1983 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1983 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–7–1 (3–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Leon Burtnett (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Colletto (2nd season)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 69,200)

1983 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Illinois $	9	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Michigan	8	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Iowa	7	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Ohio State	6	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Michigan State	2	–	6	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Indiana	2	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Minnesota	0	–	9	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	No. 5 Notre Dame*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 6–52	69,782
September 17	at Miami (FL)*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	L 0–35	56,761
September 24	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	W 32–20	41,839
October 1	Michigan State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	T 29–29	69,203
October 8	at No. 6 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 22–33	89,384
October 15	at No. 14 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 14–31	66,105
October 22	No. 11 Illinois	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	L 21–35	69,328
October 29	Northwestern	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 48–17	60,134
November 5	at No. 13 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 10–42	104,946
November 12	Wisconsin	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 38–42	58,342
November 19	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 31–30	52,038
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1983 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Scott Campbell Sr QB 11 Jim Everett  So RB Mel Gray Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Leon Burtnett Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

Michigan State

• Scott Campbell 30/50, 300 Yds

Illinois

• Scott Campbell 30/43, 388 Yds

Indiana

See also: 1983 Indiana Hoosiers football team and Old Oaken Bucket

Purdue Boilermakers at Indiana Hoosiers

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	21	3	7	31
Indiana	0	14	0	16	30

at Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana

• Date: November 19
• Game attendance: 52,038

Game information
Purdue Campbell 9/16, 102 Yds, TD Gray 36 Rush, 176 Yds, 2 TD Benson 2 Rec, 40 Yds Indiana Bradley 16/30, 295 Yds, 2 TD, INT Brown 16 Rush, 53 Yds, TD Gunn 5 Rec, 140 Yds, TD

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP PUR IND 2 Purdue Gray 1-yard touchdown run, Clark kick good 7 0 2 Indiana Brown 8-yard touchdown run, D. Smith kick good 7 7 2 Purdue Price 13-yard touchdown reception from Campbell, Clark kick good 14 7 2 Purdue Campbell 1-yard touchdown run, Clark kick good 21 7 2 Indiana Kennebrew 22-yard touchdown reception from Bradley, D. Smith kick good 21 14 3 Purdue 34-yard field goal by Clark 24 14 4 Indiana 43-yard field goal by D. Smith 24 17 4 Purdue Gray 2-yard touchdown run, Clark kick good 31 17 4 Indiana B. Howard 7-yard touchdown run, D. Smith kick good 31 24 4 Indiana Gunn 45-yard touchdown reception from Bradley, 2-point pass failed 31 30 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 31 30