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1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team
American college football season
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.
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 4–6 (2–5 Big Ten) |
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MVP | Stan Brown |
Captain | Donnie Green, Veno Paraskevas |
Home stadium | Ross–Ade Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 19 | TCU* | W 15–0 | 65,808 | |
September 26 | at No. 6 Notre Dame* | L 0–48 | 59,075 | |
October 3 | at No. 3 Stanford* | W 26–14 | 62,000 | |
October 10 | No. 7 Michigan |
| L 0–29 | 69,021 |
October 17 | at Iowa | W 24–3 | 56,973 | |
October 24 | at Northwestern | L 14–38 | 38,722 | |
October 31 | Illinois |
| L 21–23 | 67,747 |
November 7 | at Michigan State | L 14–24 | 61,113 | |
November 14 | Ohio State |
| L 7–10 | 68,157 |
November 21 | Indiana |
| W 40–0 | 69,357 |
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TCU
- Otis Armstrong, 22 rushes, 100 yards
Stanford
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Purdue intercepted Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett five times. [2]
- Otis Armstrong 27 rushes, 120 yards
Iowa
- Otis Armstrong 25 rushes, 164 yards
Ohio State
See also: 1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
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Ohio State Buckeyes (7–0) at Purdue Boilermakers
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
Indiana
- Otis Armstrong 23 rushes, 168 yards
- "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 88. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
- "Purdue Stuns Stanford." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 4.