1984 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1984 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1984 Big Ten Conference football season. It was the first time in school history that the Boilermakers defeated Notre Dame, Ohio State and Michigan in the same season.

1984 Purdue Boilermakers football
Peach Bowl, L 24–27 vs. Virginia
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1984 record	7–5 (6–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Leon Burtnett (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Colletto (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Tiller (2nd season)
MVP	Jim Everett
Captain	Brian Thornson
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 69,200)

1984 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 Ohio State $	7	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Illinois	6	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Purdue	6	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
No. 16 Iowa	5	–	3	–	1			8	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	5	–	3	–	1			7	–	4	–	1
Michigan State	5	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Michigan	5	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Indiana	0	–	9	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	vs. No. 8 Notre Dame*		Hoosier Dome Indianapolis (Shillelagh Trophy)	W 23–21	60,672
September 15	No. 5 Miami (FL)*		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 17–28	56,761
September 22	Minnesota		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	W 34–10	61,538
September 29	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan	W 13–10	64,819
October 6	No. 2 Ohio State		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	W 28–23	66,261
October 13	Iowa	No. 14	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 3–40	66,359
October 20	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois (Purdue Cannon)	L 20–34	76,101
October 27	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 49–7	28,884
November 3	Michigan		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	W 31–29	60,159
November 10	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin	L 13–30	72,292
November 17	Indiana		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 31–24	69,236
December 31	vs. Virginia*		Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta (Peach Bowl)	L 24–27	45,983
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1984 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Paul Alekna OL Drew Banks TE Jack Beery OL Jerry Boat WR Rick Brunner RB Rodney Carter QB Doug Downing OL Mark Drenth QB 11 Jim Everett Jr RB Jeff Feulner WR Steve Griffin OL Doug Isbell WR Mark Jackson OL Dave Jaumotte RB Bruce King (C) Sr RB Lorenzo McCline RB James Medlock WR Jeff Price TE Brad Schumacher TE Marty Scott OL Rick Skibinski OL Pat Snyder RB Ray Wallace	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB Don Anderson DL Don Baldwin DB 19 Cris Dishman Fr DL Kevin Holley DL Brad Hornor LB Jason Houston (C) DB Jeff Lee DL 91 Melvin Menke (C) Sr LB Bill Mulchrone DB Tommy Lee Myers LB 48 Fred Strickland So LB 44 Kevin Sumlin So DL Tony Visco LB Merkle Williams DB Kennedy Wilson DL Derek Wimberley DB 26 Rod Woodson So DL Bob Ziltz	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Mike Rendina P Brad Thornson	Head coach Leon Burtnett Coordinators/assistant coaches Jim Colletto Joe Tiller Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

vs. Notre Dame

Purdue vs. Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total • Boilermakers 3 10 3 7 23 Fighting Irish 14 0 0 7 21 Date: September 8 Location: Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis Game attendance: 60,672 Game weather: Indoors (dome)

Scoring summary Q1 PUR Rendina 31-yard field goal PUR 3–0 Q1 ND Pinkett 11-yard run (Carney kick) ND 7–3 Q1 ND Brooks 3-yard run (Carney kick) ND 14–3 Q2 PUR Price 6-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) ND 14–10 Q2 PUR Rendina 18-yard field goal ND 14–13 Q3 PUR Rendina 20-yard field goal PUR 16–14 Q4 PUR Price 14-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) PUR 23–14 Q4 ND Pinkett 6-yard run (Carney kick) PUR 23–21

See also: 1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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Miami (FL)

Miami (FL) at Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total • No.5 Hurricanes 7 7 14 0 28 Boilermakers 10 7 0 0 17 Date: September 14 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium

Scoring summary 1 MIA Highsmith 47-yard run (Cox kick) MIA 7–0 1 PUR Rendina 32-yard field goal MIA 7–3 1 PUR Wallace 4-yard run (Rendina kick) PUR 10–3 2 MIA Oliver 2-yard run (Cox kick) Tie 10–10 2 PUR Wallace 2-yard run (Rendina kick) PUR 13–10 3 MIA Kosar 1-yard run (Cox kick) MIA 17–13 3 MIA Highsmith 6-yard run (Cox kick) MIA 24–13

See also: 1984 Miami Hurricanes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	1983	L 0–35

Minnesota

See also: 1984 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Michigan State

• Jim Everett 27/42, 335 Yds [3]

