1976 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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1976 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1976 record 5-6 (4-4 Big Ten)
Head coach Alex Agase
MVP Scott Dierking
Captain Scott Dierking
Captain Blane Smith
Home stadium Ross-Ade Stadium
Seasons
« 1975 1977 »
1976 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Michigan + 7 – 1 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
#6 Ohio State + 7 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 1
Minnesota 4 – 4 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Illinois 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Indiana 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Purdue 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Iowa 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Michigan State 3 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 1
Northwestern 1 – 7 – 0     1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1976 college football season.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 11 Northwestern Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 31-19   46,311
September 18 at Notre Dame* Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) L 23-7   59,075
September 25 #19 USC* Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN L 31-13   65,425
October 2 Miami (OH)* Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 42-20   55,102
October 9 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 18-16   79,111
October 16 Illinoisdagger Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon) L 21-17   66,716
October 23 at #9 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 24-3   87,898
October 30 at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 45-13   52,222
November 6 #1 Michigan Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 16-14   57,205
November 13 at Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 21-0   44,763
November 20 Indiana Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) L 20-14   63,220
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Starters

Offense

POS Name Name
QB Mark Vitali
TB Scott Dierking
FB John Skibinski
SE Raymond Smith Jesse Townsend
FL Reggie Arnold
TE Nigel Wirgowski
LT John LeFeber
LG Tom Gibson
C Jay Venzin Rich Wetendorf
RG Connie Zelencik
RT Dave Lafary

Defense

POS Name Name
LDE Blane Smith
LDT Cleveland Crosby
MG Ken Loushin
RDT Chris Barr
RDE Kim Cripe
LB Bob Mannella
LB Fred Arrington Kevin Motts
CB Jerome King
CB Mike Northington Pat Harris
SS Paul Beery
FS Rock Supan

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Coaching staff

Head Coach: Alex Agase

Assistants: George Catavolos (Secondary), Fred Conti, Jack Ellis, Bob Geiger, Jerry Hartman, Pat Naughton, Tom Roggeman, Rick Venturi, Mike Wynn [1]

Game notes

Michigan

#1 Michigan at Purdue
1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan 7 0 7 0 14
• Purdue 7 6 0 3 16
  • PUR: Scott Dierking 38 Rush, 162 Yds [2]

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
• Purdue 6 8 7 0 21
Iowa 0 0 0 0 0

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Statistics

Passing

Player Comp Att Yards TD INT
Mark Vitali 73 172 1,184 0 16
Scott Dierking 92

Rushing

Player Att Yards TD
Scott Dierking 201 1,000 11
John Skibinski 173 871
Mark Vitali 100 317

Receiving

Player Rec Yards TD
Reggie Arnold 16 287
Raymond Smith 11 233
John Skibinski 13 118

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Awards

Red Mackey Award: Mark Vitali [1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2010 Purdue football information guide
  2. ↑ 2011 Purdue football information guide.
  3. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Nov 14.
  4. ↑ Broyles, Bob and Paul Guido. 50 Years of College Football: A Modern History of America's Most Colorful Sport
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