1990 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1990 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Fred Akers in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, tying for eighth place the Big Ten. Purdue suffered its sixth consecutive losing season. The team played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

1990 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record2–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFred Jackson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorPhil Bennett (4th season)
Base defense4–3
MVPSteve Jackson
CaptainSteve Jackson, Larry Taylor
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
Seasons
← 1989
1991 →
1990 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Michigan +620930
No. 16 Michigan State +620831
No. 25 Illinois +620840
No. 18 Iowa +620840
Ohio State521741
Minnesota530650
Indiana341651
Northwestern170290
Purdue170290
Wisconsin0801100
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 1512:30 pmNo. 22 Washington*L 14–2036,265
September 221:00 pmIndiana State*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
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, IN
L 7–1934,656
October 131:00 pmat No. 11 IllinoisL 0–3460,604
October 201:00 pmOhio State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 2–4258,328
October 2712:00 pmat Michigan StateL 33–5577,343
November 31:00 pmNo. 3 Michigan
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 13–3841,279
November 102:00 pmat NorthwesternW 33–1325,026
November 173:30 pmat No. 13 IowaABCL 9–3867,836
November 241:00 pmIndiana
L 14–2850,519–51,393[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Personnel

1990 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB38Mike DoctorJr
WRErnest Calloway
GJason Cegleski
OTDenny Chronopoulos
OTScott Conover
WRRodney Dennis
CBob Dressel
WRJeff Hill
QBScott Hoffman
QBEric Hunter
WRCurtis McManus
RBJohn Oglesby
GLarry Taylor (C)
RBTony Vinson
WRDunyasha Yetts
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
ILBEric Beatty
DTKris Burns
CBSteve Jackson (C)
STerry Johnson
DEFrank Kmet
SNat Martin
OLBTom McNeil
DEPeyton Minter
CBJarrett Scales
OLBJim Schwantz
DTJeff Zgonina
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
PEric Bruun
KLarry Sullivan
KSteve Wambold
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Game summaries

Washington

Indiana State

At Notre Dame

  • Eric Hunter 21/37, 354 yards

Minnesota

At Illinois

Ohio State

  • Scott Hoffman 31/54, 317 yards

At Michigan State

Michigan

At Northwestern

At Iowa

Indiana

References