1982 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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1982 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1982 record3–8 (3–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Jim Colletto (1st season)
Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 69,200)
Seasons
←  1981
1983  →
1982 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Michigan $8–1–0  8–4–0
No. 12 Ohio State 7–1–0  9–3–0
Iowa 6–2–0  8–4–0
Illinois 6–3–0  7–5–0
Wisconsin 5–4–0  7–5–0
Indiana 4–5–0  5–6–0
Purdue 3–6–0  3–8–0
Northwestern 2–7–0  3–8–0
Michigan State 2–7–0  2–9–0
Minnesota 1–8–0  3–8–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1982 Big Ten Conference football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 11 Stanford *
L 14–3564,381
September 18 Minnesota
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 10–3663,247
September 25at No. 10 Notre Dame *
L 14–2859,075
October 2 Wisconsin
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 31–3569,132
October 9at No. 20 Illinois
L 34–3871,232
October 16 Northwestern Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 34–2167,659
October 23at Michigan State
W 24–2166,707
October 30at Ohio State
L 6–3889,341
November 6 Iowa
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 16–767,002
November 13at No. 14 Michigan
L 21–52105,281
November 20 Indiana
L 7–1369,745
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1982 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 81 Cliff Benson Jr
QB 10 Scott Campbell Jr
QB 11 Jim Everett So
RB 32 Mel Gray Jr
RB 37 Bruce King So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 15Don AndersonSo
LB 59 Mark Brown Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

Stanford

Minnesota

at Notre Dame

Purdue at Notre Dame
1234Total
Boilermakers0140014
•Fighting Irish777728

Wisconsin

at Illinois

Northwestern

Northwestern at Purdue
1234Total
Wildcats7001421
•Boilermakers01413734

Mel Gray 25 rushes, 193 yards (career-high) [2]

at Michigan State

Iowa

at Ohio State

at Michigan

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References

  1. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Palm Beach Post. 1982 Oct 17.
  3. ↑ 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
  4. ↑ 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
  5. ↑ 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
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