American college football season
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 .
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 13 at Northwestern L 25–3122,000
September 20 No. 9 Notre Dame * L 0–1769,795
September 27 at No. 3 USC * L 6–1956,170
October 4 Miami (OH) * Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN L 3–1452,309
October 11 Wisconsin Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN L 14–1762,406
October 18 at Illinois W 26–2461,204
October 25 No. 1 Ohio State Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN L 6–3569,405
November 1 Michigan State Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN W 20–1057,104
November 8 at No. 6 Michigan L 0–28102,415 [1] [2]
November 15 Iowa Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN W 19–1845,549
November 22 at Indiana W 9–743,455
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1975 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Starters
Offense: se Arnold, ot[clarification needed ] 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
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
Northwestern
Notre Dame
USC
Paul Beery 6 receptions, 101 yards
Miami (OH)
Wisconsin
Illinois
Ohio State
Michigan State
Michigan
Iowa
1
2 3 4 Total
Iowa
0
15 0 3
18
• Purdue
7
0 0 12
19
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Indiana
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