1975 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1975 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season.

1975 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1975 record47 (44 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPMike Pruitt
Captains
  • Ken Long
  • Ken Novak
  • Mike Pruitt
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
1975 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Ohio State $ 8 0 0  11 1 0
No. 8 Michigan 7 1 0  8 2 2
Michigan State 4 4 0  7 4 0
Illinois 4 4 0  5 6 0
Purdue 4 4 0  4 7 0
Wisconsin 3 4 1  4 6 1
Minnesota 3 5 0  6 5 0
Iowa 3 5 0  3 8 0
Northwestern 2 6 0  3 8 0
Indiana 1 6 1  2 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 13at NorthwesternL 25–3122,000
September 20No. 9 Notre Dame*L 0–1769,795
September 27at No. 3 USC*L 6–1956,170
October 4Miami (OH)*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 3–1452,309
October 11Wisconsin
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 14–1762,406
October 18at IllinoisW 26–2461,204
October 25No. 1 Ohio State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 6–3569,405
November 1Michigan State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 20–1057,104
November 8at No. 6 MichiganL 0–28102,415
November 15Iowa
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 19–1845,549
November 22at IndianaW 9–743,455
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1975 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
G 77 Ken Long Sr
FB 38 Mike Pruitt Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 48 Fred Arrington
DT 74 Ken Novak Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Rick Venturi

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

Starters

Offense: se Arnold, ot Stapleton, og Gibson, c Polak, sg Zelencik, st Long, te Wirgowski, qb Vitali, fl Beery, fb Pruitt, tb Dierking, k Schmidt

Defense: le Smith, lt Novak, mg Gorgal/Ruwe, rt Parker, re Hardy, lb Sullivan, lb Mannella, cb DiMarzio/Harris, cb Cooper, s Wood/Lewis, s Andres/Thompson, p Vitali

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Coaching staff

HC: Alex Agase

Ast: George Catavolos, Fred Conti, Jack Ellis, Bob Geiger, Jerry Hartman, Pat Naughton, Tom Roggeman, Rick Venturi, Mike Wynn

Game summaries

USC

  • Paul Beery 6 receptions, 101 yards [1]

Wisconsin

Illinois

Ohio State

Michigan State

Iowa

1 234Total
Iowa 0 1503 18
Purdue 7 0012 19

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References

  1. 2010 Purdue football information guide
  2. Palm Beach Post. 1975 Nov 16.
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