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1990 Purdue

2–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Big Ten), coached by Fred Akers.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 1990, game by game: lost vs. No. 22 Washington 14–20; won vs. Indiana State 41–13; lost at No. 1 Notre Dame 11–37; lost vs. Minnesota 7–19; lost at No. 11 Illinois 0–34; lost vs. Ohio State 2–42; lost at Michigan State 33–55; lost vs. No. 20 Michigan 13–38; won at Northwestern 33–13; lost at No. 13 Iowa 9–38; lost vs. Indiana 14–28+28−40Lost 14–20 vs. No. 22 Washington-6No. 22 WashingtonWon 41–13 vs. Indiana State+28Indiana StateLost 11–37 at No. 1 Notre Dame-26No. 1 Notre DameLost 7–19 vs. Minnesota-12MinnesotaLost 0–34 at No. 11 Illinois-34No. 11 IllinoisLost 2–42 vs. Ohio State-40Ohio StateLost 33–55 at Michigan State-22Michigan StateLost 13–38 vs. No. 20 Michigan-25No. 20 MichiganWon 33–13 at Northwestern+20NorthwesternLost 9–38 at No. 13 Iowa-29No. 13 IowaLost 14–28 vs. Indiana-14Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vs22WashingtonL 14–⁠2029%
Sep 22vsIndiana StateW 41–⁠1372%
Sep 29at1Notre DameL 11–⁠3710%
Oct 6vsMinnesotaL 7–⁠1948%
Oct 13at11IllinoisL 0–⁠3415%
Oct 20vsOhio StateL 2–⁠4233%
Oct 27atMichigan StateL 33–⁠5514%
Nov 3vs20MichiganL 13–⁠3814%
Nov 10atNorthwesternW 33–⁠1343%
Nov 17at13IowaL 9–⁠3815%
Nov 24vsIndianaL 14–⁠2836%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Indiana 28–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 131st-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 1990.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 8th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
177–⁠337
Coach
Fred Akers
Elo
1334 −63 this season
SP+ rating
-9.4 No. 80 of 104; offense No. 81, defense No. 68
SRS
−7.4 No. 78 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Fred Jackson
Defensive coordinator
Phil Bennett
Captains
Steve Jackson and Larry Taylor
Most valuable player
Steve Jackson
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 3Steve Jackson DBHouston Oilers
Rd 5Scott Conover OGDetroit Lions

All-Big Ten

3 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠29–⁠37
Michigan State6–⁠28–⁠3–⁠116
Iowa6–⁠28–⁠418
Illinois6–⁠28–⁠425
Ohio State5–⁠2–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Minnesota5–⁠36–⁠5
Indiana3–⁠4–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Northwestern1–⁠72–⁠9
Purdue1–⁠72–⁠9
Wisconsin0–⁠81–⁠10

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