1975 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1975 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1975 record	4–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Alex Agase
MVP	Mike Pruitt
Captain	Ken Long
Captain	Ken Novak
Captain	Mike Pruitt
Home stadium	Ross-Ade Stadium

1975 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 Ohio State $	8	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#8 Michigan	7	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	2
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Iowa	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	1	–	6	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1975 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13		at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		L 25–31	22,000
September 20		#9 Notre Dame*		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		L 0–17	69,795
September 27		at #3 USC*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		L 6–19	56,170
October 4		Miami (OH)*		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		L 3–14	52,309
October 11		Wisconsin		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		L 14–17	62,406
October 18		at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL		W 26–24	61,204
October 25		#1 Ohio State		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		L 6–35	69,405
November 1		Michigan State		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		W 20–10	57,104
November 8		at #6 Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI		L 0–28	102,415
November 15		Iowa		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		W 19–18	45,549
November 22		at Indiana		Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN		W 9–7	43,455
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Starters

Offense: se Arnold, ot Stapleton, og Gibson, c Polak, sg Zelencik, st Long, te Wirgowski, qb Vitali, fl Beery, fb Pruitt, tb Dierking, k Schmidt

Defense: le Smith, lt Novak, mg Gorgal/Ruwe, rt Parker, re Hardy, lb Sullivan, lb Mannella, cb DiMarzio/Harris, cb Cooper, s Wood/Lewis, s Andres/Thompson, p Vitali

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Coaching staff

HC: Alex Agase

Ast: George Catavolos, Fred Conti, Jack Ellis, Bob Geiger, Jerry Hartman, Pat Naughton, Tom Roggeman, Rick Venturi, Mike Wynn

Game summaries

USC

• Paul Beery 6 receptions, 101 yards ^[1]

Wisconsin

• Mike Pruitt 31 carries, 162 yards
• Scott Dierking 20 carries, 139 yards ^[1]

Illinois

• Mike Pruitt 29 carries, 115 yards ^[1]

Ohio State

• Mike Pruitt 24 carries, 127 yards ^[1]

Michigan State

• Scott Dierking 24 carries, 149 yards
• Mike Pruitt 28 carries, 120 yards ^[1]

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 0 15 0 3 18 • Purdue 7 0 0 12 19 Date: November 15 Location: Ross-Ade Stadium Game attendance: 45,549

Scoring summary Q1 PUR Dierking 1 yard run (Schmidt kick) PUR 7–0 Q2 IOWA Schick 6 yard run (Schick run) IOWA 8–7 Q2 IOWA Fetter 19 yard run (Quartaro kick) IOWA 15–7 Q4 IOWA Quartaro 25 yard field goal IOWA 18–7 Q4 PUR Dierking 4 yard run (run failed) IOWA 18–13 Q4 :05 PUR Dierking 1 yard run (pass failed) PUR 19–18

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• Scott Dierking 30 carries, 107 yards ^[1]

References

1. 2010 Purdue football information guide
2. Palm Beach Post. 1975 Nov 16.