1987 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1987 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1987 Purdue Boilermakers football
1987 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1987 record	3–7–1 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Fred Akers (1st season);
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium; (Capacity: 69,200)
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 12	at No. 12 Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 10–28	70,492
September 19	Louisville*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	T 22–22	63,125
September 26	No. 8 Notre Dame*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 20–44	68,526
October 3	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	L 19–21	49,376
October 10	Illinois	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	W 9–3	59,483
October 17	No. 17 Ohio State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 17–20	66,501
October 24	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 14–38	67,700
October 31	Wisconsin	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 49–14	60,267
November 7	at No. 15 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 3–45	76,933
November 14	Northwestern	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 20–15	50,468
November 21	at No. 20 Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 14–35	51,951
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

*Schedule Source:^[1]

Wisconsin Badgers at Purdue Boilermakers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	0	7	7	0	14
Purdue	14	14	0	21	49

Game information

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	0	6	9	0	15
Purdue	14	3	0	3	20

^ DeLassus, David. "Purdue (IN) Yearly Results: 1985–1989". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
^ 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-01.
^ 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-29.
^ Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 01. Retrieved 2019-Apr-10.
^ 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
^ Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 15. Retrieved 2019-Jan-06.

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

1987 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Michigan State $	7	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
No. 16 Iowa	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
Indiana	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Illinois	2	–	5	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll