1984 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1984 Purdue Boilermakers football
Peach Bowl, L 24–27 vs. Virginia
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1984 record	7–5 (6–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Leon Burtnett (3rd year)
MVP	Jim Everett
Captain	Bruce King
Captain	Jason Houston
Captain	Melvin Menke
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 69,200)

1984 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#13 Ohio State $	7	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Illinois	6	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Purdue	6	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
#16 Iowa	5	–	3	–	1			8	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	5	–	3	–	1			7	–	4	–	1
Michigan	5	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	5	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Indiana	0	–	9	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first time in school history that the Boilermakers defeated Notre Dame, Ohio State and Michigan in the same season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	vs. #8 Notre Dame*		Hoosier Dome • Indianapolis, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	W 23–21	60,672
September 15	#5 Miami (FL)*		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 17–28	56,761
September 22	Minnesota		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 34–10	61,538
September 29	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	W 13–10	64,819
October 6	#2 Ohio State		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 28–23	66,261
October 13	Iowa	#14	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 3–40	66,359
October 20	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)	L 20–34	76,101
October 27	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 49–7	28,884
November 3	Michigan		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 31–29	60,159
November 10	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 13–30	72,292
November 17	Indiana		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 31–24	69,236
December 31	vs. Virginia*		Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	L 24–27	45,983
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 3 10 3 7 23 Notre Dame 14 0 0 7 21 Date: September 8 Location: Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, IN Game attendance: 60,672 Game weather: Indoors (dome)

Scoring summary Q1 PUR Rendina 31 yard field goal PUR 3–0 Q1 ND Pinkett 11 yard run (Carney kick) ND 7–3 Q1 ND Brooks 3 yard run (Carney kick) ND 14–3 Q2 PUR Price 6 yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) ND 14–10 Q2 PUR Rendina 18 yard field goal ND 14–13 Q3 PUR Rendina 20 yard field goal PUR 16–14 Q4 PUR Price 14 yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) PUR 23–14 Q4 ND Pinkett 6 yard run (Carney kick) PUR 23–21

Ohio State

#2 Ohio State at Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total Ohio State 7 3 7 6 23 • Purdue 7 0 7 14 28 Date: October 6 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN Game attendance: 66,621

Scoring summary 1 PUR Griffin 20-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) PUR 7-0 1 OSU Byars 20-yard run (Spangler kick) Tied 7-7 2 OSU Spangler 34-yard field goal OSU 10-7 3 OSU Byars 14-yard run (Spangler kick) OSU 17-7 3 PUR Griffin 65-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) OSU 17-14 4 PUR King 4-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) PUR 21-17 4 PUR Woodson 55-yard interception return (Rendina kick) PUR 28-17 4 OSU Carter 5-yard pass from Tomczak (run failed) PUR 28-24

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 0 0 7 22 29 • Purdue 7 17 0 7 31 Date: November 3 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN Source: [1]

Scoring summary 1 PUR Beery 2-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) PUR 7-0 2 PUR Price 6-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) PUR 14-0 2 PUR Rendina 22-yard field goal PUR 17-0 2 PUR Medlock 1-yard run (Rendina kick) PUR 24-0 3 MICH Jokisch 15-yard pass from Zurbrugg (Bergeron kick) PUR 24-7 4 PUR Carter 16-yard run (Rendina kick) PUR 31-7 4 MICH Markray 13-yard pass from Zurbrugg (Bergeron kick) PUR 31-14 4 MICH Bean 15-yard pass from Zurbrugg (Zurbrugg to Bean pass) PUR 31-22 4 MICH Nelson 6-yard pass from Zurbrugg (Bergeron kick) PUR 31-29

PUR: Steve Griffin 6 Rec, 112 Yds

Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 14 0 3 7 24 • Purdue 7 7 10 7 31 Date: November 17 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN Game attendance: 69,236

Scoring summary Q1 IND Allen 25 yard pass from Bradley (Rogers kick) IND 7–0 Q1 IND Lilja 3 yard pass from Bradley (Rogers kick) IND 14–0 Q1 PUR Carter 1 yard run (Rendina kick) IND 14–7 Q2 PUR Wallace 4 yard run (Rendina kick) Tie 14–14 Q3 PUR Rendina 25 yard field goal PUR 17–14 Q3 IND Rogers 26 yard field goal Tie 17–17 Q3 PUR Everett 1 yard run (Rendina kick) PUR 24–17 Q4 PUR Griffin 27 yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) PUR 31–17 Q4 IND Jones 37 yard pass from Bradley (Rogers kick) PUR 31–24

• A grass fire was reported in the end-zone during the game as a result of a warming barrel tipping over
• Rodney Carter 23 Rush, 148 Yds
• Steve Griffin 6 Rec, 103 Yds
• Jason Houston 16 solo TKL