2010 Purdue Boilermakers football team explained

Sport:football
Year:2010
Team:Purdue Boilermakers
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Record:4–8
Conf Record:2–6
Head Coach:Danny Hope (2nd season)
Off Coach:Gary Nord (2nd season)
Def Coach:Gary Emanuel (1st season)

The 2010 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana and competed in the Big Ten Conference. It was Danny Hope's second season as head coach. The Boilermakers finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in Big Ten play.

Before the season

The Boilermakers were looking to improve on a 5–7 record (4–4 in conference play) in 2009, in which they finished 7th in the Big Ten conference. The offense will be led by Robert Marve, the highly rated transfer from Miami (FL), who was named the starting quarterback. They also planned on using Rob Henry at the quarterback position. The running backs were going to be led by Ralph Bolden, who nearly had a 1,000 yard season in 2009, but tore his ACL and missed the 2010 season. The receiving core returns its 2009 leader in receptions, yards and touchdowns, Keith Smith, as well as Antavian Edison who saw significant playing time during the 2009 season as a true freshman. On the defense, the linemen will be led by Ryan Kerrigan, who was selected as a Phil Steele preseason 1st Team All-Big Ten,[1] the team's top returning sack man. The linebacking group returns all three starters from a season ago, which includes Dwayne Beckford and Joe Holland. The secondary will be breaking a whole new group of starters led by junior Albert Evans. The Boilermakers are looking to return to a bowl game for the first time since 2007.

Recruiting

Game summaries

At Notre Dame

See also: 2010 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry.

Vs. Western Illinois

See also: 2010 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team.

Vs. Ball State

See also: 2010 Ball State Cardinals football team.

Band Day and Family Day

Vs. Toledo

See also: 2010 Toledo Rockets football team.

At Northwestern

See also: 2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team. Homecoming and 2001 Rose Bowl Throwback Game

At Ohio State

See also: 2010 Ohio State Buckeyes football team.

At Illinois

See also: 2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football team and Purdue Cannon.

Vs. Wisconsin

See also: 2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team.

Vs. Michigan

See also: 2010 Michigan Wolverines football team.

At Michigan State

See also: 2010 Michigan State Spartans football team.

Vs. Indiana

See also: 2010 Indiana Hoosiers football team and Old Oaken Bucket.

Statistics

Freshman Quarterback, Rob Henry, became the first ever player lead the Boilermakers in rushing and passing yards in the same season.

Team

Purdue Opp
Scoring 236 345
  Points per Game 19.7 28.8
First Downs 190 255
  Rushing 96 102
  Passing 82 138
  Penalty 12 15
Total Offense 3,739 4,428
  Avg per Play 4.7 5.2
  Avg per Game 311.6 369
Fumbles-Lost 18–10 25–11
Penalties-Yards 77–684 66–530
  Avg per Game 57 44.2
Team Opp
Punts-Yards 70–2,834 61–2,496
  Avg per Punt 40.5 40.9
Time of Possession/Game 28:15 31:45
3rd Down Conversions 58 71
4th Down Conversions 12 4
Touchdowns Scored 27 45
Field Goals-Attempts-Long 15–19–52 11–19–46
PAT-Attempts 27–27 38–41
Attendance 336,443 341,511
  Games/Avg per Game 7/48,063 5/68,302

Scores by quarter

Offense

Rushing

Name GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
11 104 594 47 547 5.3 4 67 49.7
Dan Dierking 12 118 568 38 530 4.5 3 42 44.2
9 56 337 23 314 5.6 2 80 34.9
Al-Terek McBurse 10 22 198 9 189 8.6 1 57 18.9
Antavian Edison 12 36 146 16 130 3.6 0 18 10.8
Jared Crank 12 22 82 6 76 3.5 1 36 6.3
Sean Robinson 5 31 100 51 49 1.6 0 17 9.8
4 22 87 55 32 1.5 1 23 8.0
O.J. Ross 8 12 28 2 26 2.2 0 8 3.2
Gary Bush 11 1 16 0 16 16.0 0 16 1.5
Justin Siller 5 6 16 0 16 2.7 0 5 3.2
Cortez Smith 12 2 8 0 8 4.0 0 8 0.7
Reggie Pegram 12 5 7 0 7 1.4 0 6 0.6
Team 12 5 0 10 −10 −2.0 0 0 −0.8
Total 12 442 2,187 257 1,930 4.4 12 80 160.8

