1987 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1987 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1987 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1987 record	3–7–1 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Fred Akers (1st season)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 69,200)

1987 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Michigan State $	7	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
No. 16 Iowa	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
Indiana	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Illinois	2	–	5	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 12	at No. 12 Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 10–28	70,492
September 19	Louisville*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	T 22–22	63,125
September 26	No. 8 Notre Dame*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 20–44	68,526
October 3	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	L 19–21	49,376
October 10	Illinois	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	W 9–3	59,483
October 17	No. 17 Ohio State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 17–20	66,501
October 24	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 14–38	67,700
October 31	Wisconsin	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 49–14	60,267
November 7	at No. 15 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 3–45	76,933
November 14	Northwestern	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 20–15	50,468
November 21	at No. 20 Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 14–35	51,951
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

*Schedule Source:[1]

Season summary

Louisville

• James Medlock 25 rushes, 126 yards [2]

Illinois

• James Medlock 33 rushes, 131 yards [3]

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Badgers at Purdue Boilermakers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	0	7	7	0	14
Purdue	14	14	0	21	49

at Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana

• Date: October 31
• Game attendance: 60,267
• [4]

Game information

PUR - Myles 4 yard run (Briggs kick) PUR - Moore 34 yard pass from McCarthy (Briggs kick) PUR - Myles 2 yard run (Briggs kick) WIS - Bestor 17 yard pass from Keyes (Gregoire kick) PUR - Hardy 37 yard pass from Mascheck (Briggs kick) WIS - Artley 2 yard run (Gregoire kick) PUR - Hardy 42 yard pass from McCarthy (Briggs kick) PUR - C. Williams 9 yard pass from McCarthy (Briggs kick) PUR - Myles 4 yard run (Briggs kick) Purdue Shawn McCarthy 20/31, 333 Yds [5]

Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	0	6	9	0	15
Purdue	14	3	0	3	20

[6]

References

1. DeLassus, David. "Purdue (IN) Yearly Results: 1985–1989". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
2. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-01.
3. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-29.
4. Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 01. Retrieved 2019-Apr-10.
5. 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
6. Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 15. Retrieved 2019-Jan-06.