1988 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1988 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1988 Purdue Boilermakers football
1988 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten
1988 record	4–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Fred Akers (2nd season);
Captain	Bruce Crites; Marc Foster
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium; (Capacity: 67,861)
	Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	No. 20 Washington*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 6–20	56,125
September 17	Ohio*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	W 33–10	60,658
September 24	at No. 8 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, Indiana (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 7–52	59,075
October 1	Minnesota	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	W 14–10	61,805
October 8	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois (Purdue Cannon)	L 0–20	63,743
October 15	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	W 31–26	90,970
October 22	Iowa	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 7–31	62,264
October 29	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin	W 9–6	51,147
November 5	Michigan State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 3–48	55,639
November 12	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	L 7–28	24,542
November 19	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 7–52	67,861
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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

1988 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Michigan $	7	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
Michigan State	6	–	1	–	1	6	–	5	–	1
Illinois	5	–	2	–	1	6	–	5	–	1
Iowa	4	–	1	–	3	6	–	4	–	3
No. 20 Indiana	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Ohio State	2	–	5	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	5	–	1	2	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
Minnesota	0	–	6	–	2	2	–	7	–	2

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll