1971 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1971 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1971 Big Ten Conference football season.

1971 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1971 record37 (35 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
1971 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Michigan $ 8 0 0  11 1 0
Northwestern 6 3 0  7 4 0
Ohio State 5 3 0  6 4 0
Michigan State 5 3 0  6 5 0
Illinois 5 3 0  5 6 0
Wisconsin 3 5 0  4 6 1
Minnesota 3 5 0  4 7 0
Purdue 3 5 0  3 7 0
Indiana 2 6 0  3 8 0
Iowa 1 8 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 18at Washington*L 35–38
September 25No. 2 Notre Dame*L 7–8
October 2Iowa
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 45–13
October 9Minnesota
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 27–13
October 16at NorthwesternNo. 20W 21–20
October 23at IllinoisNo. 17L 7–21
October 30Michigan State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 10–43
November 6at WisconsinL 10–14
November 13No. 3 Michigan
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 17–20
November 20at IndianaL 31–38
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1971 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 18 Gary Danielson Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

    Season summary

    Washington

    Minnesota

    Northwestern

    Wisconsin

    References

    1. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
    2. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-01.
    3. 2018 Purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
    4. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-21.
    5. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-27.
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