1990 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1990 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1990 record	2–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Fred Akers (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Steve Jackson
Captains	Steve Jackson Larry Taylor
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 67,861)
Seasons ← 1989 1991 →

1990 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Michigan +	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Michigan State +	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	1
No. 25 Illinois +	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Iowa +	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	5	–	2	–	1			7	–	4	–	1
Minnesota	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	4	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
Northwestern	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Purdue	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Wisconsin	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. It was Fred Akers' final season as head coach, both at Purdue and in his coaching career.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	12:30 pm	No. 22 Washington*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana		L 14–20	36,265
September 22	1:00 pm	Indiana State*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana		W 41–13	42,387
September 29	12:00 pm	at No. 1 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, Indiana (Shillelagh Trophy)	SCA	L 11–37	59,075
October 6	1:00 pm	Minnesota	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana		L 7–19	34,656
October 13	1:00 pm	at No. 11 Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois (Purdue Cannon)		L 0–34	60,604
October 20	1:00 pm	Ohio State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana		L 2–42	58,328
October 27	12:00 pm	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan		L 33–55	77,343
November 3	1:00 pm	No. 3 Michigan	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana		L 13–38	41,279
November 10	2:00 pm	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois		W 33–13	25,026
November 17	2:00 pm	at No. 13 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		L 9–38	67,836
November 24	1:00 pm	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket)		L 14–28	50,519
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Personnel[]

1990 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR Ernest Calloway OG Jason Cegleski OT Denny Chronopoulos OT Scott Conover WR Rodney Dennis C Bob Dressel WR Jeff Hill QB Scott Hoffman QB Eric Hunter WR Curtis McManus RB John Oglesby OG Larry Taylor (C) RB Tony Vinson WR Dunyasha Yetts	Defense Pos. # Name Class ILB Eric Beatty DT Kris Burns CB Steve Jackson (C) S Terry Johnson DE Frank Kmet S Nat Martin OLB Tom McNeil DE Peyton Minter CB Jarrett Scales OLB Jim Schwantz DT Jeff Zgonina	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P Eric Bruun K Larry Sullivan K Steve Wambold	Head coach Fred Akers Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary[]

Washington[]

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Indiana State[]

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at Notre Dame[]

• Eric Hunter 21/37, 354 Yds ^[2]

Minnesota[]

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at Illinois[]

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Ohio State[]

• Scott Hoffman 31/54, 317 Yds ^[3]

at Michigan State[]

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Michigan[]

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at Northwestern[]

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at Iowa[]

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Indiana[]

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