1975 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1975 Purdue Boilermakers football
1975 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Alex Agase (3rd season);
MVP	Mike Pruitt
Captains	Ken Long; Ken Novak; Mike Pruitt;
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1974 1976 →

The 1975 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by third-year head coach Alex Agase, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the Big Ten. Purdue played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Record4–7 (4–4 Big Ten)

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1975 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 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

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 25–31	22,000	^[1]
September 20	No. 9 Notre Dame*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	L 0–17	69,795	^[2]
September 27	at No. 3 USC*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 6–19	56,170	^[3]
October 4	Miami (OH)*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 3–14	52,309	^[4]
October 11	Wisconsin	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 14–17	62,406	^[5]
October 18	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	W 26–24	61,204	^[6]
October 25	No. 1 Ohio State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 6–35	69,405	^[7]
November 1	Michigan State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 20–10	57,104	^[8]
November 8	at No. 6 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–28	102,415	^[9]^[10]
November 15	Iowa	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 19–18	45,549	^[11]
November 22	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 9–7	43,455	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa	0	15	0	3	18
• Purdue	7	0	0	12	19


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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