1981 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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1981 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Ohio State + 6 2 0 9 3 0
No. 18 Iowa + 6 2 0 8 4 0
No. 12 Michigan 6 3 0 9 3 0
Illinois 6 3 0 7 4 0
Wisconsin 6 3 0 7 5 0
Minnesota 4 5 0 6 5 0
Michigan State 4 5 0 5 6 0
Purdue 3 6 0 5 6 0
Indiana 3 6 0 3 8 0
Northwestern 0 9 0 0 11 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1981 Big Ten Conference football season.

Several Purdue players ranked among the Big Ten leaders, including the following:

  • Wide receiver Steve Bryant led the Big Ten with 60 receptions and 11 receiving touchdowns and ranked second with 971 receiving yards and fifth with 66 points scored.[1]
  • Quarterback Scott Campbell ranked second in the conference with 185 pass completions, a 57.6% pass completion percentage, 2,686 passing yards, a 138.3 passing efficiency rating, and 2,809 total yards.[1]
  • Running back Jimmy Smith ranked fourth in the conference with 152 rushing attempts and ninth with 540 rushing yards.[1]

Schedule

September 12No. 19 Stanford*

W 27–19 69,958 September 19at Minnesota

L 13–16 41,530 September 26No. 13 Notre Dame*

W 15–14 70,007 October 3at Wisconsin

L 14–20 68,603 October 10Illinoisdagger

W 44–20 69,846 October 17at Northwestern

W 35–0 20,777 October 24Michigan State

  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana

W 27–26 69,877 October 31Ohio State

  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana

L 33–45 69,927 November 7at Iowa

L 7–33 60,114 November 14No. 11 Michigan

  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana

L 10–28 69,736 November 21at Indiana

L 17–20 48,466

Template:CFB Schedule End [2]

Season summary

Notre Dame

1 234Total
Notre Dame 0 707 14
Purdue 0 078 15
  • Date: September 26
  • Location: Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana
  • Game attendance: 70,007

[3]

Indiana

Statistics

  • Jeff Feulner 18 Rush, 108 Yds[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "1981 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  2. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  3. ^ Palm Beach Post. 1981 Sept 27.
  4. ^ 2012 Purdue football information guide