1972 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1972 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1972 Big Ten Conference football season. It was Bob DeMoss' final season as head coach of the team.

1972 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten
1972 record	6–5 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bob DeMoss (3rd season)
Captains	Otis Armstrong Dave Butz
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

1972 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Purdue	6	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Michigan State	5	–	2	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Minnesota	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Illinois	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Iowa	2	–	6	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	8	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

This was the first time Purdue played an 11-game schedule. Every Big Ten team except the Boilermakers and Ohio State added an 11th game for the first time in 1971. The Buckeyes did not play an 11-game slate until 1974.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 16	Bowling Green*	No. 18	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 14–17	51,859
September 23	No. 15 Washington*		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 21–22	60,102
September 30	at No. 10 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 14–35	59,075
October 7	at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 24–0	54,576
October 14	at Minnesota		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 28–3	37,287
October 21	Northwestern		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 37–0	63,049
October 28	Illinois		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	W 20–14	61,754
November 4	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 12–22	58,649
November 11	Wisconsin		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 27–6	53,507
November 18	at No. 3 Michigan		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 6–9	88,423
November 25	Indiana		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 42–7	65,605
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1972 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 18 Gary Danielson Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bob DeMoss Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Minnesota

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 0 7 14 7 28 Minnesota 0 3 0 0 3 Date: October 14 Location: Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota Game attendance: 37,287

Scoring summary 2 PUR Armstrong 5-yard run (Bobrowski kick) Purdue 7-3 2 MINN Golberg 25-yard field goal Purdue 7-3 3 PUR Armstrong 97-yard kickoff return (Bobrowski kick) Purdue 14-3 3 PUR Carter 45-yard fumble return (Bobrowski kick) Purdue 21-3 4 PUR Bobrowski 4-yard run (Bobrowski kick) Purdue 28-3

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Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 0 7 0 0 7 • Purdue 7 7 7 21 42 Date: November 25 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN Game attendance: 65,065

Scoring summary 1 PUR Otis Armstrong 2-yard run (Frank Conner kick) PUR 7-0 2 PUR Darryl Stingley 79-yard pass from Gary Danielson (Frank Conner kick) PUR 14-0 2 IND Dennis Cremeens 2-yard run (Sven Chris Gartner kick) PUR 14-7 3 PUR Otis Armstrong 71-yard run (Frank Conner kick) PUR 21-7 4 PUR Gary Danielson 5-yard run (Frank Conner kick) PUR 28-7 4 PUR Otis Armstrong 53-yard run (Frank Conner kick) PUR 35-7 4 PUR Bo Bobrowski 5-yard run (Frank Conner kick) PUR 42-7

Otis Armstrong carried 32 times for 276 yards, breaking his own single-game school rushing record (233) and passing Wisconsin's Alan Ameche for most career rushing yards in the Big Ten with 3,316.[3]

References

1. 2011 Purdue football information guide.
2. Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 15.
3. "Purdue Thrashes Indiana To Win Old Oaken Bucket." Palm Beach Post. 1972 Nov 26.