D . M . Balliet David Milton " Pete " Balliet ( August 25 , 1866 – August 6 , 1960 ) was an American football player and coach . He served as the head football coach at Auburn University for one game in February 1893 , at Purdue University from 1893 to 1895 and again in 1901 , and at Washington and Lee University from 1903 to 1904 , compiling a career college football record of 30 – 15 – 2 . Balliet played as a center at Lehigh University and Princeton University . Early years and playing career . Balliet was a native of Lehighton , Pennsylvania and was born on August 25 , 1866 . He attended preparatory school at the Meyerstown Academy and then played center for two seasons for the Lehigh University football team . Princeton . In the fall of 1892 , Balliet joined the Princeton Tigers football team . In September 1892 , " The New York Times " reported : " Among the promising new men who are practicing are Balliet , centre rush of last year ' s Lehigh team . " He played at center for Princeton during the 1892 and 1893 seasons . The 1893 Princeton team finished the season undefeated at 11 – 0 , and was later recognized as a national champion . Balliet graduated from Princeton with the class of 1894 . Coaching career . Balliet was the second head coach in the history of Auburn Tigers football . He coached only a single game for the program , a contest against Alabama played on February 22 , 1893 at Lakeview Park in Birmingham , Alabama . Auburn defeated Alabama in the game , the first meeting between the two schools , by a score of 32 to 22 . In the fall of 1893 , Balliet became the head football coach at Purdue University . He led the team to a 5 – 2 – 1 record in 1893 and 9 – 1 in 1894 . During the 1894 season , Balliet ' s Purdue squad defeated Amos Alonzo Stagg ' s Chicago Maroons and outscored opponents by a collective score of 177 to 42 . His 1895 squad finished with a record of 4 – 3 . In 1897 , Balliet was reported to have given up a successful law practice to join the Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska . Balliet was re - hired as the head coach at Purdue in September 1901 . He led the 1901 Purdue team to a 4 – 4 – 1 record , but finished the season with consecutive losses to Notre Dame , Illinois , and Northwestern . At the end of the 1901 season , Purdue opted not to renew his services . In March 1902 , the " Indianapolis News " reported , " He is known to be a good coach , but he turned out a loser last year and Purdue wants a change . " In four seasons as Purdue ' s head coach , Balliet compiled a record of 22 – 10 – 2 . Balliet began the fall of 1902 back at his alma mater , Princeton , as an assistant coach . In early October , he joined the football team at Washington and Lee University to assist physical director , Bill Wertenbaker . Balliet served as the head football coach at Washington and Lee for the 1903 and 1904 seasons . Family and later years . Balliet married Sara A . Uhrich on July 19 , 1894 . The couple had a daughter , Catharine Urich , born on July 5 , 1895 . He moved to Myerstown , Pennsylvania in approximately 1895 and lived there for the next 65 years . Balliet worked for most of his career as a coal salesman . In 1909 , Balliet was employed by the Clark Brothers Coal Mining Company in Philadelphia . He described himself at the time as " a globe - trotter for a wholesale coal company . " He died at his home in Myerstown on August 6 , 1960 at age 93 .