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1972 Purdue Boilermakers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1972
team	Purdue Boilermakers
sport	football
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	6–5
conf_record	6–2
head_coach	Bob DeMoss
hc_year	3rd
mvp	Otis Armstrong
captain	Otis Armstrong
captain2	Dave Butz
stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

The 1972 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1972 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by Bob DeMoss in his third and final season as head coach, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big Ten. Purdue played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

This was the first season in which Purdue played an 11-game schedule. Every Big Ten team except the Boilermakers and Ohio State added an 11th game for the first time in 1971. The Buckeyes did not play an 11-game slate until 1974.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Washington

Gary Danielson 16 rushes, 213 yards

At Minnesota

Otis Armstrong 25 rushes, 152 yards

Northwestern

Otis Armstrong 32 rushes, 233 yards

Wisconsin

Otis Armstrong 19 rushes, 169 yards

Indiana

Otis Armstrong carried 32 times for 276 yards, breaking his own single-game school rushing record (233) and passing Wisconsin's Alan Ameche for most career rushing yards in the Big Ten with 3,316.

Roster

Bob DeMoss
George Catavolos
Ned Maloney
Tony Mason
Tom Roggeman

References

(September 17, 1972). "Bowling Green shocks Purdue". The Salisbury Post.
(September 24, 1972). "Kick again tips Purdue". The South Bend Tribune.
(October 1, 1972). "Notre Dame whips Purdue, 35–14". The Muncie Star.
(October 8, 1972). "Boilermakers snip 8-game loss string". The Herald-Times.
(October 15, 1972). "Boilers bounce Gophers". Evansville Courier & Press.
(October 22, 1972). "Boilers roll over Wildcats". The Anderson Herald.
(October 29, 1972). "Boilermakers quiet Illi-noise, 20–14". The Indianapolis Star.
(November 5, 1972). "MSU upsets Purdue". The Bay City Times.
(November 12, 1972). "Purdue wins, 27–6". The Terre Haute Tribune.
(November 19, 1972). "Whew! M Stays Perfect, 9–6: Last-Minute FG Downs Purdue". Detroit Free Press.
(November 26, 1972). "Otis revamps records, destroys IU". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
. ["2022 Purdue Football Record Book"](https://purduesports.com/documents/2022/8/23/2022_Purdue_Record_Book.pdf). *Purdue University Athletics*.
. ["Schedule/Results (1972 Purdue)"](https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/251702). *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]*.
Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 15.
"Purdue Thrashes Indiana To Win Old Oaken Bucket." Palm Beach Post. 1972 Nov 26.
. ["1972 Purdue Boilermakers Roster"](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1972-roster.html).

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