1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1970 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1970 record	4–6 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bob DeMoss
MVP	Stan Brown
Captain	Donnie Green, Veno Paraskevas
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

1970 Big Ten football standings
	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. This was Purdue's first losing season since 1956.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	TCU*	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 15–0	65,808
September 26	at No. 6 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 0–48	59,075
October 3	at No. 3 Stanford*	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 26–14	62,000
October 10	No. 7 Michigan	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 0–29	69,021
October 17	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	W 24–3	56,973
October 24	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 14–38	38,722
October 31	Illinois	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafeyette, IN	L 21–23	67,747
November 7	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 14–24	61,113
November 14	Ohio State	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 3–10	68,157
November 21	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 40–0	69,357
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Starters

Offense: se Stingley, lt Paul DeNuccio, lg Huxhold, c Watkins, rg Luken, rt Green, te Bell/Cota, qb Danielson/Piebes, hb Armstrong, fb North, fl Brown, K Jones

Defense: le Handy/Tekavec, lt Maree, mg Molls/Bingham, rt Davis, re Hrivnak, lb Paravskevas, lb Teal, cb A. Carter, db McDaniel/Potts, s deGrandmaison, rip Cooper, p Lougheed

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Staff

HC: Bob DeMoss

Ast: Bob Geiger, Allen Hager, C.W. Hewgley, Wayne Jones, Ned Maloney, Ron Meyer, Al Parker, Tom Roggeman, Dale Samuels

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Season summary

TCU

Otis Armstrong 22 Rush, 100 Yds ^[2]

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Purdue	16	0	7	3	26
Stanford	0	0	7	7	14

Date: October 3
Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA
Game attendance: 62,000

Scoring summary

Q1		PUR	Piebes 3 yard run (Jones kick)	PUR 7–0

Q1		PUR	Safety, Kauffman tackled in end zone	PUR 9–0

Q1		PUR	Brown 9 yard run (Jones kick)	PUR 16–0

Q3	8:26	STAN	Plunkett 1 yard run (Horowitz kick)	PUR 16–6

Q3		PUR	Brown 4 yard run (Jones kick)	PUR 23–6

Q4		PUR	Jones 33 yard field goal	PUR 26–6

Q4		STAN	Brown 44 yard pass from Plunkett (Horowitz kick)	PUR 26–13

Purdue intercepted Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett five times. ^[3]

References

1 2 3 2010 Purdue information guide
↑ 2011 Purdue football information guide.
↑ "Purdue Stuns Stanford." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 4.

Purdue Boilermakers football
Venues	Stuart Field (1892–1924) Ross–Ade Stadium (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Chicago Illinois (Purdue Cannon) Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) Notre Dame (Shillelagh Trophy)
Culture & lore	Boilermaker Special Cradle of Quarterbacks Purdue Pete Purdue Wreck "Hail Purdue!" All-American Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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