1982 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1982 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1982 record	3–8 (3–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Leon Burtnett
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 69,200)

1982 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Michigan $	8	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
#12 Ohio State	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Iowa	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Illinois	6	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Indiana	4	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Michigan State	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	8	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1982 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	Stanford*		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 14–35	64,381
September 18	Minnesota		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 10–36	63,247
September 25	at #10 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 14–28	59,075
October 2	Wisconsin		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 31–35	69,132
October 9	at #20 Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)	L 34–38	71,232
October 16	Northwestern		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 34–21	67,659
October 23	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	W 24–21	66,707
October 30	at Ohio State		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 6–38	89,341
November 6	Iowa		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 16–7	67,002
November 13	at #14 Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 21–52	105,281
November 20	Indiana		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 7–13	69,745
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game summaries

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 7 0 0 14 21 • Purdue 0 14 13 7 34 Date: October 17 Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN Game attendance: 67,659

Scoring summary Q1 NW Jenkins 3 yard pass from Schwab (Jolas kick) NW 7–0 Q2 PUR Gray 2 yard run (Clark kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 PUR Gray 1 yard run (Clark kick) PUR 14–7 Q3 PUR Taylor 8 yard pass from Campbell (kick failed) PUR 20–7 Q3 PUR Griffin 4 yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick) PUR 27–7 Q4 NW Jenkins 4 yard pass from Schwab (Jolas kick) PUR 27–14 Q4 PUR Richardson 9 yard run (Clark kick) PUR 34–14 Q4 NW Edwards 2 yard run (Jolas kick) PUR 34–21

Mel Gray 193 Rush Yds (career-high)