The Purdue Boilermakers are from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Quick Scoop

The nickname “Boilermakers” became associated with Purdue in the early 1890s after newspaper coverage of a football win over Wabash College. The name stuck, and today it refers to Purdue’s athletic teams and often its students and alumni too.

If you want, I can also give you the short origin story of the nickname.