1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1974 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by second-year head coach Alex Agase, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 4–6–1 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the Big Ten. Purdue played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

1974 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–6–1 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Alex Agase (2nd season)
MVP	Larry Burton
Captains	Fred Cooper Ralph Perretta
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
Seasons ← 1973 1975 →

1974 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 12 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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	Wisconsin	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 14–28	54,239
September 21	Miami (OH)*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	T 7–7	55,322
September 28	at No. 2 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 31–20	59,075
October 5	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 14–16	20,500	[1]
October 12	Illinois	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana (rivalry)	L 23–27	63,174
October 19	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 31–26	27,557
October 26	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 7–31	63,321
November 2	Iowa	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 38–14	51,107
November 9	Minnesota	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 20–24	51,374
November 16	at No. 3 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–51	88,902
November 23	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 38–17	63,637
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

Notre Dame

Team	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

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Duke

• Scott Dierking 19 rushes, 122 yards

Northwestern

Team	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

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Scott Dierking 24 rushes, 127 yards

Iowa

• Mike Pruitt 10 rushes, 179 yards

Indiana

• Scott Dierking 19 rushes, 129 yards

Roster

1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR Reggie Arnold WR Paul Beery RB Tim Boykin WR 22 Larry Burton Sr RB Scott Dierking OL Tom Gibson RB Pete Gross G 77 Ken Long Jr QB Craig Nagel RB Mike Northington WR Errol Patterson G 69 Ralph Perretta Sr OL Jim Polak FB 38 Mike Pruitt Jr TE Barry Santini OL Jeff Stapleton QB Michael Terrizzi QB Mark Vitali TE Nigel Wirgowski OL Connie Zelencik	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB Tom Andres DB 42 Fred Cooper Sr DB Alex DiMarzio DL Mark Gorgal DL Ron Hardy DB Pat Harris DB Dwight Lewis LB Bob Manella DT 74 Ken Novak Jr DL Rick Oliver DL Stan Parker DL Roger Ruwe DL Blane Smith LB Joe Sullivan DB Antjony Thompson DB Jim Wood	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 1 Frank Conner Jr	Head coach Alex Agase Coordinators/assistant coaches Fred Conti Jerry Hartman Rick Venturi Jack Ellis Mike Wynn Pat Naughton Bob Geiger Tom Roggeman George Catavolos Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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