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1987 Purdue Boilermakers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1987
team	Purdue Boilermakers
sport	football
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	3–7–1
conf_record	3–5
head_coach	Fred Akers
hc_year	1st
off_coach	Bob Stanley
oc_year	1st
def_coach	Phil Bennett
dc_year	1st
mvp	Anthony Hardy
captain	Mike Connors
captain2	Anthony Hardy
captain3	Fred Strickland
stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

The 1987 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Fred Akers, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 3–7–1 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the Big Ten. Purdue played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Schedule

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Preseason

Jeff George transferred following the hiring of Fred Akers as head coach, who had recently been fired from Texas.

Game summaries

At Washington

Louisville

James Medlock 25 rushes, 126 yards

Notre Dame

At Minnesota

Illinois

James Medlock 33 rushes, 131 yards

Ohio State

At Iowa

Wisconsin

PUR - Myles 4 yard run (Briggs kick)
PUR - Moore 34 yard pass from McCarthy (Briggs kick)
PUR - Myles 2 yard run (Briggs kick)
WIS - Bestor 17 yard pass from Keyes (Gregoire kick)
PUR - Hardy 37 yard pass from Mascheck (Briggs kick)
WIS - Artley 2 yard run (Gregoire kick)
PUR - Hardy 42 yard pass from McCarthy (Briggs kick)
PUR - C. Williams 9 yard pass from McCarthy (Briggs kick)
PUR - Myles 4 yard run (Briggs kick) ;Purdue
Shawn McCarthy 20/31, 333 yards

At Michigan State

Northwestern

At Indiana

Roster

Fred Akers
Brian Cabral (ILB)
Dan Lounsbury (RB/WR)
Bill Michael (TE/OT)
Mike Sanford Sr. (QB)

References

(September 13, 1987). "Huskies spoils Akers' fun in debut". The Republic.
(September 20, 1987). "Mistakes costly, Purdue settles for 22–22 tie". The Kokomo Tribune.
(September 27, 1987). "Irish shoot down Boilers". The Republic.
(October 4, 1987). "Purdue has chances but comes up short". The Indianapolis Star.
(October 11, 1987). "Opportunity knocks, Illini fumble". The Pantagraph.
(October 18, 1987). "Field goal lifts OSU over Purdue". Star Tribune.
(October 25, 1987). "Bass score starts Fry's 'wonderful day'". Omaha World-Herald.
(November 1, 1987). "Purdue QBs pick apart Badgers". Wisconsin State Journal.
Jack Ebling. (November 9, 1987). "MSU ready to take on the Hoosiers: Everything rosy against Purdue in 45–3 victory". Lansing State Journal.
(November 15, 1987). "Purdue hangs on against Northwestern". The Kokomo Tribune.
(November 22, 1987). "Waiters' TD caps zany afternoon". The Sunday Courier.
. ["2022 Purdue Football Record Book"](https://purduesports.com/documents/2022/8/23/2022_Purdue_Record_Book.pdf). *Purdue University Athletics*.
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 01. Retrieved 2019-Apr-10.
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 15. Retrieved 2019-Jan-06.
. ["1987 Purdue Boilermakers Roster"](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1987-roster.html).

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