1986 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1986 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1986 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1986 record38 (26 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJoe Tiller (4th season)
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 69,200)
1986 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Michigan + 7 1 0  11 2 0
No. 7 Ohio State + 7 1 0  10 3 0
No. 16 Iowa 5 3 0  9 3 0
Minnesota 5 3 0  6 6 0
Michigan State 4 4 0  6 5 0
Indiana 3 5 0  6 6 0
Illinois 3 5 0  4 7 0
Northwestern 2 6 0  4 7 0
Purdue 2 6 0  3 8 0
Wisconsin 2 6 0  3 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 13Ball State*W 20–360,161
September 20Pittsburgh*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana
L 26–4155,621
September 27at Notre Dame*L 9–4159,075
October 4Minnesota
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana
L 9–3663,067
October 11at IllinoisL 27–3473,720
October 18Ohio State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana
L 11–3968,737
October 25at Michigan StateL 3–3777,063
November 1at NorthwesternW 17–1625,417
November 8No. 3 Michigan
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana
L 7–3161,323
November 15at IowaL 14–4267,321
November 22Indiana
W 17–1569,748
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1986 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE Jack Beery
RB Caleb Bonds
OL Keith Brown
WR Rick Brunner
RB Jerry Chaney
OL Mike Connors
OL Bruce Crites
QB Doug Downing
WR Ted Gelov
QB Jeff George
RB Tony Grant
WR Jon Hayes
QB Jeff Huber
QB Shawn McCarthy
RB Lorenzo McCline
RB James Medlock
RB Scott Nelson
TE Dwayne O'Connor
OL DeWayne Penn
OL Jim Richmond
WR Lance Scheib
TE Brad Schumacher
OL Todd Tyrie
WR Calvin Williams
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Ronnie Beeks
DB 19 Cris Dishman Jr
DB Marc Foster
DL Bill Gildea
DL Bill Hitchcock
DL Kevin Holley
DB Scott Kalinoski
DL Chris Keevers
LB 48 Fred Strickland Jr
LB 44 Kevin Sumlin Sr
DB Mike Weaver
DB 26 Rod Woodson Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Jonathan Briggs
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Season summary

at Notre Dame

Purdue at Notre Dame
1 234Total
Boilermakers 0 063 9
Fighting Irish 10 14314 41


at Northwestern

Purdue at Northwestern
1 234Total
Boilermakers 7 073 17
Wildcats 3 1003 16

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Michigan

#3 Michigan at Purdue
1 234Total
Wolverines 7 1770 31
Boilermakers 0 007 7

at Iowa

Purdue at Iowa
1 234Total
Boilermakers 7 007 14
Hawkeyes 14 7147 42


[3]

1987 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Rod WoodsonCornerback110Pittsburgh Steelers

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References

  1. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  2. Gainesville November 3, 1986
  3. "Hawkeyes pummel Purdue". Indianapolis Star via newspapers.com. November 16, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  4. "1987 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
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