1983 Purdue

3–⁠7–⁠1 (3–⁠5–⁠1 Big Ten), coached by Leon Burtnett.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 1983, game by game: lost vs. No. 5 Notre Dame 6–52; lost at Miami 0–35; won at Minnesota 32–20; tied vs. Michigan State 29–29; lost at No. 6 Ohio State 22–33; lost at No. 14 Iowa 14–31; lost vs. No. 11 Illinois 21–35; won vs. Northwestern 48–17; lost at No. 13 Michigan 10–42; lost vs. Wisconsin 38–42; won at Indiana 31–30+31−46Lost 6–52 vs. No. 5 Notre Dame-46No. 5 Notre DameLost 0–35 at Miami-35MiamiWon 32–20 at Minnesota+12MinnesotaTied 29–29 vs. Michigan State0Michigan StateLost 22–33 at No. 6 Ohio State-11No. 6 Ohio StateLost 14–31 at No. 14 Iowa-17No. 14 IowaLost 21–35 vs. No. 11 Illinois-14No. 11 IllinoisWon 48–17 vs. Northwestern+31NorthwesternLost 10–42 at No. 13 Michigan-32No. 13 MichiganLost 38–42 vs. Wisconsin-4WisconsinWon 31–30 at Indiana+1Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Indiana 31–⁠30; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 106th-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 1983.

Record
3–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠5–⁠1 6th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
251–⁠366
Coach
Leon Burtnett
Elo
1408 −35 this season
SP+ rating
-4.7 No. 71 of 108; offense No. 29, defense No. 99
SRS
−4.3 No. 73 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jim Colletto
Defensive coordinator
Joe Tiller
Captains
Scott Campbell and Brock Spack
Most valuable player
Scott Campbell

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 3Chris Scott DTIndianapolis Colts
Rd 5Cliff Benson TEAtlanta Falcons
Rd 7Scott Campbell QBPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big Ten

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Illinois9–⁠010–⁠210
Michigan8–⁠19–⁠38
Iowa7–⁠29–⁠314
Ohio State6–⁠39–⁠39
Wisconsin5–⁠47–⁠4
Purdue3–⁠5–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Michigan State2–⁠6–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Indiana2–⁠73–⁠8
Northwestern2–⁠72–⁠9
Minnesota0–⁠91–⁠10

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