Albert Berg, a deaf 23-year-old Princeton University alumnus, was the team's coach.
[1] The team of 12 players practiced for one week before playing in the school's first official football game.
The Purdue University football team traces its origin back to October 29, 1887, when its team fell to Butler College by a score of 48–6 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
[1] A group of students at Purdue University formed the school's first football team in 1887.
Despite being deaf, Berg was reportedly "the only man in the territory with any knowledge of the game.