1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1974 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1974 record	4–6–1 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Alex Agase (2nd season)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
Seasons

1974 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4/3 Ohio State §	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#3/5 Michigan §	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#12/18 Michigan State	6	–	1	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Iowa	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	1	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1974 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 14	Wisconsin	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 14–28
September 21	Miami (OH)*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	T 7–7
September 28	at No. 2 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, Indiana (Shillelagh Trophy)	W 31–20
October 5	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina	L 14–16
October 12	Illinois	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana (Purdue Cannon)	L 23–27
October 19	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 31–26
October 26	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan	L 7–31
November 2	Iowa	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	W 38–14
November 9	Minnesota	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	L 20–24
November 16	at No. 3 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	L 0–51
November 23	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 38–17
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 22 Burton, LarryLarry Burton 7.0 !Sr G 77 Long, KenKen Long 5.0 !Jr G 69 Perretta, RalphRalph Perretta 7.0 !Sr FB 38 Pruitt, MikeMike Pruitt 5.0 !Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 42 Cooper, FredFred Cooper 7.0 !Sr DT 74 Novak, KenKen Novak 5.0 !Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 1 Conner, FrankFrank Conner 5.0 !Jr	Head coach Alex Agase Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Notre Dame

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 24 0 0 7 31 Notre Dame 0 7 7 6 20 Date: September 28 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana Scoring summary 1 Purdue Terrizzi 1-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 7-0 1 Purdue Gross 52-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 14-0 1 Purdue Mannella 21-yard interception return (Schmidt kick) Purdue 21-0 1 Purdue Schmidt 47-yard field goal Purdue 24-0 2 Notre Dame Bullock 1-yard run (Reeve kick) Purdue 24-7 3 Notre Dame Bullock 1-yard run (Reeve kick) Purdue 24-14 4 Purdue Northington 6-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 31-14 4 Notre Dame Demmerle 29-yard pass from Clements (pass failed) Purdue 31-20

Northwestern

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 6 8 17 0 31 Northwestern 0 7 7 12 26 Date: October 19 Location: Dyche Stadium, Evanston, Illinois Game attendance: 27,557 Scoring summary 1 Purdue Vitali 1-yard run (kick failed) Purdue 6-0 2 Northwestern McNamara 12-yard pass from Anderson (Blazevich kick) Northwestern 7-6 2 Purdue Vitali 1-yard run (Vitali pass from Terrizzi) Purdue 14-7 3 Purdue Dierking 4-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 21-7 3 Northwestern Pooler 13-yard run (Blazevich kick) Purdue 21-14 3 Purdue Schmidt 44-yard field goal Purdue 24-14 3 Purdue Vitali 5-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 31-14 4 Northwestern Pooler 1-yard run (pass failed) Purdue 31-20 4 Northwestern Pooler 1-yard run (pass failed) Purdue 31-26