1995 Purdue Boilermakers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1995 Purdue Boilermakers football Big Ten Conference Big Ten 4–6–1 2–5–1 Jim Colletto 5th Tim Salem 1st Bob Morris 2nd 4–3 Mike Alstott Mike Alstott Aaron Hall Jon Krick Chris Sedoris Ross–Ade Stadium The 1995 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Jim Colletto, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 4–6–1 with a mark of 2–5–1 in conference play, placing ninth in the Big Ten. Purdue played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. Schedule 1995 AP Eastern September 2 11:00 am w y y West Virginia 23 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV SCA 26–24 60,876 September 9 2:30 pm l y Notre Dame 25 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN rivalry ABC 28–35 68,876 September 23 2:30 pm t Michigan State Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ABC 35–35 41,655 September 30 1:00 pm w y Ball State Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN 35–13 49,314 October 7 6:00 pm l y Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN 38–39 39,343 October 14 11:30 am l y Penn State 20 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPN 23–26 58,254 October 21 11:30 am l y Ohio State 4 Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH ESPN 0–28 90,111 November 4 12:00 pm w Wisconsin Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN Creative 38–27 37,542 November 11 12:00 pm l y Michigan 13 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI ESPN 0–5 103,721 November 18 3:30 pm l Northwestern 5 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ABC 8–23 46,254 November 24 Friday 11:00 am w y Indiana Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN Old Oaken Bucket Creative 51–14 34,029 2022 Purdue Football Record Book https://purduesports.com/documents/2022/8/23/2022_Purdue_Record_Book.pdf Purdue University Athletics 92 February 4, 2023 February 12, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230212093414/https://purduesports.com/documents/2022/8/23/2022_Purdue_Record_Book.pdf dead Game summaries West Virginia 1995 West Virginia Mountaineers football team Purdue Boilermakers 2; text-align:center collapsed Purdue Boilermakers at West Virginia Mountaineers September 2, 1995 Purdue 10 9 0 7 West Virginia 0 0 14 10 Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, West Virginia 60,876 Box Score First quarter PUR - Bobich 37 yard field goal PUR - Alford 18 yard pass from Trefzger (Bobich kick) Second quarter PUR - Bobich 24 yard field goal PUR - Rogers 17 yard run (two-point conversion failed) Third quarter WVU - Walker 4 yard run (Baumann kick) WVU - Walker 8 yard run (Baumann kick) Fourth quarter WVU - Baumann 43 yard field goal PUR - Rogers 1 yard run (Bobich kick) WVU - Walker 8 yard run (Baumann kick) Mike Alstott 17 Rush, 109 Yds (West Virginia kicker Bryan Baumann missed the potential game-winning 26-yard field goal with 22 seconds left.) Notre Dame 1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team Purdue Boilermakers 2; text-align:center collapsed Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Purdue Boilermakers September 9, 1995 2:30 p.m. EST Notre Dame 0 14 14 7 Purdue 7 3 3 15 Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana 70,569 Box Score First quarter PUR - Rogers 42 yard run (Bobich kick) Second quarter ND - Kinder 30 yard pass from Powlus (Kopka kick) ND - Mayes 12 yard pass from Powlus (Kopka kick) PUR - Bobich 25 yard field goal Third quarter ND - Sollman 15 yard pass from Powlus (Kopka kick) PUR - Bobich 21 yard field goal ND - Mosley 51 yard pass from Powlus (Kopka kick) Fourth quarter PUR - Watson 13 yard run (Bobich kick) PUR - D Brown 54 yard interception return (Rogers reception for two-point conversion) ND - Kinder 52 yard run (Kopka kick) Top Rushers ND - Kinder - 14 rushes, 142 yards PUR - Mike Alstott - 21 rushes, 115 yards Top Passers ND - Ron Powlus - 17/25, 252 yards, 4 TDs, 2 INTs PUR - Rick Trefzger - 15/27, 181 yards, 2 INTs Top Receivers ND - Mayes - 7 receptions, 85 yards, 1 TD PUR - Alford- 7 receptions, 91 yards Michigan State 1995 Michigan State Spartans football team Purdue Boilermakers 2; text-align:center collapsed Michigan State Spartans at Purdue Boilermakers September 23, 1995 2:30 p.m. EST Michigan State 14 6 8 7 Purdue 7 14 0 14 Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana 43,070 Box Score First quarter MSU - Mason 43 pass from Banks (C Gardner kick) PUR - Alford 29 pass from Reeves (Bobich kick) MSU - S Greene 21 run (C Gardner kick) Second quarter PUR - Alford 69 pass from Alstott (Bobich kick) PUR - Alstott 6 run (Bobich kick) MSU - Mason 7 pass from Banks (kick failed) Third quarter MSU - S Greene 3 run (Banks run for two-point conversion) Fourth quarter PUR - Rogers 1 run (Bobich kick) MSU - S Greene 70 run (C Gardner kick) PUR - Rogers 4 run (Bobich kick) Top Rushers MSU - S Greene 17 rushes, 161 yards, 3 TDs PUR - Alstott 20 rushes, 136 yards, 1 TD Top Passers MSU - Banks 16/25, 208 yards, 1 INT PUR - Alstott 1/1, 69 yards, 1 TD PUR - Trefzger 9/15, 110 yards PUR - Reeves 9/16, 122 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs Top Receivers MSU - Mason 7 receptions, 150 yards, 2 TDs PUR - Olivadotti 5 receptions, 73 yards PUR - Alford 4 receptions, 113 yards, 2 TDs Ball State 1995 Ball State Cardinals football team Purdue Boilermakers 2; text-align:center collapsed Ball State Cardinals at Purdue Boilermakers September 30, 1995 1:00 p.m. EST Ball State 3 3 0 7 Purdue 7 14 7 7 Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana 50,733 Box Score First quarter PUR - Rogers 5 run (Bobich kick) BALL - FG Lockliear 39 Second quarter PUR - Winston 23 interception return (Bobich kick) BALL - FG Lockliear 39 PUR - L Johnson 99 kickoff return (Bobich kick) Third quarter PUR - Alstott 2 run (Bobich kick) Fourth quarter PUR - Alford 14 pass from Trefzger (Bobich kick) BALL - Abernathy 13 pass from Knisely (Lockliear kick) Top Passers BALL - Baldwin - 16/27, 106 yards, 1 INT PUR - Rick Trefzger - 5/9, 65 yards, 1 TD Top Rushers BALL - Moore - 11 rushes, 78 yards PUR - Mike Alstott - 22 rushes, 127 yards, 1 TD Top Receivers BALL - Abernathy 8 receptions, 69 yards, 1 TD PUR - Alford - 3 receptions, 57 yards, 1 TD Minnesota 1995 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team Purdue Boilermakers 2; text-align:center collapsed Purdue Boilermakers at Minnesota Golden Gophers October 7, 1995 6:00 p.m. CST Purdue 7 10 14 7 Minnesota 7 0 17 15 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota 39,343 Cool, 72 F C, No Wind (indoors) Box Score First quarter PUR - Alstott 11 run (Bobich kick) MIN - Sauter 1 run (Chalberg kick) Second quarter PUR - Bobich 19 FG PUR - Alstott 1 run (Bobich kick) Third quarter MIN - Darkins 7 run (Chalberg kick) PUR - Alstott 3 run (Bobich kick) MIN - Darkins 45 run (Chalberg kick) MIN - Chalberg 48 FG PUR - Alford 78 pass from Trefzger (Bobich kick) Fourth quarter MIN - Darkins 24 run (Chalberg kick) PUR - Trefzger 4 run (Bobich kick) MIN - Sauter 1 run (Thelwell pass from Sauter) Top Passers PUR - Rick Trefzger - 13/24, 264 yards, 1 TD MIN - Cory Sauter - 15/26, 142 yards, 1 INT Top Rushers MIN - Chris Darkins - 38 rushes, 294 yards, 3 TDs PUR - *Mike