1993 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1993 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Boilermakers competed in the Big Ten Conference, and played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue was led by head coach Jim Colletto, who was in his third season.

1993 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1993 record110 (08 Big Ten)
Head coachJim Colletto (3rd season)
Offensive coordinatorBobby Turner (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorMoe Ankney (3rd season)
Captains
  • Elvin Caldwell
  • Jeff Hill (4th year)
  • Pat Johnson
  • Jimmy Young
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 67,861)
1993 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Wisconsin + 6 1 1  10 1 1
No. 11 Ohio State + 6 1 1  10 1 1
No. 8 Penn State 6 2 0  10 2 0
Indiana 5 3 0  8 4 0
No. 21 Michigan 5 3 0  8 4 0
Illinois 5 3 0  5 6 0
Michigan State 4 4 0  6 6 0
Iowa 3 5 0  6 6 0
Minnesota 3 5 0  4 7 0
Northwestern 0 8 0  2 9 0
Purdue 0 8 0  1 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Purdue finished the season with a 1–10 record, 0–8 in Big Ten play, to finish in tenth place in the Big Ten Conference, failing to qualify for a bowl game. The team was the first Purdue team to go completely defeated in conference play since the 1946 Purdue Boilermakers football team.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 46:00 PMat No. 24 NC State*L 7–2041,904
September 111:00 PMWestern Michigan*W 28–1357,670
September 252:30 PMNo. 4 Notre Dame*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)
ABCL 0–1768,196
October 21:00 PMIllinois
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)
L 10–2837,621
October 96:00 PMat MinnesotaL 56–5931,293
October 1611:30 AMNo. 16 Wisconsin
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ESPNL 28–4238,942
October 231:00 PMNo. 3 Ohio State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 24–4543,656
October 301:00 PMat IowaL 17–2665,648
November 61:00 PMat MichiganL 10–25104,326[2]
November 131:00 PMNo. 25 Michigan State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 24–2731,792
November 201:00 PMat No. 21 IndianaL 17–2448,429
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3]

References

  1. "BIG TEN ROUNDUP : Purdue Has Incentive, Still Loses to Indiana". www.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1993. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  2. Angelique S. Chengelis (November 7, 1993). "U-M, MSU back on track". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1E, 5E via Newspapers.com.
  3. 2011 Purdue football information guide
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