1983 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1983 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1983 Purdue Boilermakers football
1983 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1983 record	3–7–1 (3–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Leon Burtnett (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Jim Colletto (2nd season)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium; (Capacity: 69,200)
	Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	No. 5 Notre Dame*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 6–52	69,782
September 17	at Miami (FL)*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	L 0–35	56,761
September 24	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	W 32–20	41,839
October 1	Michigan State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	T 29–29	69,203
October 8	at No. 6 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 22–33	89,384
October 15	at No. 14 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 14–31	66,105
October 22	No. 11 Illinois	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	L 21–35	69,328
October 29	Northwestern	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 48–17	60,134
November 5	at No. 13 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 10–42	104,946
November 12	Wisconsin	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 38–42	58,342
November 19	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 31–30	52,038
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1983 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`10`	Scott Campbell	Sr
QB	`11`	Jim Everett	So
RB		Mel Gray	Sr
RB	`37`	Bruce King	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Purdue Boilermakers at Indiana Hoosiers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	21	3	7	31
Indiana	0	14	0	16	30

at Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana

Game information

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	PUR	IND
2					Purdue	Gray 1-yard touchdown run, Clark kick good	7	0
2					Indiana	Brown 8-yard touchdown run, D. Smith kick good	7	7
2					Purdue	Price 13-yard touchdown reception from Campbell, Clark kick good	14	7
2					Purdue	Campbell 1-yard touchdown run, Clark kick good	21	7
2					Indiana	Kennebrew 22-yard touchdown reception from Bradley, D. Smith kick good	21	14
3					Purdue	34-yard field goal by Clark	24	14
4					Indiana	43-yard field goal by D. Smith	24	17
4					Purdue	Gray 2-yard touchdown run, Clark kick good	31	17
4					Indiana	B. Howard 7-yard touchdown run, D. Smith kick good	31	24
4					Indiana	Gunn 45-yard touchdown reception from Bradley, 2-point pass failed	31	30
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							31	30

v t Purdue Boilermakers football
Venues	Stuart Field (1892–1924) Ross–Ade Stadium (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Chicago Illinois (Purdue Cannon) Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) Notre Dame (Shillelagh Trophy)
Culture & lore	Boilermaker Special Cradle of Quarterbacks Holy Buckeye Purdue Pete Purdue Wreck "Hail Purdue!" All-American Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1983 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Illinois $	9	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Michigan	8	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Iowa	7	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Ohio State	6	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Michigan State	2	–	6	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Indiana	2	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Minnesota	0	–	9	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll