With the colorful combination of black and gold, and the most terrifying mascot this side of Penn State's Nittany Lions, Purdue Pete leads the charge out onto the field, onto the court ...

The first Boilermaker mascot wasn’t as people-pleasing as Pete. The first Purdue mascot, the Boilermaker Special, was a locomotive mounted on an automobile chassis. The 1940 mascot didn’t last very ...

The Boilermaker Special got a fresh look from Purdue alum Grayson Retzloff. It was then briefly taken around campus by the ...

The nickname quickly gained approval from students. Boilermaker Special The locomotive design of Purdue’s official mascot celebrates the university’s renowned engineering programs. The Boilermaker ...

Well, Friday ahead of the Oregon-Purdue game in West Lafayette, the Duck had an entrance that was both chaotic and briefly left it headless. While running on the field at the Boilermakers’ Ross ...

The Purdue Alumni Association is formed. The Boilermaker Special (the official Purdue mascot in the form of a locomotive mounted on an automobile chassis) is presented to the student body at a ...

The Reamer Club is dubbed "The Spirit of Purdue" and is the epitome of gameday tradition and spirit. Reamers start gameday ...

While No. 2 Oregon cruised to a stress-free 35–0 victory over Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium on Friday night to keep its undefeated season rolling, the team's mascot had a night to forget.

On Friday night ahead of Oregon's road game against the Purdue Boilermakers, The Duck suffered the worst of all mascot malfunctions, with his head falling off after a collision with a player on ...

Week 11 in college football not only brought big wins and upsets, it also brought quality trolls from around the country. The ...