1975 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1975 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Alex Agase (3rd season)
MVP	Mike Pruitt
Captain	Ken Long, Ken Novak, Mike Pruitt
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

1975 Big Ten Conference football standings

	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

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

Roster

1975 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class G 77 Ken Long Sr FB 38 Mike Pruitt Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 48 Fred Arrington DT 74 Ken Novak Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Alex Agase Coordinators/assistant coaches Rick Venturi Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Starters

Offense: se Arnold, ot 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

USC

• Paul Beery 6 receptions, 101 yards

Wisconsin

• Mike Pruitt 31 carries, 162 yards
• Scott Dierking 20 carries, 139 yards

Illinois

• Mike Pruitt 29 carries, 115 yards

Ohio State

See also: 1975 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

• Mike Pruitt 24 carries, 127 yards

Michigan State

• Scott Dierking 24 carries, 149 yards
• Mike Pruitt 28 carries, 120 yards

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 0 15 0 3 18 • Purdue 7 0 0 12 19 Date: November 15 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium Game attendance: 45,549

Scoring summary 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

• Scott Dierking 30 carries, 107 yards