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1995 Purdue

4–⁠6–⁠1 (2–⁠5–⁠1 Big Ten), coached by Jim Colletto.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 1995, game by game: won at No. 23 West Virginia 26–24; lost vs. No. 25 Notre Dame 28–35; tied vs. Michigan State 35–35; won vs. Ball State 35–13; lost at Minnesota 38–39; lost vs. No. 20 Penn State 23–26; lost at No. 4 Ohio State 0–28; won vs. Wisconsin 38–27; lost at No. 13 Michigan 0–5; lost vs. No. 5 Northwestern 8–23; won at Indiana 51–14+37−28Won 26–24 at No. 23 West Virginia+2No. 23 West VirginiaLost 28–35 vs. No. 25 Notre Dame-7No. 25 Notre DameTied 35–35 vs. Michigan State0Michigan StateWon 35–13 vs. Ball State+22Ball StateLost 38–39 at Minnesota-1MinnesotaLost 23–26 vs. No. 20 Penn State-3No. 20 Penn StateLost 0–28 at No. 4 Ohio State-28No. 4 Ohio StateWon 38–27 vs. Wisconsin+11WisconsinLost 0–5 at No. 13 Michigan-5No. 13 MichiganLost 8–23 vs. No. 5 Northwestern-15No. 5 NorthwesternWon 51–14 at Indiana+37Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2at23West VirginiaW 26–⁠2430%
Sep 9vs25Notre DameL 28–⁠3544%
Sep 23vsMichigan StateT 35–⁠3544%
Sep 30vsBall StateW 35–⁠1355%
Oct 7atMinnesotaL 38–⁠3946%
Oct 14vs20Penn StateL 23–⁠2630%
Oct 21at4Ohio StateL 0–⁠2813%
Nov 4vsWisconsinW 38–⁠2740%
Nov 11at13MichiganL 0–⁠521%
Nov 18vs5NorthwesternL 8–⁠2336%
Nov 24atIndianaW 51–⁠1453%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Indiana 51–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 68th-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 1995.

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠5–⁠1 9th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
282–⁠269
Coach
Jim Colletto
Elo
1503 +45 this season
SP+ rating
11.9 No. 29 of 107; offense No. 28, defense No. 38
SRS
11.7 No. 20 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tim Salem
Defensive coordinator
Bob Morris
Captains
Mike Alstott, Aaron Hall, Jon Krick and Chris Sedoris
Most valuable player
Mike Alstott
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 2Mike Alstott RBTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-Big Ten

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Northwestern8–⁠010–⁠28
Ohio State7–⁠111–⁠26
Penn State5–⁠39–⁠313
Michigan5–⁠39–⁠417
Michigan State4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Iowa4–⁠48–⁠425
Illinois3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Wisconsin3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠2
Purdue2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠73–⁠8
Indiana0–⁠82–⁠9

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