1973 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1973 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Alex Agase (1st season)
MVP	Bo Bobrowski
Captains	Bo Bobrowski Tim Racke
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

1973 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Ohio State +	7	–	0	–	1			10	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Michigan +	7	–	0	–	1			10	–	0	–	1
Minnesota	6	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Indiana	0	–	8	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Iowa	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1973 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 15	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 14–13	58,265
September 22	Miami (OH)*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 19–24	53,973
September 29	No. 7 Notre Dame*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 7–20	63,391
October 6	Duke*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 27–7	53,241
October 13	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)	L 13–15	54,252
October 20	Northwestern	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 21–10	57,657
October 27	Michigan State	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 7–10	55,291
November 3	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 48–23	39,120
November 10	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 7–34	36,890
November 17	No. 4 Michigan	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 9–34	56,485
November 24	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 28–23	44,789
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

*Schedule Source:

Roster

1973 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 22 Larry Burton Jr G 77 Ken Long So G 69 Ralph Perretta Jr FB 38 Mike Pruitt So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 74 Ken Novak So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 1 Frank Conner So	Head coach Alex Agase Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 0 3 0 7 10 • Purdue 7 7 7 0 21 Date: October 20 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana Game attendance: 57,657

Scoring summary 1 PUR Northington 6 yard run (Conner kick) Purdue 7–0 2 NW Blazevich field goal Purdue 7–3 2 PUR Bobrowski 1 yard run (Conner kick) Purdue 14–3 3 PUR Bobrowski 12 yard run (Conner kick) Purdue 21–3 4 NW Kev 3 yard run (Blazevich kick) Purdue 21–10