1982 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–8 (3–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Leon Burtnett (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Colletto (1st season)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 69,200)
Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Michigan $	8	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Ohio State	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Iowa	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Illinois	6	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Indiana	4	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Michigan State	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	8	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1982 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	Stanford*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 14–35	64,381
September 18	Minnesota	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 10–36	63,247
September 25	at No. 10 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 14–28	59,075
October 2	Wisconsin	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 31–35	69,132
October 9	at No. 20 Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)	L 34–38	71,232
October 16	Northwestern	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 34–21	67,659
October 23	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 24–21	66,707
October 30	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 6–38	89,341
November 6	Iowa	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 16–7	67,002
November 13	at No. 14 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 21–52	105,281
November 20	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 7–13	69,745
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[edit]

1982 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 81 Cliff Benson Jr QB 10 Scott Campbell Jr QB 11 Jim Everett So RB 32 Mel Gray Jr RB 37 Bruce King So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 15 Don Anderson So LB 59 Mark Brown Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Leon Burtnett Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries[edit]

Stanford[edit]

Minnesota[edit]

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at Notre Dame[edit]

Purdue at Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total Boilermakers 0 14 0 0 14 • Fighting Irish 7 7 7 7 28 Date: September 25 Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana

Scoring summary 1 ND Moriarty 2-yard run (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 7-0 2 ND Moriarty 3-yard run (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 14-0 2 PUR King 2-yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick) Notre Dame 14-7 2 PUR Benson 5-yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick) Tie 14-14 3 ND Carter 6-yard run (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 21-14 4 ND Carter 10-yard run (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 28-14

Wisconsin[edit]

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at Illinois[edit]

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Northwestern[edit]

Northwestern at Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 7 0 0 14 21 • Boilermakers 0 14 13 7 34 Date: October 17 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN Game attendance: 67,659

Scoring summary Q1 NW Jenkins 3 yard pass from Schwab (Jolas kick) NW 7–0 Q2 PUR Gray 2 yard run (Clark kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 PUR Gray 1 yard run (Clark kick) PUR 14–7 Q3 PUR Taylor 8 yard pass from Campbell (kick failed) PUR 20–7 Q3 PUR Griffin 4 yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick) PUR 27–7 Q4 NW Jenkins 4 yard pass from Schwab (Jolas kick) PUR 27–14 Q4 PUR Richardson 9 yard run (Clark kick) PUR 34–14 Q4 NW Edwards 2 yard run (Jolas kick) PUR 34–21

Mel Gray 25 rushes, 193 yards (career-high) ^[2]

at Michigan State[edit]

• Scott Campbell 24/43, 324 Yds ^[3]

Iowa[edit]

at Ohio State[edit]

• Scott Campbell 28/55, 333 Yds ^[4]

at Michigan[edit]

• Scott Campbell 29/49, 331 Yds ^[5]

References[edit]