1919 Purdue Boilermakers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1919
| team = Purdue Boilermakers
| sport = football
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| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| record = 2–4–1
| conf_record = 0–3
| head_coach = A. G. Scanlon
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain = Ken W. Huffine
| stadium = Stuart Field
}}
{{1919 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
The 1919 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1919 college football season. In their second season under head coach A. G. Scanlon, the Boilermakers compiled a 2–4–1 record, finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference with an 0–3 record against conference opponents, and were outscored by their opponents by a total of 104 to 71. Ken W. Huffine was the team captain.{{cite web|title=1919 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=December 6, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1919-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=2016 Boilermaker Football Media Guide|publisher=Purdue University|year=2016|page=89|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/mediaguide.pdf|access-date=2018-06-19|archive-date=2017-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721153507/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/mediaguide.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Schedule
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|October 4||{{cfb link |year=1919|team=Franklin Baptists|title=Franklin}}
|October 11||Illinois|Stuart Field|West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)|L 7-14|4,000|{{cite news|title=Heavy Illinois Eleven Held by Purdue to 14-7|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=October 12, 1919|page=II-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98793775/heavy-illinois-eleven-held-by-purdue-to/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 18|at|Chicago|Stagg Field|Chicago, IL (rivalry)|L 0-16||{{cite news|title=Maroon Passes Defeat Purdue in 16-0 Combat: Hoosier Visitors Battle Fiercely After Staggs Get Early Margin|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|author=Albon Holden|date=October 19, 1919|page=II-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115280155/maroon-passes-defeat-purdue/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 1||Michigan Agricultural|Stuart Field|West Lafayette, IN|W 13-7||
|November 8|at|Ohio State|Ohio Field|Columbus, OH|L 0-20||
|November 17||{{cfb link |year=1919|team=DePauw Tigers|title=DePauw}}
|November 22||Notre Dame|Stuart Field|West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)|L 13-33||
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Roster
- Ferdinand Birk, T
- Paul Church, HB
- Cecil Cooley, G
- J. Daly
- Dwight Grigsby, G
- G. W. Hanna, LH
- Ken Huffine, FB
- Paul Macklin, QB
- John Meeker, RH
- R. F. Miller, T
- Russ Mitchell, C
- J. H. Quast, E
- M. M. Smith, E
- C. C. Stanwood, C
- Earl Wagner