1978 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1978 Purdue Boilermakers football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 41–21 vs. Georgia Tech
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 13
AP No. 13
1978 record 9–2–1 (6–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Jim Young (2nd season)
MVP Keena Turner
Captain Tim Eubank
Captain Willie Harris
Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium
1978 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Michigan + 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 12 Michigan State + 7 –1 –0  8 –3 –0
No. 13 Purdue 6 –1 –1  9 –2 –1
Ohio State 6 –2 –0  7 –4 –1
Minnesota 4 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Wisconsin 3 –4 –2  5 –4 –2
Indiana 3 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Iowa 2 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
Illinois 0 –6 –2  1 –8 –2
Northwestern 0 –8 –1  0 –10 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 16 Michigan State Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 21–14   60,355
September 23 Ohio* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 24–0   55,172
September 30 at Notre Dame* Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) L 6–10   59,075
October 7 Wake Forest* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 14–7   54,362
October 14 No. 16 Ohio State Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 27–16   69,465
October 21 at Illinois No. 19 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 13–0   50,918
October 28 at Iowa No. 17 Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 34–7   57,640
November 4 Northwesterndagger No. 14 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 31–0   64,232
November 11 at Wisconsin No. 12 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI T 24–24   78,986
November 18 at No. 7 Michigan No. 15 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 6–24   106,410
November 25 Indiana No. 18 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 20–7   69,918
December 25 vs. Georgia Tech No. 17 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl) W 41–21   20,277
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Starters

Offense: se Burrell, lt Feil, lg Schwan, c Quinn, rg LeFeber, rt McKenzie, te Eubank/Young, qb Herrmann, fb Macon, tb Pope, fl M. Harris, k Sovereen

Defense: le Floyd, lt Clark, mg Loushin, rt Jackson, re Turner, lb Motts/Johanson, cb W. Smith/Moss, ss Supan, fs W. Harris, p Eagin

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Staff

Head coach: Jim Young

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

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Game summaries

Michigan State

1 234Total
Michigan State 14 000 14
• Purdue 0 0147 21

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Ohio State

1 234Total
Ohio St 0 736 16
• Purdue 3 01410 27

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Iowa

1 234Total
• Purdue 10 7017 34
Iowa 0 070 7

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Statistics

Passing

PlayerCompAttYardsTDINT
Herrmann1522741,9041412

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Awards

All-Big Ten

  • Ken Loushin (1st)
  • Keena Turner (1st)
  • Mark Herrmann (2nd)
  • Marcus Jackson (2nd)
  • John LeFeber (2nd)
  • John Macon (2nd)
  • Steve McKenzie (2nd)
  • Dale Schwan (2nd)
  • Scott Sovereen (2nd)

Big Ten Coach of the Year: Jim Young

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 2010 Purdue football information guide
  2. ↑ "Macon's Run Lifts Purdue Over Spartans." Palm Beach Post. 1978 Sept 17.
  3. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1978 Oct 15.
  4. ↑ "Purdue cuts down Iowa again." Milwaukee Journal. 1978 Oct 29.
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