1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–6 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bob DeMoss (1st season)
MVP	Stan Brown
Captains	Donnie Green Veno Paraskevas
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

1970 Big Ten Conference football standings

	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	Source
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

Game summaries

TCU

• Otis Armstrong, 22 rushes, 100 yards

Stanford

Team	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

Scoring summary

Q1		PUR	Piebes 3 yard run (Jones kick)	PUR 7–0
Q1		PUR	Safety, Kauffman tackled in end zone	PUR 9–0
Q1		PUR	Brown 9 yard run (Jones kick)	PUR 16–0
Q3	8:26	STAN	Plunkett 1 yard run (Horowitz kick)	PUR 16–6
Q3		PUR	Brown 4 yard run (Jones kick)	PUR 23–6
Q4		PUR	Jones 33 yard field goal	PUR 26–6
Q4		STAN	Brown 44 yard pass from Plunkett (Horowitz kick)	PUR 26–13

Purdue intercepted Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett five times.

• Otis Armstrong 27 rushes, 120 yards

Iowa

• Otis Armstrong 25 rushes, 164 yards

Ohio State

See also: 1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Ohio State Buckeyes (7–0) at Purdue Boilermakers

Quarter	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

First quarter OSU – John Brockington 26-yard run (Fred Schram kick), 2:13. Ohio St 7–0. Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards. PUR – Stan Brown 96-yard kickoff return (Jeff Jones kick), 2:01. Tie 7–7. Fourth quarter OSU – Fred Schram 30-yard field goal, 2:04. Ohio St 10–7. Drive: 7 plays, 66 yards. Top passers OSU – Ron Maciejowski – 1/3, 52 yards PUR – Gary Danielson – 2/12, 17 yards, 2 INT Top rushers OSU – John Brockington – 24 rushes, 136 yards, TD PUR – Otis Armstrong – 20 rushes, 94 yards Top receivers OSU – Bruce Jankowski – 1 reception, 52 yards PUR – Stan Brown – 1 reception, 9 yards

Indiana

• Otis Armstrong 23 rushes, 168 yards

Roster

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 Tony Mason Ron Meyer Al Parker Tom Roggeman Dale Samuels Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt