American college football season
The 1981 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1981 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by Jim Young in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–6 in conference play, tying for eighth place in the Big Ten. Purdue played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Several Purdue players ranked among the Big Ten leaders, including the following:
- Wide receiver Steve Bryant led the Big Ten with 60 receptions and 11 receiving touchdowns and ranked second with 971 receiving yards and fifth with 66 points scored.[1]
- Quarterback Scott Campbell ranked second in the conference with 185 pass completions, a 57.6% pass completion percentage, 2,686 passing yards, a 138.3 passing efficiency rating, and 2,809 total yards.[1]
- Running back Jimmy Smith ranked fourth in the conference with 152 rushing attempts and ninth with 540 rushing yards.[1]
Schedule
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Personnel
Game summaries
Notre Dame
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Ohio State
Ohio State Buckeyes (5–2) at Purdue Boilermakers (5–2)
at Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana
- Date: October 31, 1981
- Game time: 12:30 p.m.
- Game weather: Partly sunny, 66 °F (19 °C)
- Game attendance: 69,927
- Referee: Jerry Hendrickson
- TV: ABC
- Box Score
Indiana
Statistics
- Jeff Feulner 18 rushes, 108 yards
References
- ^ a b c "1981 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ^ Joe Lapointe (November 15, 1981). "U-M foils Boilermakers: Win sets up Rose War with OSU". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1E, 7E – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Greg DeGulis (November 15, 1981). "Michigan stalls Boilermakers, 28-10". The Michigan Daily. pp. 1, 10 – via Bentley Historical Library.
- ^ "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 90. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
- ^ Palm Beach Post. 1981 Sept 27.
