1973 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1973 Big Ten Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1973 Purdue Boilermakers football
1973 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1973 record	5–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Alex Agase (1st season);
MVP	Bo Bobrowski
Captains	Bo Bobrowski; Tim Racke;
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1972 1974 →

The 1973 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1973 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 14–13	58,265
September 22	Miami (OH)*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 19–24	53,973	^[1]
September 29	No. 7 Notre Dame*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 7–20	63,391
October 6	Duke*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 27–7	53,241
October 13	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)	L 13–15	54,252
October 20	Northwestern	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 21–10	57,657
October 27	Michigan State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 7–10	55,291
November 3	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 48–23	39,120
November 10	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 7–34	36,890
November 17	No. 4 Michigan	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 9–34	56,485
November 24	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 28–23	44,789
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

*Schedule Source:^[2]

1973 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`22`	Larry Burton	Jr
OT	`77`	Ken Long	So
OG	`69`	Ralph Perretta	Jr
FB	`35`	Pete Gross	Jr
C	`51`	Frank DiLieto	Sr
OG	`68`	Jeff Romack	Sr
OT	`64`	Steve Schaefer	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`74`	Ken Novak	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`1`	Frank Conner	So

^ Bob Ford (September 23, 1973). "Miami Redskins stage late revolt to ruin Purdue's football opener, 24-19". The Kokomo Tribune. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
^ DeLassus, David. "Purdue (IN) Yearly Results: 1970–1974". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Oct 21.
^ 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-01.
^ 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-27.
^ 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-01.
^ 2020 Purdue football record book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-20.
^ 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-02.

v t 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 Holy Buckeye Purdue Pete Purdue Wreck "Hail Purdue!" All-American Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1973 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Ohio State +	7	–	0	–	1	10	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Michigan +	7	–	0	–	1	10	–	0	–	1
Minnesota	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Indiana	0	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Iowa	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll