1982 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1982 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1982 record	3–8 (3–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Leon Burtnett (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Colletto (1st season)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 69,200)
Seasons

1982 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#NR/15 Michigan †	8	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
#12/12 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 / Coaches' Poll

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	Stanford*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 14–35	64,381
September 18	Minnesota	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 10–36	63,247
September 25	at No. 10 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 14–28	59,075
October 2	Wisconsin	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 31–35	69,132
October 9	at No. 20 Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)	L 34–38	71,232
October 16	Northwestern	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 34–21	67,659
October 23	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 24–21	66,707
October 30	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 6–38	89,341
November 6	Iowa	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 16–7	67,002
November 13	at No. 14 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 21–52	105,281
November 20	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 7–13	69,745
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1982 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 81 Benson, CliffCliff Benson 5.0 !Jr QB 10 Campbell, ScottScott Campbell 5.0 !Jr QB 11 Everett, JimJim Everett 3.0 !So RB 32 Gray, MelMel Gray 5.0 !Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 15 Anderson, DonDon Anderson 3.0 !So LB 59 Brown, MarkMark Brown 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Leon Burtnett Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Northwestern

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 7 0 0 14 21 • Purdue 0 14 13 7 34 Date: October 17 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN Game attendance: 67,659 Scoring summary Q1 NW Jenkins 3 yard pass from Schwab (Jolas kick) NW 7–0 Q2 PUR Gray 2 yard run (Clark kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 PUR Gray 1 yard run (Clark kick) PUR 14–7 Q3 PUR Taylor 8 yard pass from Campbell (kick failed) PUR 20–7 Q3 PUR Griffin 4 yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick) PUR 27–7 Q4 NW Jenkins 4 yard pass from Schwab (Jolas kick) PUR 27–14 Q4 PUR Richardson 9 yard run (Clark kick) PUR 34–14 Q4 NW Edwards 2 yard run (Jolas kick) PUR 34–21

Mel Gray 193 Rush Yds (career-high)

Michigan State

• Scott Campbell 24/43, 324 Yds

Ohio State

• Scott Campbell 28/55, 333 Yds

Michigan

• Scott Campbell 29/49, 331 Yds