American college football season
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 |
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September 19 | TCU* | | W 15–0 | 65,808 |
September 26 | at No. 6 Notre Dame* | | L 0–48 | 59,075 |
October 3 | at No. 3 Stanford* | | 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 | | W 24–3 | 56,973 |
October 24 | at Northwestern | - Dyche Stadium
- Evanston, IL
| L 14–38 | 38,722 |
October 31 | Illinois![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Ross–Ade Stadium
- West Lafayette, 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 released prior to the game
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Personnel[]
1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
Pos. |
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Name |
Class
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MG
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Gregg Bingham
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CB
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Sam Carter
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DB
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Randy Cooper
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DT
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Alex Davis
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S
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Steve deGrandmaison
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DE
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John Handy
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DE
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Gary Hrivnak
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DT
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Ron Maree
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DB
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Mike McDaniel
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MG
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Doug Molls
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LB
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99
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Vero Paraskevas (C)
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Sr
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CB
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Charlie Potts
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LB
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Jim Teal
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DE
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Rick Tekavec
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Special teams
Pos. |
# |
Name |
Class
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P
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Scott Lougheed
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- 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
Redshirt
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Season summary[]
TCU[]
Otis Armstrong 22 Rush, 100 Yds [2]
Notre Dame[]
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Stanford[]
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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• Purdue |
16 |
0 | 7 | 3 |
26 |
Stanford |
0 |
0 | 7 | 7 |
14 |
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Scoring summary |
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| 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 |
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Purdue intercepted Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett five times.
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Michigan[]
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Iowa[]
Ohio State[]
Game information
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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.
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- 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
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Indiana[]
References[]
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