1986 Purdue

• Biggest winBeat Ball State 20–⁠3Sep 13

  By 17 points, its widest win.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Sep 13	vsBall State	W 20–⁠3		69%
Sep 20	vsPittsburgh	L 26–⁠41		60%
Sep 27	atNotre Dame	L 9–⁠41		36%
Oct 4	vsMinnesota	L 9–⁠36		51%
Oct 11	atIllinois	L 27–⁠34		33%
Oct 18	vsOhio State	L 11–⁠39		28%
Oct 25	atMichigan State	L 3–⁠37		22%
Nov 1	atNorthwestern	W 17–⁠16		46%
Nov 8	vs3Michigan	L 7–⁠31		14%
Nov 15	atIowa	L 14–⁠42		16%
Nov 22	vsIndiana	W 17–⁠15		40%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

• Rod WoodsonCornerback
• Jeff GeorgeQuarterback

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 1986.

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Michigan	7–⁠1	11–⁠2	8
Ohio State	7–⁠1	10–⁠3	7
Iowa	5–⁠3	9–⁠3	16
Minnesota	5–⁠3	6–⁠6
Michigan State	4–⁠4	6–⁠5
Indiana	3–⁠5	6–⁠6
Illinois	3–⁠5	4–⁠7
Northwestern	2–⁠6	4–⁠7
Purdue	2–⁠6	3–⁠8
Wisconsin	2–⁠6	3–⁠9

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