Passing

Name GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
11 112.4 162–86–7 53.1 996 8 76 90.5
4 113.0 99–67–4 67.7 512 3 36 128.0
Sean Robinson 5 70.2 91–44–6 48.4 301 2 23 60.2
Team 12 0.0 2–0–0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Total 12 101.1 354–197–17 55.6 1,809 13 76 150.8

Receiving

Name GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
12 36 244 6.8 0 19 20.3
Cortez Smith 12 33 434 13.2 4 76 36.2
Antavian Edison 12 32 316 9.9 4 55 26.3
Dan Dierking 12 20 173 8.6 2 23 14.4
Keith Smith 2 18 123 8.7 0 16 61.5
Justin Siller 5 12 104 8.7 1 25 20.8
O.J. Ross 8 11 149 13.5 1 51 18.6
Gary Bush 11 11 95 8.6 1 39 8.6
Jeff Lindsey 9 9 72 8.0 0 15 8.0
Al-Terek McBurse 10 5 30 6.0 0 16 3.0
12 5 22 4.4 0 7 2.4
Jared Crank 12 1 14 14.0 0 14 1.2
Gabe Holmes 12 1 14 14.0 0 14 1.2
11 1 11 11.0 0 11 1.0
Xavier Reese 5 1 9 9.0 0 9 1.8
Reggie Pegram 12 1 −1 −1.0 0 −1 −0.1
Total 12 197 1,809 9.1 13 76 150.8

Defense

NameGPTacklesSacksPass DefenseInterceptionsFumblesBlkd
Kick
Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds BrUp No.-Yds Avg TD Long Rcv-Yds FF
GP Solo Tackles Ast Total Tackes TFL-Yds Sacks:No.-Yds Pass BrUp No. Int-Yds Int Avg Int for TD Long Int Fumbles:Rcv-Yds FF Blkd Kick -->Logan Link 12 65 26 91 2–2 0–0 3 1–18 18.0 0 18 1–4 1 0
12 57 27 84 3.5–6 0.5–2 1 0–0 0.0 0 0 0–0 0 0
12 48 25 73 7.5–15 1.5–5 0 0–0 0.0 0 0 0–0 0 0
12 56 17 73 3.5–11 1–5 4 3–129 43.0 2 94 0–0 0 0
12 50 20 70 26–111 12.5–73 1 0–0 0.0 0 0 2–0 5 0
12 42 11 53 1–11 12.5–73 6 1–13 13.0 0 13 1–0 3 0
12 33 16 49 9.5–26 1.5–6 5 1–26 26.0 0 26 1–0 0 0
Total 12 555 226 821 91–357 33–192 37 10–212 21.2 2 94 11–4 17 2

Special teams

NamePuntingKickoffs
No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdNo. Yds Avg TB OB
Cody Webster 47 2,034 43.3 79 7 5 12 0
22 800 36.4 59 2 8 9 0 54 3,519 65.2 11 2
Team 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 70 8,834 40.5 79 9 13 21 20 1 54 3,519 11 2
NamePunt ReturnsKick Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long
Al-Terek McBurse 21 446 21.2 0 35
O.J. Ross 12 277 23.1 0 45
T.J. Barbarette 7 167 23.9 0 54
8 73 9.1 0 24 1 19 19.0 0 19
Waynelle Gravesande 14 60 4.3 0 22 1 23 23.0 0 23
Antavian Edison 4 72 18.0 0 24
Robert Maci 3 22 7.3 0 8
1 19 19.0 0 19
Dan Dierking 1 15 15.0 0 15
Derek Jackson 1 12 12.0 0 12
Gabe Holmes 1 12 12.0 0 12
Keith Smith 1 4 4.0 0 4
Joe Holland1 3 3.0 0 3
Mike Eargle 1 0 0.0 0 0
Team 1 −3 −3.0 0 −3
Total 24 134 5.6 0 24 55 1,087 19.8 0 54
[2]

After the season

2011 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Defensive end 1 16 Washington Redskins

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Phil Steele's 2010 Preseason All-Big Ten Team. philsteele.com. October 28, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111204005134/http://philsteele.com/Pdf/2010/10PreseasonAllConf/Preseason%20AllBig%20Ten%20Team.pdf. December 4, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
  2. Web site: 2010 Purdue Stats . PurdueSports.com . 2011-11-02.
  3. Web site: 2010 Rotary Lombardi Award Semifinalist . 2011-11-16 . 2010-11-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101102032255/http://www.rotarylombardiaward.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83:2010-rotary-lombardi-award-semifinalist-&catid=7:2010-news&Itemid=35 . dead .

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