1994 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1994 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; † Michigan State forfeited 5 wins, 4 conference wins; Rankings from AP Poll

1994 Purdue Boilermakers football
1994 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1994 record	5–4–2 (3–3–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim Colletto (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Bobby Turner (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Moe Ankney (4th season)
Captains	Mike Alstott (3rd year); Ryan Grigson (5th year); Matt Kingsbury (5th year);
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium; (Capacity: 67,861)
	Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

The 1994 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1994 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. The team was coached by head coach Jim Colletto.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	6:00 pm	Toledo*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 51–17	48,962
September 17	1:00 pm	Ball State*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 49–21	45,772
September 24	1:30 pm	at No. 8 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	NBC	L 21–39	59,075
October 1	1:00 pm	at No. 25 Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)		W 22–16	58,338
October 8	1:00 pm	Minnesota	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 49–37	32,622
October 15	1:00 pm	at No. 23 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		T 27–27	77,745
October 22	11:30 am	at No. 24 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN	L 14–48	92,865
October 29	1:00 pm	Iowa	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		T 21–21	42,965
November 5	1:00 pm	No. 20 Michigan	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		L 23–45	41,224
November 12	1:00 pm	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 30–42	60,164
November 19	1:00 pm	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)		L 29–33	60,967
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Michigan State later forfeited its victory versus Purdue. ^[1]

1994 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FB		Mike Alstott	Jr
FB	`47`	Mike Anderson	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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

1994 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Penn State $	8	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
No. 14 Ohio State	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
No. 12 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Purdue	3	–	3	–	2	5	–	4	–	2
Iowa	3	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Michigan State†	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion † Michigan State forfeited 5 wins, 4 conference wins Rankings from AP Poll