1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1974 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1974 record	4–6–1 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Alex Agase
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

1974 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#3 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#12 Michigan State	6	–	1	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Iowa	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	1	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1974 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result
September 14	Wisconsin		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 14–28
September 21	Miami (OH)*		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	T 7–7
September 28	at #2 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	W 31–20
October 5	at Duke*		Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	L 14–16
October 12	Illinois		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	L 23–27
October 19	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 31–26
October 26	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 7–31
November 2	Iowa		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 38–14
November 9	Minnesota		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 20–24
November 16	at #3 Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–51
November 23	Indiana		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 38–17
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 24 0 0 7 31 Notre Dame 0 7 7 6 20 Date: September 28 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana

Scoring summary 1 Purdue Terrizzi 1-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 7-0 1 Purdue Gross 52-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 14-0 1 Purdue Mannella 21-yard interception return (Schmidt kick) Purdue 21-0 1 Purdue Schmidt 47-yard field goal Purdue 24-0 2 Notre Dame Bullock 1-yard run (Reeve kick) Purdue 24-7 3 Notre Dame Bullock 1-yard run (Reeve kick) Purdue 24-14 4 Purdue Northington 6-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 31-14 4 Notre Dame Demmerle 29-yard pass from Clements (pass failed) Purdue 31-20

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 6 8 17 0 31 Northwestern 0 7 7 12 26 Date: October 19 Location: Dyche Stadium, Evanston, Illinois Game attendance: 27,557

Scoring summary 1 Purdue Vitali 1-yard run (kick failed) Purdue 6-0 2 Northwestern McNamara 12-yard pass from Anderson (Blazevich kick) Northwestern 7-6 2 Purdue Vitali 1-yard run (Vitali pass from Terrizzi) Purdue 14-7 3 Purdue Dierking 4-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 21-7 3 Northwestern Pooler 13-yard run (Blazevich kick) Purdue 21-14 3 Purdue Schmidt 44-yard field goal Purdue 24-14 3 Purdue Vitali 5-yard run (Schmidt kick) Purdue 31-14 4 Northwestern Pooler 1-yard run (pass failed) Purdue 31-20 4 Northwestern Pooler 1-yard run (pass failed) Purdue 31-26