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
Captain	Bo Bobrowski, Tim Racke
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
Seasons ← 1972 1974 →

1973 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	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. Led by first-year head coach Alex Agase, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing in a four-way tie for fourth in the Big Ten. Purdue played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
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	[1]
September 29	No. 7 Notre Dame*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	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 (rivalry)	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	[2]
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

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1973 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Bo Bobrowski WR 22 Larry Burton Jr RB Scott Dierking C 51 Frank DiLieto Sr FB 35 Pete Gross Jr RB Bob Herrick RB Tim Hunter RB Roy Kidd OT 77 Ken Long So QB Craig Nagel RB Mike Northington WR Errol Patterson G 69 Ralph Perretta Jr RB Skip Peterson RB Mike Pruitt G 68 Jeff Romack Sr WR Dan Roman TE Barry Santini OT 64 Steve Schaefer Sr QB Mike Terrizzi TE Joe Walling	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB Carl Capria LB Randy Clark DB Fred Cooper DB Alex DiMarzo LB Cedric Evans LB Mark Gefert DL Mark Gorgal DL Bob Hofiezer MG Chuck Keever DB Bill Knox DT 74 Ken Novak So DL Steve Nurrenbern DL Rick Oliver DL Stan Parker DB Tim Racke LB Rick Schavietello DL Joe Tenkman DB Jim Wood DL Jon Zwitt	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 1 Frank Conner So K Steve Schmidt So	Head coach Alex Agase Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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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

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• Bo Bobrowski 24 rushes, 125 yards

• Mike Northington 31 rushes, 146 yards
• Bo Bobrowski 10 rushes, 123 yards

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• Pete Gross 29 rushes, 174 yards
• Bo Bobrowski 17 rushes, 114 yards