1986 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1986 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1986 record	3–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Leon Burtnett (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Tiller (4th season)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 69,200)
Seasons

1986 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#8/7 Michigan §	7	–	1	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
#7/6 Ohio State §	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
#16/15 Iowa	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Illinois	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Purdue	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	9	–	0
§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1986 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	Ball State*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	W 20–3	60,161
September 20	Pittsburgh*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 26–41	55,621
September 27	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, Indiana (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 9–41	59,075
October 4	Minnesota	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 9–36	63,067
October 11	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois (Purdue Cannon)	L 27–34	73,720
October 18	Ohio State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 11–39	68,737
October 25	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan	L 3–37	77,063
November 1	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 17–16	25,417
November 8	No. 3 Michigan	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 7–31	61,323
November 15	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	L 14–42	67,321
November 22	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 17–15	69,748
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Season summary

Northwestern

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 7 0 7 3 17 Northwestern 3 10 0 3 16 Date: November 1 Location: Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois Scoring summary 1 NW Duvic 27 yard field goal Northwestern 3-0 1 PUR McCline 2 yard run (Briggs kick) Purdue 7-3 2 NW Greenfield 1 yard run (Duvic kick) Northwestern 10-7 2 NW Duvic 40 yard field goal Northwestern 13-7 3 PUR C. Williams 69 yard pass from Downing (Briggs kick) Purdue 14-13 4 NW Duvic 52 yard field goal Northwestern 16-14 4 :04 PUR Briggs 25 yard field goal Purdue 17-16