1988 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1988 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Fred Akers, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the Big Ten. Purdue played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

1988 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Fred Akers (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Bob Stanley (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Bennett (2nd season)
MVP	Marc Foster
Captain	Bruce Crites, Marc Foster
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

1988 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Michigan $	7	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
Michigan State	6	–	1	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
Illinois	5	–	2	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
Iowa	4	–	1	–	3			6	–	4	–	3
No. 20 Indiana	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	1
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Ohio State	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	5	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Minnesota	0	–	6	–	2			2	–	7	–	2
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	No. 20 Washington*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 6–20	56,125
September 17	Ohio*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 33–10	60,658
September 24	at No. 8 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 7–52	59,075
October 1	Minnesota	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	W 14–10	61,805
October 8	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 0–20	63,743
October 15	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 31–26	90,970
October 22	Iowa	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 7–31	62,264
October 29	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 9–6	51,147
November 5	Michigan State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 3–48	55,639
November 12	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–28	24,542
November 19	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 7–52	67,861
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1988 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Scott Bell OL Bruce Brinerman OL Jason Cegielski OL Bruce Crites (C) QB 16 Brian Fox Fr RB Ray Graham OL Teko Johnson QB Mark Maschek WR Curtis McManus WR Todd Moore FB 38 Mike Doctor Fr RB Darren Myles RB Scott Nelson TE 84 Dwayne O'Connor RB Jarrett Scales WR 81 Lance Scheib OL Derick Schmidt RB 34 Ernie Schramayr RB Jerome Sparkman TE Kelly Turner WR Calvin Williams	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB Ronnie Beeks DB Reggie Broussard DL Scott Conover OL Dennis Dotson DB Marc Foster (C) DL Bill Hitchcock DB Steve Jackson DB Terry Johnson DB Derrick Kelson DL Ken Kushner DL Donzel Leggett LB Jim Schwantz LB Tyrone Starks LB Darren Trieb LB Jerrol Williams	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P, QB Shawn McCarthy K Larry Sullivan	Head coach Fred Akers Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Washington

Ohio

At Notre Dame

Minnesota

At Illinois

At Ohio State

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	7	14	10	31
Ohio St	7	10	3	6	26

Game information

First quarter OSU – Carlos Snow 58-yard run (Pat O'Morrow kick), 9:32. Ohio St 7–0. Drive: 4 plays, 68 yards, 1:30. Second quarter OSU – Greg Frey 1-yard run (Pat O'Morrow kick), 13:18. Ohio St 14–0. Drive: 12 plays, 86 yards, 5:13. PUR – Lance Scheib 46-yard pass from Brian Fox (Larry Sullivan kick), 10:52. Ohio St 14–7. Drive: 6 plays, 82 yards, 2:17. OSU – Pat O'Morrow 35-yard field goal, 0:48. Ohio St 17–7. Drive: 7 plays, 12 yards, 3:52. Third quarter OSU – Pat O'Morrow 24-yard field goal, 10:22. Ohio St 20–7. Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards, 3:10. PUR – Ernie Schramayr 5-yard pass from Brian Fox (Larry Sullivan kick), 6:23. Ohio St 20–14. Drive: 9 plays, 67 yards, 3:54. PUR – Brian Fox 3-yard run (Larry Sullivan kick), 4:59. Purdue 21–20. Drive: 4 plays, 16 yards, 1:14. Fourth quarter PUR – Ernie Schramayr 7-yard pass from Brian Fox (Larry Sullivan kick), 14:56. Purdue 28–20. Drive: 8 plays, 63 yards, 3:29. OSU – James Bryant 5-yard run (pass failed), 12:12. Purdue 28–26. Drive: 6 plays, 66 yards, 2:38. PUR – Larry Sullivan 49-yard field goal, 6:28. Purdue 31–26. Drive: 12 plays, 42 yards, 5:39. Top passers PUR – Brian Fox – 19/27, 223 yards, 3 TD OSU – Greg Frey – 10/21, 193 yards, 2 INT Top rushers PUR – Jarrett Scales – 21 rushes, 62 yards OSU – Carlos Snow – 20 rushes, 128 yards, TD Top receivers PUR – Ernie Schramayr – 13 receptions, 106 yards, 2 TD OSU – Jeff Ellis – 3 receptions, 66 yards

Purdue Boilermakers (2–3) at Ohio State Buckeyes (2–3)

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

• Date: October 15
• Game time: 1:30 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: Partly sunny, 62 °F (17 °C)
• Game attendance: 90,970
• Referee: Jim Kemerling
• TV: WCMH
• Box Score

• First road win for Fred Akers at Purdue
• First win at Columbus since 1967

External videos
Local news sports report – Purdue beats Ohio State

Iowa

At Wisconsin

Michigan State

At Northwestern

Indiana

Awards

• Brian Fox – Big Ten All-Freshman Team

References

1. "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 91. Retrieved February 3, 2023.