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1993 Purdue

1–⁠10 (0–⁠8 Big Ten), coached by Jim Colletto.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 1993, game by game: lost at No. 24 NC State 7–20; won vs. Western Michigan 28–13; lost vs. No. 4 Notre Dame 0–17; lost vs. Illinois 10–28; lost at Minnesota 56–59; lost vs. No. 16 Wisconsin 28–42; lost vs. No. 3 Ohio State 24–45; lost at Iowa 17–26; lost at Michigan 10–25; lost vs. Michigan State 24–27; lost at No. 21 Indiana 17–24+15−21Lost 7–20 at No. 24 NC State-13No. 24 NC StateWon 28–13 vs. Western Michigan+15Western MichiganLost 0–17 vs. No. 4 Notre Dame-17No. 4 Notre DameLost 10–28 vs. Illinois-18IllinoisLost 56–59 at Minnesota-3MinnesotaLost 28–42 vs. No. 16 Wisconsin-14No. 16 WisconsinLost 24–45 vs. No. 3 Ohio State-21No. 3 Ohio StateLost 17–26 at Iowa-9IowaLost 10–25 at Michigan-15MichiganLost 24–27 vs. Michigan State-3Michigan StateLost 17–24 at No. 21 Indiana-7No. 21 Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4at24NC StateL 7–⁠2023%
Sep 11vsWestern MichiganW 28–⁠1353%
Sep 25vs4Notre DameL 0–⁠1724%
Oct 2vsIllinoisL 10–⁠2860%
Oct 9atMinnesotaL 56–⁠5950%
Oct 16vs16WisconsinL 28–⁠4235%
Oct 23vs3Ohio StateL 24–⁠4519%
Oct 30atIowaL 17–⁠2637%
Nov 6atMichiganL 10–⁠2512%
Nov 13vsMichigan StateL 24–⁠2731%
Nov 20at21IndianaL 17–⁠2418%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Indiana 24–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 124th-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 1993.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠8 tied for 10th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
221–⁠326
Coach
Jim Colletto
Elo
1345 −114 this season
SP+ rating
-2.8 No. 60 of 105; offense No. 57, defense No. 65
SRS
−2.8 No. 63 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bobby Turner
Defensive coordinator
Moe Ankney
Captains
Elvin Caldwell, Jeff Hill, Pat Johnson and Jimmy Young
Most valuable player
Mike Alstott

All-Big Ten

1 first team

First team

  • Jimmy YoungDBAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wisconsin6–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠16
Ohio State6–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠111
Penn State6–⁠210–⁠28
Indiana5–⁠38–⁠4
Michigan5–⁠38–⁠421
Illinois5–⁠35–⁠6
Michigan State4–⁠46–⁠6
Iowa3–⁠56–⁠6
Minnesota3–⁠54–⁠7
Northwestern0–⁠82–⁠9
Purdue0–⁠81–⁠10

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