1986 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1986 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1986 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1986 record	3–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Leon Burtnett (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Tiller (4th season)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 69,200)

1986 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Iowa	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Illinois	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Purdue	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	Ball State*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	W 20–3	60,161
September 20	Pittsburgh*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 26–41	55,621
September 27	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, Indiana (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 9–41	59,075
October 4	Minnesota	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 9–36	63,067
October 11	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois (Purdue Cannon)	L 27–34	73,720
October 18	Ohio State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 11–39	68,737
October 25	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan	L 3–37	77,063
November 1	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 17–16	25,417
November 8	No. 3 Michigan	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 7–31	61,323
November 15	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	L 14–42	67,321
November 22	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 17–15	69,748
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1986 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class   Caleb Bonds QB Doug Downing	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 19 Cris Dishman Jr LB 48 Fred Strickland Jr LB 44 Kevin Sumlin Sr DB 26 Rod Woodson Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Jonathan Briggs	Head coach Leon Burtnett Coordinators/assistant coaches Joe Tiller Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

at Notre Dame

Purdue at Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total Boilermakers 0 0 6 3 9 • Fighting Irish 10 14 3 14 41 Date: Saturday, September 27 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary 1 Notre Dame Taylor 2-yard run (Carney kick) Notre Dame 7-0 1 Notre Dame Carney 42-yard field goal Notre Dame 10-0 2 Notre Dame Johnson 2-yard run (Carney kick) Notre Dame 17-0 2 Notre Dame Jackson 35-yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick) Notre Dame 24-0 3 Notre Dame Carney 49-yard field goal Notre Dame 27-0 3 Purdue Chaney 3-yard run (pass failed) Notre Dame 27-6 4 Purdue Briggs 22-yard field goal Notre Dame 27-9 4 Notre Dame Johnson 13-yard run (Carney kick) Notre Dame 34-9 4 Notre Dame Green 27-yard run (Carney kick ) Notre Dame 41-9

See also: 1986 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–32–2	1985	W 35–17

at Northwestern

Purdue at Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total • Boilermakers 7 0 7 3 17 Wildcats 3 10 0 3 16 Date: November 1 Location: Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois

Scoring summary 1 NW Duvic 27 yard field goal Northwestern 3-0 1 PUR McCline 2 yard run (Briggs kick) Purdue 7-3 2 NW Greenfield 1 yard run (Duvic kick) Northwestern 10-7 2 NW Duvic 40 yard field goal Northwestern 13-7 3 PUR C. Williams 69 yard pass from Downing (Briggs kick) Purdue 14-13 4 NW Duvic 52 yard field goal Northwestern 16-14 4 :04 PUR Briggs 25 yard field goal Purdue 17-16

See also: 1986 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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Michigan

#3 Michigan at Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total • Wolverines 7 17 7 0 31 Boilermakers 0 0 0 7 7 Date: November 9 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN Game attendance: 61,323

at Iowa

Purdue at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Boilermakers 7 0 0 7 14 • Hawkeyes 14 7 14 7 42 Date: November 15 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 67,321

Scoring summary Q1 Purdue Rod Woodson 100-yard interception return (Briggs kick) Purdue 7–0 Q1 IOWA Early 64-yard pass from Poholsky (Houghtlin kick) Tied 7–7 Q1 IOWA Bayless 31-yard pass from Poholsky (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 14–7 Q2 IOWA Harmon 4-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 21–7 Q3 IOWA Flagg 15-yard pass from Poholsky (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 28–7 Q3 IOWA Bayless run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 42–7 Q4 IOWA Watkins 42-yard pass from Hartlieb (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 42–7 Q4 Purdue Schieb 18-yard pass from Downing (Briggs kick) IOWA 42–14

See also: 1986 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–20–2	1985	L 24–27

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1987 NFL Draft

Main article: 1987 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Rod Woodson	Cornerback	1	10	Pittsburgh Steelers

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References

1. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
2. Gainesville November 3, 1986
3. "Hawkeyes pummel Purdue". Indianapolis Star via newspapers.com. November 16, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
4. "1987 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 22, 2019.