1987 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1987 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1987 record 3–7–1 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach Fred Akers (1st season)
Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 69,200)
1987 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Michigan State $ 7 –0 –1  9 –2 –1
No. 16 Iowa 6 –2 –0  10 –3 –0
Indiana 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
No. 19 Michigan 5 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Ohio State 4 –4 –0  6 –4 –1
Minnesota 3 –5 –0  6 –5 –0
Purdue 3 –5 –0  3 –7 –1
Illinois 2 –5 –1  3 –7 –1
Northwestern 2 –6 –0  2 –8 –1
Wisconsin 1 –7 –0  3 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 12 at No. 12 Washington* Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA L 10–28   70,492
September 19 Louisville* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN T 22–22   63,125
September 26 No. 8 Notre Dame* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) L 20–44   68,526
October 3 at Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN L 19–21   49,376
October 10 Illinois Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon) W 9–3   59,483
October 17 No. 17 Ohio State Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN L 17–20   66,501
October 24 at Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA L 14–38   67,700
October 31 Wisconsindagger Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 49–14   60,267
November 7 at No. 15 Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 3–45   76,933
November 14 Northwestern Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 20–15   50,468
November 21 at No. 20 Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) L 14–35   51,951
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

*Schedule Source:[1]

References

  1. ↑ DeLassus, David. "Purdue (IN) Yearly Results: 1985–1989". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
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