Ohio State

See also: 1984 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

#2 Ohio State Buckeyes at Purdue Boilermakers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio St	7	3	7	6	23
Purdue	7	0	7	14	28

at Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

• Date: October 6, 1984
• Game time: 1:31 p.m.
• Game weather: Mostly cloudy, 74 °F (23 °C)
• Game attendance: 66,261
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter PUR – Steve Griffin 20-yard pass from Jim Everett (Mike Rendina kick), 14:00. Purdue 7–0. Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards, 1:00. OSU – Keith Byars 20-yard run (Rich Spangler kick), 4:09. Tie 7–7. Drive: 2 plays, 29 yards, 0:50. Second quarter OSU – Rich Spangler 34-yard field goal, 0:02. Ohio St 10–7. Drive: 5 plays, 35 yards, 0:26. Third quarter OSU – Keith Byars 14-yard run (Rich Spangler kick), 13:43. Ohio St 17–7. Drive: 3 plays, 37 yards, 1:20. PUR – Steve Griffin 65-yard pass from Jim Everett (Mike Rendina kick), Ohio St 17–14. Drive: 6 plays, 88 yards, 2:54. Fourth quarter PUR – Bruce King 4-yard pass from Jim Everett (Mike Rendina kick), 14:03. Purdue 21–17. Drive: 8 plays, 79 yards, 3:43. PUR – Rod Woodson 55-yard interception return (Mike Rendina kick), 10:03. Purdue 28–17. OSU – Cris Carter 5-yard pass from Mike Tomczak (run failed), 2:35. Purdue 28–23. Drive: 5 plays, 49 yards, 0:52. Top passers OSU – Mike Tomczak – 20/41, 280 yards, TD, 2 INT PUR – Jim Everett – 17/23, 257 yards, 3 TD, INT Top rushers OSU – Keith Byars – 30 rushes, 191 yards, 2 TD PUR – Ray Wallace – 20 rushes, 89 yards Top receivers OSU – Keith Byars – 9 receptions, 102 yards PUR – Steve Griffin – 6 receptions, 131 yards, 2 TD

Iowa

Iowa at Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 6 13 21 0 40 No. 14 Boilermakers 3 0 0 0 3 Date: October 13 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana Game attendance: 66,359 Game weather: 66° F, Cloudy with scattered showers, Wind SSW 12 mph Referee: Jim Kemerling

Scoring summary Q1 3:52 IOWA Smith 51-yard pass from Long (kick failed) IOWA 6–0 Q1 0:48 PUR Rendina 32-yard field goal IOWA 6–3 Q2 9:00 IOWA Nichol 22-yard field goal IOWA 9–3 Q2 3:03 IOWA Helverson 56-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 16–3 Q2 0:03 IOWA Nichol 38-yard field goal IOWA 19–3 Q3 7:49 IOWA Smith 31-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 26–3 Q3 4:20 IOWA Smith 38-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 33–3 Q3 3:31 IOWA Harmon 3-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 40–3

See also: 1984 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–18–2	1983	L 14–31

Iowa won in West Lafayette for the first time since 1956, snapping a 12-game losing skid at Ross–Ade Stadium.[4]

Illinois

See also: 1984 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

Northwestern

See also: 1984 Northwestern Wildcats football team

• Jim Everett 25/35, 312 Yds [5]

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 0 0 7 22 29 • Purdue 7 17 0 7 31 Date: November 3 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana Source:

Scoring summary 1 PUR Beery 2-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) PUR 7-0 2 PUR Price 6-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) PUR 14-0 2 PUR Rendina 22-yard field goal PUR 17-0 2 PUR Medlock 1-yard run (Rendina kick) PUR 24-0 3 MICH Jokisch 15-yard pass from Zurbrugg (Bergeron kick) PUR 24-7 4 PUR Carter 16-yard run (Rendina kick) PUR 31-7 4 MICH Markray 13-yard pass from Zurbrugg (Bergeron kick) PUR 31-14 4 MICH Bean 15-yard pass from Zurbrugg (Zurbrugg to Bean pass) PUR 31-22 4 MICH Nelson 6-yard pass from Zurbrugg (Bergeron kick) PUR 31-29

PUR: Steve Griffin 6 Rec, 112 Yds [6]

Wisconsin

• Jim Everett 23/49, 328 Yds [7]

Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 14 0 3 7 24 • Purdue 7 7 10 7 31 Date: November 17 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana Game attendance: 69,236

Scoring summary Q1 IND Allen 25-yard pass from Bradley (Rogers kick) IND 7–0 Q1 IND Lilja 3-yard pass from Bradley (Rogers kick) IND 14–0 Q1 PUR Carter 1-yard run (Rendina kick) IND 14–7 Q2 PUR Wallace 4-yard run (Rendina kick) Tie 14–14 Q3 PUR Rendina 25-yard field goal PUR 17–14 Q3 IND Rogers 26-yard field goal Tie 17–17 Q3 PUR Everett 1-yard run (Rendina kick) PUR 24–17 Q4 PUR Griffin 27-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) PUR 31–17 Q4 IND Jones 37-yard pass from Bradley (Rogers kick) PUR 31–24

• A grass fire was reported in the end-zone during the game as a result of a warming barrel tipping over [8]
• Rodney Carter 23 Rush, 148 Yds
• Steve Griffin 6 Rec, 103 Yds
• Jason Houston 16 solo TKL[9]

vs. Virginia (Peach Bowl)

Main article: 1984 Peach Bowl

See also: 1984 Virginia Cavaliers football team

References

1. 2011 Purdue football information guide
2. Gainesville Sun. September 9, 1984
3. 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
4. "Iowa, Long destroy Purdue jinx". Chicago Tribune. October 14, 1984. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
5. 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
6. 2010 Purdue football info guide
7. 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
8. Gainesville Sun. November 18, 1984
9. 2011 Purdue football information guide.