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1978 Purdue Boilermakers football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 41–21 vs. Georgia Tech
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
Record9–2–1 (6–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPKeena Turner
Captains
  • Tim Eubank
  • Willie Harris
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Michigan + 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Michigan State + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 13 Purdue 6 – 1 – 1 9 – 2 – 1
Ohio State 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 1
Minnesota 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 4 – 2 5 – 4 – 2
Indiana 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Iowa 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Illinois 0 – 6 – 2 1 – 8 – 2
Northwestern 0 – 8 – 1 0 – 10 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 16Michigan State
W 21–1460,355
September 23Ohio*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 24–055,172
September 30at Notre Dame*
L 6–1059,075
October 7Wake Forest*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 14–754,362
October 14No. 16 Ohio State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 27–1669,465
October 21at IllinoisNo. 19
W 13–050,918
October 28at IowaNo. 17
W 34–757,640
November 4NorthwesterndaggerNo. 14
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 31–064,232
November 11at WisconsinNo. 12
T 24–2478,986
November 18at No. 7 MichiganNo. 15
L 6–24106,410
November 25IndianaNo. 18
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 20–769,918
December 25vs. Georgia TechNo. 17
W 41–2120,277
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Starters

Offense: se Burrell, lt Feil, lg Schwan, c Quinn, rg LeFeber, rt McKenzie, te Eubank/Young, qb Herrmann, fb Macon, tb Pope, fl M. Harris, k Sovereen

Defense: le Floyd, lt Clark, mg Loushin, rt Jackson, re Turner, lb Motts/Johanson, cb W. Smith/Moss, ss Supan, fs W. Harris, p Eagin

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Staff

Head coach: Jim Young

Assistants: Bob Bockrath, Leon Burtnett, Mike Hankwitz, Randy Hart, Doug Redmann, Bob Spoo, Larry Thompson, Ed Zaunbrecher

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Game summaries

Michigan State

1 234Total
Michigan State 14 000 14
• Purdue 0 0147 21
Scoring summary
1MSUKirk Gibson 4 yard pass from Ed Smith (Morten Andersen kick)MSU 7-0
1MSUEd Smith 3 yard run (Morten Andersen kick)MSU 14-0
3PURDave Young 1 yard pass from Mark Herrmann (Scott Sovereen kick)MSU 14-7
3PURRussell Pope 62 yard run (Scott Sovereen kick)Tied 14-14
4PURJohn Macon 33 yard run (Scott Sovereen kick)PUR 21-14

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Notre Dame

Ohio State

1 234Total
Ohio St 0 736 16
• Purdue 3 01410 27
Scoring summary
Q1PURSovereen 28 yard field goalPUR 3–0
Q2OHSTVolley 49 yard run (Janakievski kick)OHST 7–3
Q3PURMacon 1 yard run (Sovereen kick)PUR 10–7
Q3OHSTAtha 42 yard field goalTie 10–10
Q3PURPope 11 yard run (Sovereen kick)PUR 17–10
Q4PURSovereen 41 yard field goalPUR 20–10
Q4OHSTGerald 60 yard pass from Schlichter (pass failed)PUR 20–16
Q4PURHarris 19 yard pass from Herrmann (Sovereen kick)PUR 27–16

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Iowa

1 234Total
• Purdue 10 7017 34
Iowa 0 070 7
Scoring summary
1PURSovereen 39 yard field goalPurdue 3–0
1PURPope 11 yard run (Sovereen kick)Purdue 10–0
2PURYoung 25 yard pass from Herrmann (Sovereen kick)Purdue 17–0
3IOWAReid 57 yard run (Schilling kick)Purdue 17–7
4PURBurrell 11 yard pass from Herrmann (Sovereen kick)Purdue 24–7
4PURSovereen 27 yard field goalPurdue 27–7
4PUREubank 3 yard pass from Herrmann (Sovereen kick)Purdue 34–7

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Statistics

Passing

Player Comp Att Yards TD INT
Herrmann 152 274 1,904 14 12

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Awards

All-Big Ten

  • Ken Loushin (1st)
  • Keena Turner (1st)
  • Mark Herrmann (2nd)
  • Marcus Jackson (2nd)
  • John LeFeber (2nd)
  • John Macon (2nd)
  • Steve McKenzie (2nd)
  • Dale Schwan (2nd)
  • Scott Sovereen (2nd)

Big Ten Coach of the Year: Jim Young

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e 2010 Purdue football information guide
  2. ^ "Macon's Run Lifts Purdue Over Spartans." Palm Beach Post. 1978 Sept 17.
  3. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1978 Oct 15.
  4. ^ "Purdue cuts down Iowa again." Milwaukee Journal. 1978 Oct 29.
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