Editing Purdue University (section)

===Football===

The [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Boilermaker football team]] represents Purdue University in the NCAA [[Football Bowl Subdivision]] (FBS). Purdue plays its home games at Ross-Ade Stadium on the university's campus. The Boilermakers compete in the Big Ten Conference as a member of the West Division.

Found on a farm in southern [[Indiana]], the [[Old Oaken Bucket]] is one of the oldest [[American football]] trophies. The winner of Purdue's annual game against the [[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana University Hoosiers]] gets to keep the trophy until the next face-off and add a bronze "P" or "I" link to its chain. The first competition in 1925 led to a 0–0 tie, resulting in the first link on the chain being an "IP."<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/gloryofoldiuindi0000hamm |url-access=registration |title=Glory of Old IU, Indiana University |author1=Bob Hammel |author2=Kit Klingelhoffer |publisher=Sports Publishing LLC |year=1999 |page=[https://archive.org/details/gloryofoldiuindi0000hamm/page/55 55]|isbn=9781582610689 }}</ref> {{As of|2024|01|13}}, Purdue led the series 77–42–6.

During "[[Purdue Breakfast Club|Breakfast Club]]", best described as a cross between a pep rally and a Halloween party, students and even some alumni dress up in costumes, from traditional Halloween garb to creative hand-made costumes, as they bar-hop before Boilermaker home football games. The Breakfast Club plays a significant role during the football season and is informally a part of Purdue tradition. Many Boilermaker fans are dedicated; getting up at 5:00&nbsp;a.m. on Saturdays and lining up at the bars on Chauncey Hill and the levee by 6:00&nbsp;a.m. on game days. The Breakfast Club tradition began in the 1980s during the annual [[Purdue Grand Prix]] race in April.<ref>{{cite book |title=The College Buzz Book |date=March 23, 2006 |publisher=Vault Inc. |access-date=March 23, 2006 |page=292 |isbn=9781581313994 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4jsn3_VEvBsC&pg=PA292 |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818180458/https://books.google.com/books?id=4jsn3_VEvBsC&pg=PA292 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Jason Gulley |date=April 19, 2002 |title=First home of Breakfast Club ends morning tradition |url=https://www.purdueexponent.org/features/article_4c57457e-8bff-56f7-a63e-79a36f58fbba.html |access-date=July 18, 2023 |website=Purdue Exponent |language=en}}</ref> Another tradition is Saturday morning wake-ups, where the Boilermaker Special uses its many loud horns and whistles to wake dorm students up in preparation for the day's game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Husted |first=Chad |title=Boilermaker Specials' pre-game rituals a treat for fans |url=https://www.purdueexponent.org/sports/football/article_0a414c65-f522-5c49-9e3b-7b8c97458898.html |access-date=March 21, 2023 |website=Purdue Exponent |date=September 11, 2008 |language=en}}</ref>