1983 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1983 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–7–1 (3–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Leon Burtnett (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Colletto (2nd season)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 69,200)
Seasons ←  1982 1984  →

1983 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Illinois $	9	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Michigan	8	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Iowa	7	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Ohio State	6	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Michigan State	2	–	6	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Indiana	2	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Minnesota	0	–	9	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	No. 5 Notre Dame *	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 6–52	69,782
September 17	at Miami (FL) *	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	L 0–35	56,761
September 24	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	W 32–20	41,839
October 1	Michigan State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	T 29–29	69,203
October 8	at No. 6 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 22–33	89,384
October 15	at No. 14 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 14–31	66,105
October 22	No. 11 Illinois	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	L 21–35	69,328
October 29	Northwestern	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 48–17	60,134
November 5	at No. 13 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 10–42	104,946
November 12	Wisconsin	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 38–42	58,342
November 19	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 31–30	52,038
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1983 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Butch Adler OL Paul Alekna RB Tim Alspaugh TE Cliff Benson WR Rick Brunner QB 10 Scott Campbell Sr RB Rodney Carter OL Mark Drenth QB 11 Jim Everett RSo RB Jeff Feulner OL John Fitzpatrick RB Mel Gray Sr WR Steve Griffin RB Lloyd Hawthorne OL Doug Isbell WR Mark Jackson RB Eric Jordan RB 37 Bruce King Jr WR Jeff Price WR Dave Retherford RB Tim Richardson TE Marty Scott OL Pat Snyder	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB Don Anderson DL Andy Gladstone DL Kevin Holley DL Brad Hornor DL Derrick Hoskins DL Jason Houston DL Melvin Menke DL Chris Scott LB Brock Spack LB Kevin Sumlin DB Ray Wallace DB Kennedy Wilson DL Derek Wimberly DB Rod Woodson DL Bob Ziltz	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Tim Clark P Walt Drapeza K Andrew Falender P Matt Kinzer	Head coach Leon Burtnett Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

Michigan State

• Scott Campbell 30/50, 300 Yds ^[2]

at Ohio State

Purdue Boilermakers (1–2–1) at #6 Ohio State Buckeyes (3–1)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	7	0	0	15	22
Ohio St	6	6	14	7	33

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

• Date: October 8, 1983
• Game time: 1:30 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: Sunny, 76 °F (24 °C)
• Game attendance: 89,384
• Referee: Tom Quinn
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter OSU – Paul Allen 21-yard field goal, 9:41. Ohio St 3–0. Drive: 11 plays, 61 yards, 5:11. OSU – Paul Allen 41-yard field goal, 4:30. Ohio St 6–0. Drive: 10 plays, 45 yards, 3:34. PUR – Eric Jordan 40-yard run (Tim Clark kick), 2:27. Purdue 7–6. Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards, 2:00. Second quarter OSU – Keith Byars 4-yard run (pass failed), 5:23. Ohio St 12–7. Drive: 3 plays, 20 yards, 0:59. Third quarter OSU – Garcia Lane 63-yard punt return (Rich Spangler kick), 13:43. Ohio St 19–7. OSU – Garcia Lane 71-yard punt return (Rich Spangler kick), 2:51. Ohio St 26–7. Fourth quarter PUR – Tim Clark 39-yard field goal, 14:20. Ohio St 26–10. Drive: 10 plays, 58 yards, 3:31. OSU – Keith Byars 2-yard run (Rich Spangler kick), 10:56. Ohio St 33–10. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 3:19. PUR – Cliff Benson 5-yard pass from Scott Campbell (pass failed), 3:50. Ohio St 33–16. Drive: 11 plays, 56 yards, 3:59. PUR – Mel Gray 20-yard run (pass failed), 2:58. Ohio St 33–22. Drive: 4 plays, 48 yards, 0:46. Top passers PUR – Scott Campbell – 23/36, 228 yards, TD OSU – Mike Tomczak – 8/17, 145 yards, 2 INT Top rushers PUR – Eric Jordan – 9 rushes, 89 yards, TD OSU – Keith Byars – 23 rushes, 135 yards, 2 TD Top receivers PUR – Steve Griffin – 5 receptions, 62 yards OSU – Keith Byars – 4 receptions, 120 yards

