1995 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1995 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1995 record	4–6–1 (2–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim Colletto (5th season)
Base defense	4-3
Captain	Mike Alstott (4th year)
Captain	Aaron Hall
Captain	Jon Krick
Captain	Chris Sedoris
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 67,861)
Seasons

1995 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#8/7 Northwestern †	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#6/8 Ohio State	7	–	1	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
#13/12 Penn State	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#17/19 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
#25/22 Iowa	4	–	4	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Illinois	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	2
Purdue	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	0	–	8	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1995 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1995 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 2	11:00 AM	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	SCA	W 26–24	60,876
September 9	2:30 PM	No. 25 Notre Dame*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	ABC	L 28–35	68,876
September 23	2:30 PM	Michigan State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ABC	T 35–35	41,655
September 30	1:00 PM	Ball State*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 35–13	49,314
October 7	6:00 PM	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 38–39	39,343
October 14	11:30 AM	No. 20 Penn State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	L 23–26	58,254
October 21	11:30 AM	at No. 4 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN	L 0–28	90,111
November 4	12:00 PM	Wisconsin	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	Creative	W 38–27	37,542
November 11	12:00 PM	at No. 13 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	L 0–5	103,721
November 18	3:30 PM	No. 5 Northwestern	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ABC	L 8–23	46,254
November 24	11:00 AM	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	Creative	W 51–14	34,029
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1995 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB 40 Alstott, MikeMike Alstott (C) 7.0 !Sr WR 80 Alford, BrianBrian Alford File:Redshirt.svg 2.5 !So	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

Game summaries

West Virginia

Purdue at West Virginia

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Boilermakers 10 9 0 7 26 Mountaineers 0 0 14 10 24 Date: September 2 Location: Mountaineer Field Game attendance: 60,876 Scoring summary Q1 10:59 PUR Bobich 37 yard field goal PUR 3–0 Q1 4:00 PUR Alford 18 yard pass from Trefzger (Bobich kick) PUR 10–0 Q2 5:48 PUR Bobich 24 yard field goal PUR 13–0 Q2 :27 PUR Rogers 17 yard run (two-point conversion failed) PUR 19–0 Q3 10:45 WVU Walker 4 yard run (Baumann kick) PUR 19–7 Q3 5:15 WVU Walker 8 yard run (Baumann kick) PUR 19–14 Q4 9:38 WVU Baumann 43 yard field goal PUR 19–17 Q4 8:32 PUR Rogers 1 yard run (Bobich kick) PUR 26–17 Q4 5:39 WVU Walker 8 yard run (Baumann kick) PUR 26–24

• West Virginia kicker Bryan Baumann missed the potential game-winning 26-yard field goal with 22 seconds left.
• Mike Alstott 17 Rush, 109 Yds

Northwestern

See also: 1995 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–21–1	1992	L 14–28