Alstott 28 rushes, 133 yards, 3 TDs Top Receivers PUR - Brian Alford - 6 receptions, 172 yards, 1 TD MIN - Ryan Thelwell - 6 receptions, 55 yards Penn State 1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football team Purdue Boilermakers 2; text-align:center collapsed Penn State Nittany Lions at Purdue Boilermakers October 14, 1995 12:30 p.m. Penn State 0 10 6 10 Purdue 6 7 0 10 Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana 60,455 Box Score First quarter PUR - Bobich 37-yard field goal PUR - Bobich 21-yard field goal Second quarter PSU - Engram 48-yard pass from Richardson (Conway kick) PSU - Conway 35-yard field goal PUR - Alstott 18-yard run (Bobich kick) Third quarter PSU - Conway 42-yard field goal PSU - Conway 33-yard field goal Fourth quarter PUR - Bobich 22-yard field goal PUR - Rogers 4-yard run (Bobich kick) PSU - Conway 25-yard field goal PSU - Archie 16-yard pass from Richardson (Conway kick) Top Rushers PSU - Curtis Enis - 18 rushes, 85 yards PUR - Mike Alstott - 24 rushes, 149 yards, 1 TD Ohio State 1995 Ohio State Buckeyes football team Purdue Boilermakers 2; text-align:center collapsed Purdue Boilermakers at Ohio State Buckeyes October 21, 1995 12:30 p.m. Purdue 0 0 0 0 Ohio State 7 7 14 0 Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio 93,111 Overcast, Some Rain 40 F C, Wind S 10-15 Dick Honig Box Score First quarter OSU - Eddie George 1-yard run (Josh Jackson kick) Second quarter OSU - Rickey Dudley 30-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick) Third quarter OSU - Terry Glenn 7-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick) OSU - Terry Glenn 12-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick) Fourth quarter No scoring Top Passers OSU - Bobby Hoying - 20/29, 276 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT PUR - John Reeves - 7/17, 67 yards, 2 INTs Top Rushers PUR - Mike Alstott - 26 rushes, 109 yards OSU - Eddie George - 23 rushes, 104 yards, 1 TD Top Receivers OSU - Buster Tillman - 6 receptions, 96 yards OSU - Terry Glenn - 6 receptions, 82 yards, 2 TDs Top Tacklers OSU - Antoine Winfield - 11 (9 solo, 2 assisted) OSU - Ryan Miller - 8 (2 solo, 6 assisted) PUR - Bob O'Connor - 8 (5 solo, 3 assisted) Interceptions OSU - 2 - Ty Howard (1), Ryan Miller (1) PUR - 1 - Derrick Winston Fumbles Recovered PUR - 1 - Derrick Brown Wisconsin 1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team Purdue Boilermakers 2; text-align:center collapsed Wisconsin Badgers at Purdue Boilermakers November 4, 1995 11:00 a.m. CST Wisconsin 7 7 7 6 Purdue 14 6 8 10 Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana 39,125 Box Score First quarter PUR - Alford 64-yard pass from Tretzger (Bobich kick) WIS - Weems 75-yard interception return (Hall kick) PUR - Watson 63-yard run (Bobich kick) Second quarter PUR - Alstott 40-yard run (kick failed) WIS - Simmons 31-yard pass from Samuel (Hall kick) Third quarter WIS - Stecker 7-yard run (Hall kick) PUR - Watson 2-yard run (Blackman pass from Tretzger) Fourth quarter PUR - Bobich 20-yard field goal WIS - Hayes 54-yard pass from Samuel (run failed) PUR - Alstott 2-yard run (Bobich kick) Top Passers WIS - Samuel - 6/15, 122 yards PUR - Tretzger - 15/22, 201 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs Top Rushers PUR - Mike Alstott - 36 rushes, 204 yards, 2 TDs PUR - Edwin Watson 21 rushes, 194 yards, 2 TDs Top Receivers PUR - Alford - 4 receptions, 87 yards, 1 TD WIS - T. Simmons - 3 receptions, 52 yards, 1 TD Michigan 1995 Michigan Wolverines football team Purdue Boilermakers 2; text-align:center collapsed Purdue Boilermakers at Michigan Wolverines