1972 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1972 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1972 Big Ten Conference football season. It was Bob DeMoss' final season as head coach of the team.

1972 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten
1972 record65 (62 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
1972 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Michigan + 7 1 0  10 1 0
No. 9 Ohio State + 7 1 0  9 2 0
Purdue 6 2 0  6 5 0
Michigan State 5 2 1  5 5 1
Minnesota 4 4 0  4 7 0
Indiana 3 5 0  5 6 0
Illinois 3 5 0  3 8 0
Iowa 2 6 1  3 7 1
Wisconsin 2 6 0  4 7 0
Northwestern 1 8 0  2 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

This was the first time Purdue played an 11-game schedule. Every Big Ten team except the Boilermakers and Ohio State added an 11th game for the first time in 1971. The Buckeyes did not play an 11-game slate until 1974.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 16Bowling Green*No. 18L 14–1751,859
September 23No. 15 Washington*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 21–2260,102
September 30at No. 10 Notre Dame*L 14–3559,075
October 7at IowaW 24–054,576
October 14at MinnesotaW 28–337,287
October 21Northwestern
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 37–063,049
October 28Illinois
W 20–1461,754
November 4at Michigan StateL 12–2258,649
November 11Wisconsin
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 27–653,507
November 18at No. 3 MichiganL 6–988,423
November 25Indiana
W 42–765,605
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Roster

1972 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 18 Gary Danielson Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

    Game summaries

    Washington

    at Minnesota

    1 234Total
    Purdue 0 7147 28
    Minnesota 0 300 3

    [3]

    Northwestern

    Wisconsin

    Indiana

    1 234Total
    Indiana 0 700 7
    Purdue 7 7721 42

    Otis Armstrong carried 32 times for 276 yards, breaking his own single-game school rushing record (233) and passing Wisconsin's Alan Ameche for most career rushing yards in the Big Ten with 3,316.[7]

    References

    1. 2011 Purdue football information guide.
    2. 2020 Purdue football record book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-20.
    3. Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 15.
    4. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-27.
    5. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-20.
    6. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-21.
    7. "Purdue Thrashes Indiana To Win Old Oaken Bucket." Palm Beach Post. 1972 Nov 26.
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