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
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1974 record4–6–1 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coachAlex Agase (2nd season)
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
1974 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 14WisconsinL 14–28
September 21Miami (OH)*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana
T 7–7
September 28at No. 2 Notre Dame*W 31–20
October 5at Duke*L 14–16
October 12Illinois
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana (Purdue Cannon)
L 23–27
October 19at Northwestern
W 31–26
October 26at Michigan State
L 7–31
November 2Iowa
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana
W 38–14
November 9Minnesota
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, Indiana
L 20–24
November 16at No. 3 MichiganL 0–51
November 23Indiana
W 38–17
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Roster

1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 22 Larry Burton Sr
G 77 Ken Long Jr
G 69 Ralph Perretta Sr
FB 38 Mike Pruitt Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 42 Fred Cooper Sr
DT 74 Ken Novak Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 1 Frank Conner Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    Game summaries

    Notre Dame

    1 234Total
    Purdue 24 007 31
    Notre Dame 0 776 20

    [2]

    Northwestern

    1 234Total
    Purdue 6 8170 31
    Northwestern 0 7712 26

    [3]

    References

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