Illinois

• Scott Campbell 30/43, 388 Yds ^[3]

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Badgers (5–4) at Purdue Boilermakers (2–6–1)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	7	14	7	14	42
Purdue	3	20	0	15	38

at Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

• Date: November 12, 1983
• Game attendance: 58,342
• ^[4]

Game information

First quarter WIS – Gary Ellerson 2-yard run (Kevin Rodhe kick). Wisconsin 7–0. PUR – Tim Clark 20-yard field goal. Wisconsin 7–3. Second quarter WIS – Randy Wright 1-yard run (Kevin Rohde kick). Wisconsin 14–3. PUR – Cliff Benson 18-yard pass from Scott Campbell (Tim Clark kick). Wisconsin 14–10. PUR – Cliff Benson 1-yard pass from Scott Campbell (Tim Clark kick). Purdue 17–14. WIS – Al Toon 73-yard pass from Randy Wright (Kevin Rohde kick). Wisconsin 21–17. PUR – Lloyd Hawthorne 1-yard run (kick failed). Purdue 23–21. Third quarter WIS – Randy Wright 2-yard run (Kevin Rohde kick). Wisconsin 28–23. Fourth quarter PUR – Bruce King 17-yard run (pass good). Purdue 31–28. WIS – Randy Wright 8-yard run (Kevin Rohde kick). Wisconsin 35–31. PUR – Lloyd Hawthorne 3-yard run (Tim Clark kick), 2:35. Purdue 38–35. WIS – Brett Pearson 13-yard pass from Randy Wright (Kevin Rohde kick), 0:32. Wisconsin 42–35. Top passers WIS – Randy Wright – 16/33, 317 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT PUR – Scott Campbell – 17/30, 181 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Top rushers WIS – Gary Ellerson – 21 rushes, 93 yards, TD PUR – Mel Gray – 24 rushes, 106 yards Top receivers WIS – Al Toon – 8 receptions, 252 yards, TD PUR – Jeff Price – 3 receptions, 66 yards

External video
Game film (no sound)

at Indiana

See also: Old Oaken Bucket

Purdue Boilermakers (2–7–1) at Indiana Hoosiers (3–7)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	21	3	7	31
Indiana	0	14	0	16	30

at Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana

• Date: November 19, 1983
• Game attendance: 52,038
• ^[5]

Game information

First quarter No scoring Second quarter PUR – Mel Gray 1-yard run (Tim Clark kick). Purdue 7–0. IU – Orlando Brown 8-yard run (Doug Smith kick). Tie 7–7. PUR – Jeff Price 13-yard pass from Scott Campbell (Tim Clark kick). Purdue 14–7. PUR – Scott Campbell 1-yard run (Tim Clark kick). Purdue 21–7. IU – Len Kenebrew 22-yard pass from Steve Bradley (Doug Smith kick). Purdue 21–14. Third quarter PUR – Tim Clark 34-yard field goal. Purdue 24–14. Fourth quarter IU – Doug Smith 43-yard field goal. Purdue 24–17. PUR – Mel Gray 2-yard run (Tim Clark kick). Purdue 31–17. IU – Bobby Howard 7-yard run (Doug Smith kick). Purdue 31–24. IU – Duane Gunn 45-yard pass from Steve Bradley (pass failed). Purdue 31–30. Top passers PUR – Scott Campbell – 9/16, 102 yards, TD IU – Steve Bradley – 16/30, 295 yards, 2 TD, INT Top rushers PUR – Mel Gray – 36 rushes, 176 yards, 2 TD IU – Orlando Brown – 16 rushes, 53 yards, TD Top receivers PUR – Cliff Benson – 2 receptions, 40 yards IU – Duane Gunn – 5 receptions, 140 yards, TD

External video
Game highlights (local news)

References

1. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
2. 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
3. 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
4. Gainesville Sun. 1983 Nov 13. Retrieved 2022-Nov-25.
5. Gainesville Sun. 1983 Nov 20. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.