1986 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1986 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1986 record 38 (26 Big Ten)
Head coach Leon Burtnett (5th season)
Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 69,200)
1986 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Michigan + 7 1 0  11 2 0
No. 7 Ohio State + 7 1 0  10 3 0
No. 16 Iowa 5 3 0  9 3 0
Minnesota 5 3 0  6 6 0
Michigan State 4 4 0  6 5 0
Indiana 3 5 0  6 6 0
Illinois 3 5 0  4 7 0
Northwestern 2 6 0  4 7 0
Purdue 2 6 0  3 8 0
Wisconsin 2 6 0  3 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 13 Ball State* Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, Indiana W 203   60,161
September 20 Pittsburgh* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana L 2641   55,621
September 27 at Notre Dame* Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, Indiana (Shillelagh Trophy) L 941   59,075
October 4 Minnesotadagger Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana L 936   63,067
October 11 at Illinois Memorial StadiumChampaign, Illinois (Purdue Cannon) L 2734   73,720
October 18 Ohio State Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana L 1139   68,737
October 25 at Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan L 337   77,063
November 1 at Northwestern Dyche StadiumEvanston, Illinois W 1716   25,417
November 8 No. 3 Michigan Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana L 731   61,323
November 15 at Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, Iowa L 1442   67,321
November 22 Indiana Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) W 1715   69,748
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Season summary

Northwestern

1 234Total
Purdue 7 073 17
Northwestern 3 1003 16

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References

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