The 1940 mascot didn’t last very long. In 1944 the school’s yearbook, Debris, first used the image of a barrel-chested, ...

Purdue Pete did not always act alone. In the late '90s and early '00s he was accompanied by a 10-foot inflatable named Rowdy.

After trailing for most of the competition at the Chicago Tribune's Big Ten mascot poll, Purdue fans rallied (or created some voting bots) to lift the Boilermakers mascot to a rousing victory in ...