1972 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1972 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference Big Ten
1972 record 6–5 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Bob DeMoss (3rd year)
Captain Otis Armstrong
Captain Dave Butz
Home stadium Ross-Ade Stadium
1972 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#6 Michigan § 7 – 1 – 0     10 – 1 – 0
#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

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

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 16 Bowling Green* #18 Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN L 14–17   51,859
September 23 at #15 Washington* Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN L 21–22   60,102
September 30 at #10 Notre Dame* Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) L 14–35   59,075
October 7 at Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 24–0   54,576
October 14 at Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 28–3   37,287
October 21 Northwesterndagger Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 37–0   63,049
October 28 Illinois Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon) W 20–14   61,754
November 4 at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 12–22   58,649
November 11 Wisconsin Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 27–6   53,507
November 18 at #3 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 6–9   88,423
November 25 Indiana Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) W 42–7   65,605
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Game notes

Minnesota

1 234Total
• Purdue 0 7147 28
Minnesota 0 300 3
  • Date: October 14
  • Location: Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Game attendance: 37,287

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Indiana

1 234Total
Indiana 0 700 7
• Purdue 7 7721 42
  • Date: November 25
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
  • Game attendance: 65,065

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. [3]


References

  1. ↑ 2011 Purdue football information guide.
  2. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 15.
  3. ↑ "Purdue Thrashes Indiana To Win Old Oaken Bucket." Palm Beach Post. 1972 Nov 26.