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1972 Purdue

6–⁠5 (6–⁠2 Big Ten), coached by Bob DeMoss.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 1972, game by game: lost vs. Bowling Green 14–17; lost vs. No. 15 Washington 21–22; lost at No. 10 Notre Dame 14–35; won at Iowa 24–0; won at Minnesota 28–3; won vs. Northwestern 37–0; won vs. Illinois 20–14; lost at Michigan State 12–22; won vs. Wisconsin 27–6; lost at No. 3 Michigan 6–9; won vs. Indiana 42–7+37−21Lost 14–17 vs. Bowling Green-3Bowling GreenLost 21–22 vs. No. 15 Washington-1No. 15 WashingtonLost 14–35 at No. 10 Notre Dame-21No. 10 Notre DameWon 24–0 at Iowa+24IowaWon 28–3 at Minnesota+25MinnesotaWon 37–0 vs. Northwestern+37NorthwesternWon 20–14 vs. Illinois+6IllinoisLost 12–22 at Michigan State-10Michigan StateWon 27–6 vs. Wisconsin+21WisconsinLost 6–9 at No. 3 Michigan-3No. 3 MichiganWon 42–7 vs. Indiana+35Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsBowling GreenL 14–⁠1756%
Sep 23vs15WashingtonL 21–⁠2233%
Sep 30at10Notre DameL 14–⁠3516%
Oct 7atIowaW 24–⁠047%
Oct 14atMinnesotaW 28–⁠351%
Oct 21vsNorthwesternW 37–⁠061%
Oct 28vsIllinoisW 20–⁠1475%
Nov 4atMichigan StateL 12–⁠2242%
Nov 11vsWisconsinW 27–⁠666%
Nov 18at3MichiganL 6–⁠916%
Nov 25vsIndianaW 42–⁠770%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Indiana 42–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 2: 18
  3. Wk 14: 20

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1972.

2 consensus All-AmericansOtis Armstrong, RB; Dave Butz, DT

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
6–⁠2 3rd in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
245–⁠135
Coach
Bob DeMoss
Elo
1534 +91 this season
SP+ rating
11.6 No. 33 of 121; offense No. 58, defense No. 18
SRS
14.3 No. 21 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Otis Armstrong and Dave Butz
Most valuable player
Otis Armstrong

Drafted in 1973

The 1973 draft
Rd 1Dave Butz DTSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 1Otis Armstrong RBDenver Broncos
Rd 1Darryl Stingley WRNew England Patriots
Rd 2Gary Hrivnak DTChicago Bears
Rd 2Steve Baumgartner DENew Orleans Saints
Rd 4Gregg Bingham LBHouston Oilers
Rd 6Brent Myers OTOakland Raiders
Rd 7Donn Smith OTKansas City Chiefs

All-Big Ten

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1972 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan7–⁠110–⁠16
Ohio State7–⁠19–⁠29
Purdue6–⁠26–⁠5
Michigan State5–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Minnesota4–⁠44–⁠7
Indiana3–⁠55–⁠6
Illinois3–⁠53–⁠8
Iowa2–⁠6–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Wisconsin2–⁠64–⁠7
Northwestern1–⁠82–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.