1957 Purdue Boilermakers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1957
| team = Purdue Boilermakers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| record = 5–4
| conf_record = 4–3
| head_coach = Jack Mollenkopf
| hc_year = 2nd
| mvp = Neil Habig
| captain = Mel Dillard
| captain2 = Neil Habig
| stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
}}
{{1957 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
The 1957 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1957 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled a 5–4 record, finished in a tie for fourth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 4–3 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 178 to 114.{{cite web|title=1957 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/1957-schedule.html}}
Notable players included quarterbacks Bob Spoo and Ross Fichtner and tackle Nick Mumley.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1957
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 28
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Notre Dame
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–12
| attend = 52,108
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 5
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Minnesota
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 17–21
| attend = 64,629
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 12
| w/l = l
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Wisconsin
| opprank = 16
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 14–23
| attend = 40,507
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Michigan State
| opprank = 1
| site_stadium = Spartan Stadium
| site_cityst = East Lansing, MI
| score = 20–13
| attend = 64,950
| source = {{cite news|title=Top-Ranked Spartans Spilled By Purdue's 'Spoilermakers'|newspaper=Lansing State Journal|author=George S. Alderton|date=October 20, 1957|pages=57, 61|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-top-ranked-spartan/167395443/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Miami (OH)
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 37–6
| attend = 35,655
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Champaign, IL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 21–6
| attend = 47,690
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 9
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Ohio State
| opprank = 6
| site_stadium = Ohio Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| score = 7–20
| attend = 79,177
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16
| w/l = w
| opponent = Northwestern
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 27–0
| attend = 32,507
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 23
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Indiana
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| gamename = Old Oaken Bucket
| score = 35–13
| attend = 27,000
}}
}}
Roster
- Bill Alford, RB
- Francis Anastasia, WR
- Al Bader, RB
- Erich Barnes, WR
- Tom Barnett, RB
- Dick Brooks, WR
- John Crowl, WR
- Melvin Dillard, RB
- Ed Dwyer, OL
- Wayne Farmer, OL
- Larry Ferguson, WR
- Ross Fichtner, QB
- Tom Fletcher, RB
- Tom Franckhauser, WR
- Neil Habig, OL
- John Jardine, OL
- Len Jardine, WR
- Bob Jarus, RB
- Wayne Jones, RB
- Joe Kulbacki, RB
- Jack Laraway, RB
- Kenneth Mikes, RB
- Nick Mumley, OL
- Jim Redinger, RB
- Ron Sabal, OL
- Charles Schelsky, QB
- Gene Selawski, OL
- Bob Spoo, QB
- Dick Stillwagon, RB
- Doug Streff, QB
- Clyde Washington, RB
- Len Wilson, RB