1989 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1989 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference Big Ten
1989 record 3–8 (1–6 Big Ten)
Head coach Fred Akers (3rd season)
Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 67,861)
1989 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Michigan $ 8 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 10 Illinois 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 16 Michigan State 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
No. 24 Ohio State 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Minnesota 4 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Indiana 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Iowa 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Purdue 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Wisconsin 1 –7 –0  2 –9 –0
Northwestern 0 –8 –0  0 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 9 Miami (OH)* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 27–10   38,840
September 16 at No. 15 Washington* Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA L 9–38   66,392
September 30 No. 1 Notre Dame* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) L 7–40   67,861
October 7 at Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN L 15–35   36,621
October 14 No. 16 Illinois Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon) L 2–14   41,101
October 21 at Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 3–21   89,091
October 28 Michigan Statedagger Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN L 21–28   41,402
November 4 at No. 4 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 27–42   105,128
November 11 Northwestern Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 46–15   31,470
November 18 Iowa Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN L 0–24   31,863
November 25 at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) W 15–14   51,502
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Awards

  • Eric Hunter – Big Ten Freshman of the Year[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1989 Purdue Football Schedule
  2. ↑ Daily Press. 1990 Oct 24. Retrieved 2014-Oct-20.
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