2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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.

2007 Purdue Boilermakers football
Motor City Bowl champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record8–5 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorBill Legg (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorEd Zaunbrecher (2nd season)
Offensive schemeOne-back shotgun spread
Defensive coordinatorBrock Spack (11th season)
Base defense4–3
MVPDustin Keller
Captains
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
2007 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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
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