November 11, 1995 12:00 p.m. EST Purdue 0 0 0 0 Michigan 3 0 0 2 Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan 103,721 Box Score First quarter MICH - Remy Hamilton 25-yard field goal Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter MICH - Safety, Rick Trefzger tackled by Clarence Thompson Top Rushers PUR - Watson - 9 rushes, 31 yards MICH - Tim Biakabutuka - 14 rushes, 84 yards Top Passers PUR - Rick Trefzger - 11/19, 84 yards, 1 INT MICH - Brian Griese - 11/24, 101 yards, 1 INT Top Receivers PUR - Olivadotti 4 receptions, 27 yards PUR - Alford 2 receptions, 240 yards MICH - Mercury Hayes - 4 receptions, 42 yards MICH - Amani Toomer - 3 receptions, 25 yards Northwestern 1995 Northwestern Wildcats football team Purdue Boilermakers 2; text-align:center collapsed Northwestern Wildcats at Purdue Boilermakers November 18, 1995 3:30 p.m. Northwestern 7 7 9 0 Purdue 0 0 0 8 Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana 47,172 Box Score First quarter NU - Chris Martin 76-yard interception return (Gowins kick) Second quarter NU - D'Wayne Bates 72-yard pass from Steve Schnur (Gowins kick) Third quarter NU - Safety NU - Steve Schnur 1-yard run (Gowins kick) Fourth quarter PUR - Watson 3-yard run (Alstott reception) PUR: Mike Alstott - 25 rushes, 264 yards, 2-pt. conversion catch Indiana 1995 Indiana Hoosiers football team Purdue Boilermakers 2; text-align:center collapsed Purdue Boilermakers at Indiana Hoosiers November 24, 1995 11:00 a.m. Purdue 10 14 21 6 Indiana 7 7 14 0 Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana 34,029 Box Score First quarter PUR - Alstott 1-yard run (Bobich kick) PUR - Bobich 26-yard field goal Second quarter PUR - Alford 7-yard pass from Trefzger (Bobich kick) PUR - Alford 10-yard pass from Trefzger (Bobich kick) IND - Greenlee 3-yard run (Horn kick) Third quarter PUR - Rogers 2-yard run (Bobich kick) IND - Smith 6-yard run (Horn kick) PUR - Alstott 1-yard run (Bobich kick) PUR - Alstott 62-yard run (Bobich kick) Fourth quarter PUR - Watson 3-yard run (kick failed) Top Rushers PUR - Mike Alstott - 25 rushes, 264 yards, 3 TDs IND - Smith - 17 rushes, 64 yards, 1 TD Top Passers PUR - Rick Trefzger - 10/16, 161 yards, 2 TDs IND - Greenlee - 17/32, 154 yards Top Receivers PUR - Allen - 5 receptions, 99 yards IND - Stoner - 6 receptions, 50 yards Roster 1995 Purdue Boilermakers y Brian Alford 80 WR So y y Craig Allen WR n 40 Sr Mike Alstott FB y C Jon Blackman TE y Billy Dicken QB y Mark Fischer OL y Mark Fischer (American football) Eric Haddad RB n Alfie Hill OL n John Hoogendoorn OL n Lee Johnson RB n Isaac Jones WR y Isaac Jones (American football) Damon Lewis OL n Dan Maly OL n Kendall Matthews RB n Brian Nicley OL n Kirk Olivadotti WR y John Reeves QB y John Reeves (American football) Cory Rogers RB n Chris Sedoris OL y Charlie Stephens TE n So Willie Tillman WR y Rick Trefzger QB n Edwin Watson RB y Edwin Watson (American football) Emmett Zitelli OL n Derrick Brown DB n Lee Brush DB n Willie Burroughs DB n Jamal Coleman DB n Rosevelt Colvin DL y Willie Fells LB n Joe Hagins LB n Aaron Hall LB n Darnell Howard DL n Noble Jones LB n Jon Krick DL y Chukie Nwokorie DL y Bob O'Connor LB n Chike Okeafor LB y Leo Perez DL n Tommy Triplett DB n Jayme Washel DL n Craig Williams DL n Derrick Winston DB n Brad Bobich K n Rob Deignan P n Jim Colletto Tim Salem(Offensive coordinator) Chester Caddas Randy Fichtner(Wide receivers) 1995 Purdue Boilermakers Roster https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1995-roster.html January 19, 2025 References Purdue Category:Purdue Boilermakers football seasons Purdue Boilermakers football