1994 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1994 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–4–2 (3–3–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim Colletto (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bobby Turner (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Moe Ankney (4th season)
Captains	Mike Alstott (3rd year) Ryan Grigson (5th year) Matt Kingsbury (5th year)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 67,861)

1994 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Penn State $	8	–	0	–	0			12	–	0	–	0
No. 14 Ohio State	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
No. 12 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Purdue	3	–	3	–	2			5	–	4	–	2
Iowa	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Michigan State †	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion † Michigan State forfeited 5 wins including 4 conference victories, over Wisconsin, Indiana, Northwestern, and Purdue. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. The team was coached by head coach Jim Colletto.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	6:00 pm	Toledo*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 51–17	48,962
September 17	1:00 pm	Ball State*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 49–21	45,772
September 24	1:30 pm	at No. 8 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	NBC	L 21–39	59,075
October 1	1:00 pm	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)		W 22–16	58,338
October 8	1:00 pm	Minnesota	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 49–37	32,622
October 15	1:00 pm	at No. 23 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		T 27–27	77,745
October 22	11:30 am	at No. 24 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN	L 14–48	92,865
October 29	1:00 pm	Iowa	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		T 21–21	42,965
November 5	1:00 pm	No. 20 Michigan	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		L 23–45	41,224
November 12	1:00 pm	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 30–42	60,164
November 19	1:00 pm	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)		L 29–33	60,967
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Michigan State later forfeited its victory versus Purdue.

Roster

1994 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB Mike Alstott Jr FB 47 Mike Anderson Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jim Colletto Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt