1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1970 Purdue Boilermakers football
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 →

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.

1970 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
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

1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
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
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
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

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Game summaries

TCU

Otis Armstrong, 22 rushes, 100 yards

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Purdue	16	0	7	3	26
Stanford	0	0	7	7	14

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

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

Otis Armstrong 27 rushes, 120 yards

Iowa

Otis Armstrong 25 rushes, 164 yards

Ohio State

Ohio State Buckeyes (7–0) at Purdue Boilermakers

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
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

Indiana

Otis Armstrong 23 rushes, 168 yards

References

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