1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1974 Big Ten Conference football season.

1974 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1974 record	4–6–1 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Alex Agase (2nd season)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

1974 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Michigan State	6	–	1	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Iowa	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	1	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 14	Wisconsin	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 14–28
September 21	Miami (OH)*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	T 7–7
September 28	at No. 2 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, Indiana (Shillelagh Trophy)	W 31–20
October 5	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina	L 14–16
October 12	Illinois	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana (Purdue Cannon)	L 23–27
October 19	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 31–26
October 26	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan	L 7–31
November 2	Iowa	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	W 38–14
November 9	Minnesota	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 20–24
November 16	at No. 3 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	L 0–51
November 23	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 38–17
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 22 Larry Burton Sr G 77 Ken Long Jr G 69 Ralph Perretta Sr FB 38 Mike Pruitt Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 42 Fred Cooper Sr DT 74 Ken Novak Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 1 Frank Conner Jr	Head coach Alex Agase Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 24 0 0 7 31 Notre Dame 0 7 7 6 20 Date: September 28 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana

Scoring summary 1 Purdue Terrizzi 1-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 7-0 1 Purdue Gross 52-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 14-0 1 Purdue Mannella 21-yard interception return (Schmidt kick) Purdue 21-0 1 Purdue Schmidt 47-yard field goal Purdue 24-0 2 Notre Dame Bullock 1-yard run (Reeve kick) Purdue 24-7 3 Notre Dame Bullock 1-yard run (Reeve kick) Purdue 24-14 4 Purdue Northington 6-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 31-14 4 Notre Dame Demmerle 29-yard pass from Clements (pass failed) Purdue 31-20

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Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 6 8 17 0 31 Northwestern 0 7 7 12 26 Date: October 19 Location: Dyche Stadium, Evanston, Illinois Game attendance: 27,557

Scoring summary 1 Purdue Vitali 1-yard run (kick failed) Purdue 6-0 2 Northwestern McNamara 12-yard pass from Anderson (Blazevich kick) Northwestern 7-6 2 Purdue Vitali 1-yard run (Vitali pass from Terrizzi) Purdue 14-7 3 Purdue Dierking 4-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 21-7 3 Northwestern Pooler 13-yard run (Blazevich kick) Purdue 21-14 3 Purdue Schmidt 44-yard field goal Purdue 24-14 3 Purdue Vitali 5-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 31-14 4 Northwestern Pooler 1-yard run (pass failed) Purdue 31-20 4 Northwestern Pooler 1-yard run (pass failed) Purdue 31-26

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References

1. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
2. Palm Beach Post. 1974 Sept 29.
3. Eugene Register-Guard. 1974 October 20.