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1992 Purdue

4–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Jim Colletto.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 1992, game by game: won vs. No. 17 California 41–14; lost vs. Toledo 29–33; lost at No. 6 Notre Dame 0–48; lost vs. Northwestern 14–28; won vs. Minnesota 24–20; lost at Wisconsin 16–19; won at Iowa 27–16; lost vs. No. 3 Michigan 17–24; lost at Illinois 17–20; lost at Michigan State 13–35; won vs. Indiana 13–10+27−48Won 41–14 vs. No. 17 California+27No. 17 CaliforniaLost 29–33 vs. Toledo-4ToledoLost 0–48 at No. 6 Notre Dame-48No. 6 Notre DameLost 14–28 vs. Northwestern-14NorthwesternWon 24–20 vs. Minnesota+4MinnesotaLost 16–19 at Wisconsin-3WisconsinWon 27–16 at Iowa+11IowaLost 17–24 vs. No. 3 Michigan-7No. 3 MichiganLost 17–20 at Illinois-3IllinoisLost 13–35 at Michigan State-22Michigan StateWon 13–10 vs. Indiana+3Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vs17CaliforniaW 41–⁠1429%
Sep 19vsToledoL 29–⁠3354%
Sep 26at6Notre DameL 0–⁠4816%
Oct 3vsNorthwesternL 14–⁠2872%
Oct 10vsMinnesotaW 24–⁠2060%
Oct 17atWisconsinL 16–⁠1937%
Oct 24atIowaW 27–⁠1622%
Oct 31vs3MichiganL 17–⁠2420%
Nov 7atIllinoisL 17–⁠2035%
Nov 14atMichigan StateL 13–⁠3537%
Nov 21vsIndianaW 13–⁠1047%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Indiana 13–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 94th-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 1992.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
211–⁠267
Coach
Jim Colletto
Elo
1438 +2 this season
SP+ rating
-0.7 No. 59 of 105; offense No. 64, defense No. 58
SRS
−0.3 No. 57 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bobby Turner
Defensive coordinator
Moe Ankney
Captains
Ernest Calloway, Don Delvy, Eric Hunter, Nick Mamula and Jeff Zgonina
Most valuable player
Eric Beatty

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 7Jeff Zgonina DTPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Jeff ZgoninaDefensive linemen/outside linebackersAP-1
  • Eric BeattyLBAP-1

Second team

  • Jimmy YoungDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠0–⁠29–⁠0–⁠35
Ohio State5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠118
Michigan State5–⁠35–⁠6
Illinois4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Iowa4–⁠45–⁠7
Wisconsin3–⁠55–⁠6
Indiana3–⁠55–⁠6
Purdue3–⁠54–⁠7
Northwestern3–⁠53–⁠8
Minnesota2–⁠62–⁠9

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