At the beginning of this month, Ryan Walters was fired as head football coach at Purdue. Walters was 5-19 in two season at the helm of the Purdue Boilermakers. Here is a look at the Purdue Boilermakers
football program since 2008 (the
first year that in which I have data for the model).
This time period only covers the last season of head football
coach Joe Tiller (19977-2008), Danny Hope (2009-2012), Darrell Hazell (2013-2016), Jeff Brohm (2017-2022) and Ryan Walters (2023-2024). After the figure
below is a more
detailed look at
the Purdue Boilermakers football program during head coach Walters'
tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com. (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).
Ryan Walters [2023-2024]
2023
The Boilermakers finished the regular season at 4-8, while playing against an “average”
strength of schedule (SOS); meaning that Purdue's SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "leagues" average SOS. Purdue's
best win
was against #50 ranked Virginia Tech by a
score of (24-17) and their worst loss was to #76 ranked Northwestern by a
score of (15-23).
Purdue was the #84 ranked team overall, with the #83 ranked
offense and the #77 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2024
Head
coach Walters was fired at the end of the regular season where the Boilermakers were 1-11 overall. The Boilermakers played
against a “tougher”
strength of schedule (SOS); meaning that their SOS was between one and two
standard deviations lower than the "leagues" average SOS. At the time of Walters' firing Purdue's best (only) win
was against FCS Indiana State by a score of (49-0) and their
worst loss was again to #102 ranked Northwestern by a score of (20-26).
Purdue was the #132 ranked team overall, with the #129 ranked
offense and the #127 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2024 FBS Head Coach Changes
