WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Fans are falling in love with Purdue football.
A sellout crowd of 60,716 was on hand for last Saturday's thrilling 38-36 win over No. 19 Iowa at Ross-Ade Stadium. It marked the Boilermakers' second capacity gathering of the season (also against No. 2 Ohio State on Oct. 20), a first since the 2007 season.
Moreover, the Boilermakers are averaging 51,954 fans per game and will finish above 50,000 for the first time since 2009. Purdue's final home game is Nov. 17 against Wisconsin.
Head coach Jeff Brohm acknowledged the "all-in" mantra that exists at Purdue.
"This is our football team, but it's our university, and really, it's everybody's team, the community's team and all the fans' team, and we want everybody to feel a part of it," Brohm said. "I think the way you do that is you do your part to be active and out in the community as much as you can, but you play the game the way it's supposed to be played, and I think people and fans like to see teams play hard. They like to see teams play with passion. They like to see teams that play to win, that have a fighting, competitive spirit when they are on the field, and I think if you provide that element, people want to watch it and people want to come watch you play.
"So we just try to make sure we're doing our part to make the game exciting, fun to watch and that when people watch us, they see us giving great effort, and they see our guys into the game, wanting to do everything we can to play to win."
Not only do the fans benefit the team on the field, but they impress future Boilermakers who are watching from the stands.
"Without question, our fans have done a tremendous job of helping us, and we've had multiple visitors throughout the season and the last few games they have been at is outstanding," Brohm said. "So it's been more than beneficial."
A sellout crowd of 60,716 was on hand for last Saturday's thrilling 38-36 win over No. 19 Iowa at Ross-Ade Stadium. It marked the Boilermakers' second capacity gathering of the season (also against No. 2 Ohio State on Oct. 20), a first since the 2007 season.
Moreover, the Boilermakers are averaging 51,954 fans per game and will finish above 50,000 for the first time since 2009. Purdue's final home game is Nov. 17 against Wisconsin.
Head coach Jeff Brohm acknowledged the "all-in" mantra that exists at Purdue.
"This is our football team, but it's our university, and really, it's everybody's team, the community's team and all the fans' team, and we want everybody to feel a part of it," Brohm said. "I think the way you do that is you do your part to be active and out in the community as much as you can, but you play the game the way it's supposed to be played, and I think people and fans like to see teams play hard. They like to see teams play with passion. They like to see teams that play to win, that have a fighting, competitive spirit when they are on the field, and I think if you provide that element, people want to watch it and people want to come watch you play.
"So we just try to make sure we're doing our part to make the game exciting, fun to watch and that when people watch us, they see us giving great effort, and they see our guys into the game, wanting to do everything we can to play to win."
Not only do the fans benefit the team on the field, but they impress future Boilermakers who are watching from the stands.
"Without question, our fans have done a tremendous job of helping us, and we've had multiple visitors throughout the season and the last few games they have been at is outstanding," Brohm said. "So it's been more than beneficial."