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 ← 1981 1983 →

1982 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Michigan $	8	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 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

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

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Roster[]

1982 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 81 Cliff Benson Jr QB 10 Scott Campbell Jr QB 11 Jim Everett So RB 32 Mel Gray Jr RB 37 Bruce King So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 15 Don Anderson So LB 59 Mark Brown 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[]

Stanford[]

Minnesota[]

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at Notre Dame[]

Purdue at Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total Boilermakers 0 14 0 0 14 • Fighting Irish 7 7 7 7 28 Date: September 25 Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana

Scoring summary 1 ND Moriarty 2-yard run (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 7-0 2 ND Moriarty 3-yard run (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 14-0 2 PUR King 2-yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick) Notre Dame 14-7 2 PUR Benson 5-yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick) Tie 14-14 3 ND Carter 6-yard run (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 21-14 4 ND Carter 10-yard run (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 28-14

Wisconsin[]

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at Illinois[]

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Northwestern[]

Northwestern at Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 7 0 0 14 21 • Boilermakers 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 25 rushes, 193 yards (career-high) ^[2]

at Michigan State[]

• Scott Campbell 24/43, 324 Yds ^[3]

Iowa[]

at Ohio State[]

• Scott Campbell 28/55, 333 Yds ^[4]

at Michigan[]

• Scott Campbell 29/49, 331 Yds ^[5]

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