1988 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Schedule

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Game summaries

Washington

Ohio

At Notre Dame

Minnesota

At Illinois

At Ohio State

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

• First road win for Fred Akers at Purdue

• First win at Columbus since 1967

Iowa

At Wisconsin

Michigan State

At Northwestern

B. Fox 9/21, 57 yds FR Ray Graham 9-yard run in 2nd QT tied 7-7 Soph ILB Darrin Trieb 20 tkls Sr SS Ronnie Beeks, Soph CB Steve Jackson (both suspended - disciplinary reasons) DB So Terry Johnson, DB So Julian Wagner

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Indiana

Roster

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

Awards

• Brian Fox – Big Ten All-Freshman Team

References

References

1. (September 11, 1988). "Boilers dogged by Washington". The Republic.
2. (September 18, 1988). "Purdue beefs up for victory over Ohio". The Kokomo Tribune.
3. (September 25, 1988). "Irish erupt for 42 points in first half against Purdue". The Kalamazoo Gazette.
4. (October 2, 1988). "Boilers surprise Gophers in opener". The Republic.
5. (October 9, 1988). "Purdue shut down, shut out by Illinois". The Muncie Star.
6. (October 16, 1988). "Buckeyes' latest: homecoming loss". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
7. (October 23, 1988). "Big-play Hawks burn Boilers, 31–7". The Courier.
8. (October 30, 1988). "Purdue's Sullivan kicks UW to a new low, 9–6". The Reporter.
9. (November 6, 1988). "Sputtering Boilers dumped by Spartans". The Republic.
10. (November 13, 1988). "Wildcats embarrass Purdue". The South Bend Tribune.
11. (November 20, 1988). "IU bombards Purdue, 52–7". The Indianapolis Star.
12. . ["2022 Purdue Football Record Book"](https://purduesports.com/documents/2022/8/23/2022_Purdue_Record_Book.pdf). *Purdue University Athletics*.
13. [https://historicalnewspapers.lib.purdue.edu/?a=is&oid=PE19881114-01&type=staticpdf&pdfaccesscode=PdBGoHWAvvsfez%2BLqTxWc6lZeiSv07fRlnkv%2BPcSJhq50%3D&submitted=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------1&g-recaptcha-response=0cAFcWeA4hg-ojl64rWXs1t9RTaSrtAJp1HpqewxlTycdTx0niiu4-I8Ot7bEfGNvSdpc8desG9VdMrq5mGo1gQO93GPnJfLoh-ynmyFnEVMx1QYlceYfV2gUaCfdGdokqAOm2RP7FTs21Dhq2N143OVn5lmPFQlrgfMSox8W-LSpvu00QGERxPObZAD88xIwxKqNdb1B7OdeCA-ZZ4bEUJsVrsDcSiFmVl3KhcS-1Gic1ajg2-KIn66p3txCJfbq1_hdG62TznNMgCiUfYHq1V4lXDx-u2Mqox6ceFQnRPKy963XBe9wBkhy9Z98k2Q2Ipsh4ybgI7ZHln10Ih9SnTcwDOpy9HJaEbmJuwV2PHn8Oa7oOTWDR3YwO_jViy1pEpoFdti7pQatV7BRNo1byIW3D_polwzJa0S7GHFGFVabj7CJUFLlaFHz9eQmdjlWFj_s0p1p3ELVSsOsCFqFj17m7MemskwdzkqFzUAiV0ikISezJFSwjFyslQLsS-HPSqfPSj1lbjILACSwgdlw9IXfuTmM6tSOkCqCvKFaDsUGTN3lxjv61i1O7hdpkp5ZuQF1PXCuplT6iZOskdYzGQ1zAEuyvHOUaI0DHHdMy-sAU9uuY4qsQA4X3S4P7A4CnX2ZO-0Lsse9O8ixT_u9-PlAwCosVqpIk3E9av6l7li5t3CrKbjC6CDH4nV93rza8mtE5klrmFEWYO_vx3UBObw7LRuFhGmo0zUlHdIKdlJrHS80N7NaN70hwMrQ5nwXyBtUPRZeMDcaGNNeBsbEi5rpewJY3KbA8c_zaFD1xL2FZZv_VLONHDSXFircPKhyNtALzolAAoFjB The Purdue Exponent. pg. 28. 1988-Nov-14. Access date 2025-Oct-08.]