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1993 Purdue Boilermakers football
1993 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	1–10 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim Colletto (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Bobby Turner (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Moe Ankney (3rd season)
MVP	Mike Alstott
Captain	Elvin Caldwell, Jeff Hill, Pat Johnson, Jimmy Young
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

1993 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Wisconsin +	6	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
No. 11 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Penn State	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Indiana	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 21 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Illinois	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Iowa	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Purdue	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Jim Colletto, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 1–10 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, tying for tenth place in the Big Ten. Purdue suffered its ninth consecutive losing season and was winless in conference for the first since the 1946 Purdue Boilermakers football team do so.^[1] The team played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	6:00 pm	at No. 24 NC State*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		L 7–20	41,904	^[2]
September 11	1:00 pm	Western Michigan*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 28–13	57,670
September 25	2:30 pm	No. 4 Notre Dame*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	ABC	L 0–17	68,196
October 2	1:00 pm	Illinois	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)		L 10–28	37,621
October 9	6:00 pm	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 56–59	31,293
October 16	11:30 am	No. 16 Wisconsin	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	L 28–42	38,942
October 23	1:00 pm	No. 3 Ohio State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		L 24–45	43,656
October 30	1:00 pm	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 17–26	65,648
November 6	1:00 pm	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI		L 10–25	104,326	^[3]
November 13	1:00 pm	No. 25 Michigan State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		L 24–27	31,792
November 20	1:00 pm	at No. 21 Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)		L 17–24	48,429
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "Big Ten Roundup : Purdue Has Incentive, Still Loses to Indiana". Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1993. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
^ "Purdue first victim of new Wolfpack coach". The Muncie Star. September 5, 1993. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Angelique S. Chengelis (November 7, 1993). "U-M, MSU back on track". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1E, 5E – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 92. Retrieved February 3, 2023.