1973 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Schedule

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Game summaries

At Wisconsin

Miami (OH)

Notre Dame

Duke

At Illinois

Northwestern

Michigan State

• Bo Bobrowski 24 rushes, 125 yards

At Iowa

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

At Minnesota

Michigan

At Indiana

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

61, drizzle Purdue 4-6, Indiana 2-8 Mark Gorgal recovered Trent Smock's fumble at Purdue 35 with 58 seconds left to secure the victory.

Recap 1st Qt

• PUR Mike Northington 10-yard run (Steve Schmidt kick), 7:31. P 7-0 (16 - 78 - 7:29)
• IU Frank Stavroff 50-yard field goal. P 7-3
• IU Dennis Cremeens 3-yard run (Frank Stavroff kick), 0:25. I 10-7 2nd Qt
• PUR Bo Bobrowski 1-yard run (Steve Schmidt kick). P 14-10 (9 - 63)
• IU Dennis Cremeens 11-yard pass from Willie Jones (Frank Stavroff kick), 0:06. I 17-14 3rd Qt
• PUR Bobrowski 32-yard run (Schmidt kick), 10:03 P 21-17 (60)
• PUR Scott Dierking 9-yard run (Schmidt kick) P 28-17 (88) 4th Qt
• IU Creemens 5-yard run (run failed), 5:56 P 28-23 (16 Pl)

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Roster

• Alex Agase
• George Catavolos
• Tom Roggeman

References

References

1. (September 16, 1973). "Purdue edges Wisconsin, 14–13". The Post-Crescent.
2. Bob Ford. (September 23, 1973). "Miami Redskins stage late revolt to ruin Purdue's football opener, 24-19". The Kokomo Tribune.
3. (September 30, 1973). "Methodical Notre Dame 'best' Purdue's Boilers, 20–7". The Kokomo Tribune.
4. (October 7, 1973). "Duke slowly bedeviled by Purdue 27–7". Chicago Tribune.
5. (October 14, 1973). "Field goals win for Illini". Southern Illinoisan.
6. (October 21, 1973). "Purdue survuves fumble parade". The Ann Arbor News.
7. (October 28, 1973). "Spartans thrive on 'grass' – and rain is deterrent". The Flint Journal.
8. (November 4, 1973). "Purdue's Northington scores 5 TDs as Boilers whip Iowa". The Kokomo Tribune.
9. (November 11, 1973). "Minnesota peppers Purdue". The Journal Times.
10. Curt Sylvester. (November 18, 1973). "Bring On Bucks! It's M, 34–9: Whirlwind Finish Crushes Purdue". Detroit Free Press.
11. (November 25, 1973). "I.U. loses another drop in the Bucket". The Indianapolis Star.
12. . ["2022 Purdue Football Record Book"](https://purduesports.com/documents/2022/8/23/2022_Purdue_Record_Book.pdf). *Purdue University Athletics*.
13. . ["Schedule/Results (1973 Purdue)"](https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/363976). *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]*.
14. Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Oct 21.