1998 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 24

1998 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Ohio State %+		7	–	1					11	–	1
No. 6 Wisconsin $+		7	–	1					11	–	1
No. 12 Michigan +		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 24 Purdue		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 17 Penn State		5	–	3					9	–	3
Michigan State		4	–	4					6	–	6
Minnesota		2	–	6					5	–	6
Indiana		2	–	6					4	–	7
Illinois		2	–	6					3	–	8
Iowa		2	–	6					3	–	8
Northwestern		0	–	8					3	–	9
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

Schedule

August 302:30 PMat USC*

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA (Pigskin Classic)

ABCL 17–27 56,623 September 1211:00 AMRice*

• Ross–Ade Stadium
• West Lafayette, IN

ESPNW 21–19 42,563 September 1911:00 AMCentral Florida*

• Ross–Ade Stadium
• West Lafayette, IN

ESPNW 35–7 53,469 September 261:30 PMat No. 23 Notre Dame*

• Notre Dame Stadium
• Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)

NBCL 30–31 80,012 October 31:30 PMMinnesota

• Ross–Ade Stadium
• West Lafayette, IN

W 56–21 56,809 October 107:30 PMat No. 10 Wisconsin

• Camp Randall Stadium
• Madison, WI

ESPN2L 24–31 78,782 October 172:30 PMat No. 12 Penn State

• Beaver Stadium
• University Park, PA

ABCL 13–31 97,034 October 241:00 PMIllinois

• Ross–Ade Stadium
• West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)

W 42–9 60,163 October 311:00 PMIowa

• Ross–Ade Stadium
• West Lafayette, IN

W 36–14 50,443 November 712:00 PMat Northwestern

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

ESPN2W 56–21 39,575 November 1412:00 PMat Michigan State

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, MI

ESPN+W 25–24 69,091 November 211:00 PMIndiana

• Ross–Ade Stadium
• West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)

W 52–7 68,512 December 298:00 PMvs. No. 4 Kansas State*

• Alamodome
• San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)

ESPNW 37–34 60,780

Game summaries

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 0 0 0 14 14 • Purdue 7 12 10 7 36 Date: October 31 Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN

Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 7 0 0 0 7 • Purdue 7 21 3 21 52 Date: November 21 Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 68,512

Scoring summary Q1 8:06 IND Randle El 4 yard run (Payne kick) IND 7–0 Q1 2:12 PUR Stratton 4 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 11:26 PUR Cox 12 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) PUR 14–7 Q2 8:11 PUR Stratton 11 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) PUR 21–7 Q2 5:18 PUR Jones 37 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) PUR 28–7 Q3 9:10 PUR Dorsch 37 yard field goal PUR 31–7 Q4 7:31 PUR Sutherland 8 yard pass from Edgerton (Dorsch kick) PUR 38–7 Q4 4:59 PUR Sutherland 8 yard pass from Edgerton (Dorsch kick) PUR 45–7 Q4 :58 PUR Sutherland 24 yard pass from Edgerton (Dorsch kick) PUR 52–7