1977 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1977 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1977 record 5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach Jim Young (1st season)
MVP Fred Arrington
Captain Jerome King
Captain John Skibinski
Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium
1977 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 9 Michigan + 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 11 Ohio State + 7 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
Michigan State 6 –1 –1  7 –3 –1
Indiana 4 –3 –1  5 –5 –1
Minnesota 4 –4 –0  7 –5 –0
Purdue 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Iowa 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Wisconsin 3 –6 –0  5 –6 –0
Illinois 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Northwestern 1 –8 –0  1 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1977 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 10 at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan L 14–19   53,014
September 17 Ohio* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana W 44–7   49,354
September 24 No. 11 Notre Dame* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana (Shillelagh Trophy) L 24–31   68,966
October 1 Wake Forest* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana W 17–26   54,060
October 8 at No. 4 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio L 0–46   87,707
October 15 Illinois Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana (Purdue Cannon) L 22–29   60,242
October 22 Iowadagger Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana W 34–21   62,443
October 29 Northwestern Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois W 28–16   17,525
November 5 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin W 22–0   73,322
November 12 No. 6 Michigan Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana L 7–40   68,003
November 19 at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) L 10–21   52,914
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Starters

  • Offense: QB Mark Herrmann, TB Mike Brown/Robert Williams, FB John Skibinski, SE Reggie Arnold, FL Ray Smith, TE Dave Young/Tim Eubank, LT Mike Barberich, LG John Fincuan/Dale Schwan, C Pete Quinn/Steve Schlundt, RG Steve McKenzie, RT John LeFeber
  • Defense: LDE Lee Larkins, LDT Marcus Jackson/Calvin Clark, NG Roger Ruwe, RDT Jeff Senica, RDE Keena Turner, LB Fred Arrington/Kevin Motts, CB Jerome King/Pat Harris, S Willie Harris/Paul Beery/Rock Supan
  • Special teams: K Scott Sovereen, P Dave Eagin

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Staff

Head Coach: Jim Young

Assistants: Bob Bockrath, Leon Burtnett, Mike Hankwitz, Randy Hart, John Mackovic, Doug Redmann, Larry Thompson, Ed Zaunbrecher

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Game summaries

Michigan State

  • Ray Smith 6 Rec, 108 Yds
  • Reggie Arnold 7 Rec, 107 Yds[2]
  • Mark Herrmann's first start at quarterback

Northwestern

1 234Total
• Purdue 14 0140 28
Northwestern 10 006 16

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Statistics

Passing

PlayerCompAttYardsTDINT
Mark Herrmann1753192,4531827

Rushing

PlayerAttYardsTD
John Skibinski1476654
Mark Herrmann-80

Receiving

PlayerRecYardsTD
Reggie Arnold448408
John Skibinski221

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Awards

All-Big Ten

  • Reggie Arnold (1st)
  • Mark Herrmann (2nd)
  • John Skibinski (2nd)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 2010 Purdue football information guide
  2. ↑ 2011 Purdue football information guide.
  3. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1977 Oct 30.
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