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1990 Purdue Boilermakers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1990
team	Purdue Boilermakers
sport	football
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	2–9
conf_record	1–7
head_coach	Fred Akers
hc_year	4th
off_coach	Fred Jackson
oc_year	1st
def_coach	Phil Bennett
dc_year	4th
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
mvp	Steve Jackson
captain	Steve Jackson
captain2	Larry Taylor
stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

The 1990 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Fred Akers in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, tying for eighth place the Big Ten. Purdue suffered its sixth consecutive losing season. The team played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Washington

Indiana State

At Notre Dame

Eric Hunter 21/37, 354 yards

Minnesota

At Illinois

Ohio State

Scott Hoffman 31/54, 317 yards

At Michigan State

Michigan

At Northwestern

At Iowa

Indiana

Personnel

Fred Akers
Dan Lounsbury (RB/WR)
Bill Michael (TE/OT)

References

(September 16, 1990). "Boilers hunted down". The Republic.
(September 23, 1990). "Boilermakers chop down Sycamores". Chronicle Tribune.
(September 30, 1990). "Purdue no test for Irish". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
(October 7, 1990). "Boiler bungles prove costly". The Indianapolis Star.
(October 14, 1990). "Illinois defense controls Purdue". The Pantagraph.
(October 21, 1990). "Safety's highlight of long day for struggling Purdue". The Kokomo Tribune.
(October 28, 1990). "Spartans hammer Purdue". Lansing State Journal.
(November 4, 1990). "U-M, MSU win laughers". Detroit Free Press.
(November 11, 1990). "Boilers run over weary Wildcats". Palladium-Item.
(November 18, 1990). "Rodgers blasts Purdue". The Republic.
Kirts, Rex. (November 25, 1990). "Peaches fill the Bucket". [[The Herald-Times.
"1990 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
. ["2022 Purdue Football Record Book"](https://purduesports.com/documents/2022/8/23/2022_Purdue_Record_Book.pdf). *Purdue University Athletics*.
. ["1990 Purdue Boilermakers Roster"](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1990-roster.html).

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