1982 Purdue
3–8 (3–6 Big Ten), coached by Leon Burtnett. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Northwestern 34–21Oct 16
By 13 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | vs Stanford | L 14–35 | 58% |
| Sep 18 | vs Minnesota | L 10–36 | 53% |
| Sep 25 | at 10Notre Dame | L 14–28 | 22% |
| Oct 2 | vs Wisconsin | L 31–35 | 48% |
| Oct 9 | at 20Illinois | L 34–38 | 20% |
| Oct 16 | vs Northwestern | W 34–21 | 68% |
| Oct 23 | at Michigan State | W 24–21 | 42% |
| Oct 30 | at Ohio State | L 6–38 | 21% |
| Nov 6 | vs Iowa | W 16–7 | 42% |
| Nov 13 | at 14Michigan | L 21–52 | 14% |
| Nov 20 | vs Indiana | L 7–13 | 63% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Indiana 13–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The tied 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
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 1982.
- Record
- 3–8
- Conference
- 3–6 7th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 211–324
- Coach
- Leon Burtnett
- Elo
- 1415 −92 this season
- SP+ rating
- -7.9 No. 77 of 109; offense No. 56, defense No. 92
- SRS
- −3.3 No. 65 of 113 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Jim Colletto
- Defensive coordinator
- Bob Cope
- Captains
- Mark Brown and Chris Prince
- Most valuable player
- Mark Brown
All-Big Ten
1 first team, 5 second teamFirst team
Cliff BensonTEAP-1
Second team
- Mel GrayRBAP-2; UPI-2
- Matt HernandezDLAP-2; UPI-2
- Mark BrownLBAP-2; UPI-2
- David FryeLBUPI-2
- John KiddPAP-2; UPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1982 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 8–1 | 8–4 | |
| Ohio State | 7–1 | 9–3 | 12 |
| Iowa | 6–2 | 8–4 | |
| Illinois | 6–3 | 7–5 | |
| Wisconsin | 5–4 | 7–5 | |
| Indiana | 4–5 | 5–6 | |
| Purdue | 3–6 | 3–8 | |
| Northwestern | 2–7 | 3–8 | |
| Michigan State | 2–7 | 2–9 | |
| Minnesota | 1–8 | 3–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.