1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team

American college football season

1970 Purdue Boilermakers football

Conference| Big Ten Conference
Record| 4–6 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach|

* Bob DeMoss (1st season)

MVP| Stan Brown
Captain| Donnie Green, Veno Paraskevas
Home stadium| Ross–Ade Stadium

Seasons

<- 1969

1971 ->

1970 Big Ten Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 5 Ohio State $  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
No. 9 Michigan | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Northwestern | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Iowa | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Wisconsin | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 1
Michigan State | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Minnesota | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Purdue | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Illinois | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Indiana | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1970 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by first-year head coach Bob DeMoss, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, placing eighth in the Big Ten. This was Purdue's first losing season since the 1956 season. The team played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance

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September 19| TCU*|

* Ross–Ade Stadium
* West Lafayette, IN

| W 15–0| 65,808
September 26| at No. 6 Notre Dame*|

* Notre Dame Stadium
* Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)

| L 0–48| 59,075
October 3| at No. 3 Stanford*|

* Stanford Stadium
* Stanford, CA

| 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|

* Iowa Stadium
* Iowa City, IA

| W 24–3| 56,973
October 24| at Northwestern|

* Dyche Stadium
* Evanston, IL

| L 14–38| 38,722
October 31| Illinois|

* Ross–Ade Stadium
* West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)

| 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 7–10| 68,157
November 21| Indiana|

* Ross–Ade Stadium
* West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)

| W 40–0| 69,357

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## Personnel

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1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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RB | `` | Otis Armstrong
TE | `` | Ashley Bell
WR | `` | Stan Brown
TE | `` | Mike Cota
QB | `18` | Gary Danielson | So
OT | `` | Paul DeNuccio
OT | `` | Donnie Green (C)
G | `` | Tim Huxhold
QB, K | `` | Jeff Jones
G | `` | Tom Luken
FB | `` | Ron North
QB | `` | Chuck Piebes
WR | `` | Darryl Stingley
C | `` | Kenneth Watkins
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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MG | `` | Gregg Bingham
CB | `` | Sam Carter
DB | `` | Randy Cooper
DT | `` | Alex Davis
S | `` | Steve deGrandmaison
DE | `` | John Handy
DE | `` | Gary Hrivnak
DT | `` | Ron Maree
DB | `` | Mike McDaniel
MG | `` | Doug Molls
LB | `99` | Vero Paraskevas (C) | Sr
CB | `` | Charlie Potts
LB | `` | Jim Teal
DE | `` | Rick Tekavec
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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P | `` | Scott Lougheed

Head coach

* Bob DeMoss

Coordinators/assistant coaches

* Bob Geiger
* Allen Hager
* C.W. Hewgley
* Wayne Jones
* Ned Maloney
* Ron Meyer
* Al Parker
* Tom Roggeman
* Dale Samuels

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

## Game summaries

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### TCU

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* Otis Armstrong, 22 rushes, 100 yards

### 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

* Date: October 3
* Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA
* Game attendance: 62,000

| Scoring summary

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

Purdue intercepted Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett five times. [2]

* Otis Armstrong 27 rushes, 120 yards

### Iowa

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* Otis Armstrong 25 rushes, 164 yards

### Ohio State

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See also: 1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Ohio State Buckeyes (7–0) at Purdue Boilermakers

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Ohio St | 7 | 0 | 0| 3| 10
Purdue | 7 | 0 | 0| 0| 7

at Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

* Date: November 14, 1970
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: Overcast, 37 °F (3 °C)
* Game attendance: 68,157
* Box Score

Game information

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.

Top passers

* OSU – Ron Maciejowski – 1/3, 52 yards
* PUR – Gary Danielson – 2/12, 17 yards, 2 INT

Top rushers

* OSU – John Brockington – 24 rushes, 136 yards, TD
* PUR – Otis Armstrong – 20 rushes, 94 yards

Top receivers

* OSU – Bruce Jankowski – 1 reception, 52 yards
* PUR – Stan Brown – 1 reception, 9 yards

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### Indiana

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* Otis Armstrong 23 rushes, 168 yards

## References

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1. ^ "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 88. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
2. ^ "Purdue Stuns Stanford." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 4.

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Purdue Boilermakers football

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* Stuart Field (1892–1924)
* Ross–Ade Stadium (1924–present)

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* Chicago (defunct)
* Illinois
* Indiana: Old Oaken Bucket
* Notre Dame

Culture & lore|

* Boilermaker Special
* Cradle of Quarterbacks
* Purdue Pete
* Purdue Wreck
* "Hail Purdue!"
* All-American Marching Band

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