1988 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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The 1988 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Fred Akers, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the Big Ten. Purdue played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Record4–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Headcoach
OffensivecoordinatorBob Stanley (2nd season)
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1988 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record4–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBob Stanley (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorPhil Bennett (2nd season)
MVPMarc Foster
Captains
  • Bruce Crites
  • Marc Foster
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
Seasons
 1987
1989 
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1988 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Michigan $701921
Michigan State611651
Illinois521651
Iowa413643
No. 20 Indiana530831
Purdue350470
Ohio State251461
Northwestern251281
Wisconsin1701100
Minnesota062272
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10No. 20 Washington*L 6–2056,125[1]
September 17Ohio*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 33–1060,658[2]
September 24at No. 8 Notre Dame*L 7–5259,075[3]
October 1Minnesotadagger
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana
W 14–1061,805[4]
October 8at IllinoisL 0–2063,743[5]
October 15at Ohio StateW 31–2690,970[6]
October 22Iowa
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana
L 7–3162,264[7]
October 29at WisconsinW 9–651,147[8]
November 5Michigan State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 3–4855,639[9]
November 12at NorthwesternL 7–2824,542[10]
November 19Indiana
L 7–5267,861[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Game summaries

Washington

Ohio

At Notre Dame

Minnesota

At Illinois

At Ohio State

Purdue Boilermakers (2–3) at Ohio State Buckeyes (2–3)
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Quarter 1 2 34Total
Purdue 0 7 141031
Ohio St 7 10 3626
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at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: October 15
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Partly sunny, 62 °F (17 °C)
  • Game attendance: 90,970
  • Referee: Jim Kemerling
  • TV: WCMH
  • Box Score
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  • First road win for Fred Akers at Purdue
  • First win at Columbus since 1967
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Iowa

At Wisconsin

Michigan State

At Northwestern


Indiana

Roster

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1988 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Scott Bell
OL Bruce Brinerman
OL Jason Cegielski
OL Bruce Crites (C)
QB 16 Brian Fox Fr
RB Ray Graham
OL Teko Johnson
QB Mark Maschek
WR Curtis McManus
WR Todd Moore
FB 38 Mike Doctor Fr
RB Darren Myles
RB Scott Nelson
TE 84 Dwayne O'Connor
RB Jarrett Scales
WR 81 Lance Scheib
OL Derick Schmidt
RB 34 Ernie Schramayr
RB Jerome Sparkman
TE Kelly Turner
WR 88 Calvin Williams
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Ronnie Beeks
DB Reggie Broussard
DL Scott Conover
OL Dennis Dotson
DB Marc Foster (C)
DL Bill Hitchcock
DB Steve Jackson
DB Terry Johnson
DB Derrick Kelson
DL Ken Kushner
DL Donzel Leggett
LB Jim Schwantz
LB Tyrone Starks
LB Darren Trieb
LB Jerrol Williams
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P, QB Shawn McCarthy
K Larry Sullivan
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

  • Brian Fox – Big Ten All-Freshman Team

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