American college football season
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 |
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September 15 | at Wisconsin | | W 14–13 | 58,265 | |
September 22 | Miami (OH)* | | 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 | | L 13–15 | 54,252 | |
October 20 | Northwestern![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - 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 | | W 48–23 | 39,120 | |
November 10 | at Minnesota | | 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 | | 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 | 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
- 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 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 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
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