1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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
Captain	Fred Cooper, Ralph Perretta
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

1974 Big Ten Conference football standings

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

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.

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
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

Roster

1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 22 Larry Burton Sr G 77 Ken Long Jr G 69 Ralph Perretta Sr FB 38 Mike Pruitt Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 42 Fred Cooper Sr DT 74 Ken Novak Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 1 Frank Conner Jr	Head coach Alex Agase Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Notre Dame

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

Duke

• Scott Dierking 19 rushes, 122 yards

Northwestern

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

Scott Dierking 24 rushes, 127 yards

Iowa

• Mike Pruitt 10 rushes, 179 yards

Indiana

• Scott Dierking 19 rushes, 129 yards