1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1970 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Purdue's first losing season since 1956.

1970 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1970 record46 (25 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPStan Brown
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
1970 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Ohio State $ 7 0 0  9 1 0
No. 9 Michigan 6 1 0  9 1 0
Northwestern 6 1 0  6 4 0
Iowa 3 3 1  3 6 1
Wisconsin 3 4 0  4 5 1
Michigan State 3 4 0  4 6 0
Minnesota 2 4 1  3 6 1
Purdue 2 5 0  4 6 0
Illinois 1 6 0  3 7 0
Indiana 1 6 0  1 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 19TCU*W 15–065,808
September 26at No. 6 Notre Dame*L 0–4859,075
October 3at No. 3 Stanford*W 26–1462,000
October 10No. 7 Michigan
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 0–2969,021
October 17at IowaW 24–356,973
October 24at NorthwesternL 14–3838,722
October 31Illinois
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 21–2367,747
November 7at Michigan StateL 14–2461,113
November 14Ohio State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 3–1068,157
November 21Indiana
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 40–069,357
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Otis Armstrong
TE Ashley Bell
WR Stan Brown
TE Mike Cota
QB 18 Gary Danielson So
OT Paul DeNuccio
OT Donnie Green (C)
OG Tim Huxhold
QB, K Jeff Jones
OG Tom Luken
FB Ron North
QB Chuck Piebes
WR Darryl Stingley
C Kenneth Watkins
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
MG Gregg Bingham
CB Sam Carter
DB Randy Cooper
DT Alex Davis
S Steve deGrandmaison
DE John Handy
DE Gary Hrivnak
DT Ron Maree
DB Mike McDaniel
MG Doug Molls
LB 99 Vero Paraskevas (C) Sr
CB Charlie Potts
LB Jim Teal
DE Rick Tekavec
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P Scott Lougheed
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Bob Geiger
  • Allen Hager
  • C.W. Hewgley
  • Wayne Jones
  • Ned Maloney
  • Ron Meyer
  • Al Parker
  • Tom Roggeman
  • Dale Samuels

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

Season summary

TCU

Otis Armstrong 22 Rush, 100 Yds [2]

Stanford

1 234Total
Purdue 16 073 26
Stanford 0 077 14

Purdue intercepted Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett five times. [3]

Iowa

Ohio State

Ohio State Buckeyes (7–0) at Purdue Boilermakers
1 2 34Total
Ohio St 7 0 0310
Purdue 7 0 007

at Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

  • Date: November 14, 1970
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Overcast, 37 °F (3 °C)
  • Game attendance: 68,157
  • Box Score

Indiana

References

  1. 2010 Purdue information guide
  2. 2011 Purdue football information guide.
  3. "Purdue Stuns Stanford." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 4.
  4. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-01.
  5. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-21.
  6. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-21.
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