 05 4 0
Indiana 1 4 13 4 1
Chicago 1 4 03 4 1
Iowa 0 5 01 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

End Paul Moss was a consensus first-team selection on the 1932 All-America team. In addition, fullback Roy Horstmann received first-team honors from the All-America Board, Newspaper Enterprise Association, International News Service, The New York Times, and Walter Camp Football Foundation.

Eight Purdue players received honors on the 1932 All-Big Ten Conference football team: Moss (AP-1; UP-1); Horstmann (AP-1; UP-1); quarterback Paul Pardonner (AP-2); halfbacks Duane Purvis (AP-2, UP-2) and Fred Hecker (UP-2); tackle Dutch Fehring (UP-2); guard John Letsinger (AP-2, UP-2); and center John Oehler (AP-2, UP-1).

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