1990 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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.

1990 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1990 record29 (17 Big Ten)
Head coach
Base defense4–3
MVPSteve Jackson
Captains
  • Steve Jackson
  • Larry Taylor
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 67,861)
1990 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1512:30 pmNo. 22 Washington*L 14–2036,265
September 221:00 pmIndiana State*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana
W 41–1342,387
September 2912:00 pmat No. 1 Notre Dame*SCAL 11–3759,075
October 61:00 pmMinnesota
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana
L 7–1934,656
October 131:00 pmat No. 11 IllinoisL 0–3460,604
October 201:00 pmOhio State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana
L 2–4258,328
October 2712:00 pmat Michigan StateL 33–5577,343
November 31:00 pmNo. 3 Michigan
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana
L 13–3841,279
November 102:00 pmat NorthwesternW 33–1325,026
November 172:00 pmat No. 13 IowaL 9–3867,836
November 241:00 pmIndiana
L 14–2850,519
  • *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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
P Eric Bruun
K Larry Sullivan
K Steve Wambold
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

    Season summary

    at Notre Dame

    • Eric Hunter 21/37, 354 Yds [2]

    Ohio State

    • Scott Hoffman 31/54, 317 Yds [3]

    References

    1. 2011 Purdue football information guide
    2. 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
    3. 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
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