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1943 Purdue

9–⁠0 (6–⁠0 Western Conference), coached by Elmer Burnham, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 1943, game by game: won at Great Lakes Navy 23–13; won at Marquette 21–0; won vs. Illinois 40–21; won vs. Camp Grant 19–0; won vs. Ohio State 30–7; won vs. Iowa 28–7; won at Wisconsin 32–0; won at Minnesota 14–7; won at Indiana 7–0+32Won 23–13 at Great Lakes Navy+10Great Lakes NavyWon 21–0 at Marquette+21MarquetteWon 40–21 vs. Illinois+19IllinoisWon 19–0 vs. Camp Grant+19Camp GrantWon 30–7 vs. Ohio State+23Ohio StateWon 28–7 vs. Iowa+21IowaWon 32–0 at Wisconsin+32WisconsinWon 14–7 at Minnesota+7MinnesotaWon 7–0 at Indiana+7Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atGreat Lakes NavyW 23–⁠1320%
Sep 25atMarquetteW 21–⁠022%
Oct 2vsIllinoisW 40–⁠2169%
Oct 9vsCamp GrantW 19–⁠083%
Oct 16vsOhio StateW 30–⁠737%
Oct 23vsIowaW 28–⁠771%
Oct 30atWisconsinW 32–⁠061%
Nov 6atMinnesotaW 14–⁠748%
Nov 20atIndianaW 7–⁠052%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Indiana 7–⁠0; No. 5 in the final AP poll; Western Conference champions.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 7
  2. Wk 2: 5
  3. Wk 3: 4
  4. Wk 4: 4
  5. Wk 5: 2
  6. Wk 6: 2
  7. Wk 7: 3
  8. Wk 8: 4
  9. Final: 5

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1943.

Western Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference, shared with Michigan

Consensus All-AmericanAlex Agase, OG

Record
9–⁠0
Conference
6–⁠0 shared first in Western Conference
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 2
Points
214–⁠55
Coach
Elmer Burnham
Elo
1632 +250 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
23.5 No. 6 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Most valuable player
Dick Barwegen

Drafted in 1944

The 1944 draft
Rd 1Tony Butkovich FBCleveland Rams
Rd 3Babe Dimancheff BBoston Yanks

All-Big Ten

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Frank BaumanEAP-2; UP-2
  • John GenisOTUP-2
  • Mike KasapOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1943 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Purdue6–⁠09–⁠05
Michigan6–⁠08–⁠13
Northwestern5–⁠16–⁠29
Indiana2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Minnesota2–⁠35–⁠4
Illinois2–⁠43–⁠7
Ohio State1–⁠43–⁠6
Wisconsin1–⁠61–⁠9
Iowa0–⁠4–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.