1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team

American college football season

1970 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record4–6 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Bob DeMoss (1st season)
MVPStan Brown
CaptainDonnie Green, Veno Paraskevas
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Big Ten Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   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

The 1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1970 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by first-year head coach Bob DeMoss, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, placing eighth in the Big Ten. This was Purdue's first losing season since the 1956 season. The team played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

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 Northwestern
L 14–3838,722
October 31Illinoisdagger
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)
L 21–2367,747
November 7at Michigan State
L 14–2461,113
November 14Ohio State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 7–1068,157
November 21Indiana
W 40–069,357
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB Otis Armstrong
TE Ashley Bell
WR Stan Brown
TE Mike Cota
QB 18 Gary Danielson So
OT Paul DeNuccio
OT Donnie Green (C)
G Tim Huxhold
QB, K Jeff Jones
G Tom Luken
FB Ron North
QB Chuck Piebes
WR Darryl Stingley
C Kenneth Watkins
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
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. # Name Class
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 Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

TCU

Stanford

1 234Total
• Purdue 16 073 26
Stanford 0 077 14
Scoring summary
Q1PURPiebes 3 yard run (Jones kick)PUR 7–0
Q1PURSafety, Kauffman tackled in end zonePUR 9–0
Q1PURBrown 9 yard run (Jones kick)PUR 16–0
Q38:26STANPlunkett 1 yard run (Horowitz kick)PUR 16–6
Q3PURBrown 4 yard run (Jones kick)PUR 23–6
Q4PURJones 33 yard field goalPUR 26–6
Q4STANBrown 44 yard pass from Plunkett (Horowitz kick)PUR 26–13

Purdue intercepted Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett five times. [2]

Iowa

Ohio State

Ohio State Buckeyes (7–0) at Purdue Boilermakers
Period 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
Game information

First quarter

  • OSU – John Brockington 26-yard run (Fred Schram kick), 2:13. Ohio St 7–0. Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards.
  • PUR – Stan Brown 96-yard kickoff return (Jeff Jones kick), 2:01. Tie 7–7.

Fourth quarter

  • OSU – Fred Schram 30-yard field goal, 2:04. Ohio St 10–7. Drive: 7 plays, 66 yards.
Top passers
  • OSU – Ron Maciejowski – 1/3, 52 yards
  • PUR – Gary Danielson – 2/12, 17 yards, 2 INT
Top rushers
Top receivers
  • OSU – Bruce Jankowski – 1 reception, 52 yards
  • PUR – Stan Brown – 1 reception, 9 yards

Indiana

References

  1. ^ "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 88. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  2. ^ "Purdue Stuns Stanford." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 4.
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