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1974 Purdue

4–⁠6–⁠1 (3–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Alex Agase.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 1974, game by game: lost vs. Wisconsin 14–28; tied vs. Miami (OH) 7–7; won at No. 2 Notre Dame 31–20; lost at Duke 14–16; lost vs. Illinois 23–27; won at Northwestern 31–26; lost at Michigan State 7–31; won vs. Iowa 38–14; lost vs. Minnesota 20–24; lost at No. 3 Michigan 0–51; won vs. Indiana 38–17+24−51Lost 14–28 vs. Wisconsin-14WisconsinTied 7–7 vs. Miami (OH)0Miami (OH)Won 31–20 at No. 2 Notre Dame+11No. 2 Notre DameLost 14–16 at Duke-2DukeLost 23–27 vs. Illinois-4IllinoisWon 31–26 at Northwestern+5NorthwesternLost 7–31 at Michigan State-24Michigan StateWon 38–14 vs. Iowa+24IowaLost 20–24 vs. Minnesota-4MinnesotaLost 0–51 at No. 3 Michigan-51No. 3 MichiganWon 38–17 vs. Indiana+21Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsWisconsinL 14–⁠2864%
Sep 21vsMiami (OH)T 7–⁠731%
Sep 28at2Notre DameW 31–⁠2014%
Oct 5atDukeL 14–⁠1647%
Oct 12vsIllinoisL 23–⁠2757%
Oct 19atNorthwesternW 31–⁠2659%
Oct 26atMichigan StateL 7–⁠3142%
Nov 2vsIowaW 38–⁠1468%
Nov 9vsMinnesotaL 20–⁠2467%
Nov 16at3MichiganL 0–⁠5111%
Nov 23vsIndianaW 38–⁠1774%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Indiana 38–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

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 1974.

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠5 6th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
223–⁠261
Coach
Alex Agase
Elo
1471 −20 this season
SP+ rating
2.1 No. 68 of 124; offense No. 45, defense No. 84
SRS
5.0 No. 50 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Fred Cooper and Ralph Perretta
Most valuable player
Larry Burton

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 1Larry Burton WRNew Orleans Saints
Rd 6Fred Cooper DBDetroit Lions

All-Big Ten

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan7–⁠110–⁠13
Ohio State7–⁠110–⁠24
Michigan State6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠3–⁠112
Wisconsin5–⁠37–⁠4
Illinois4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Purdue3–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Minnesota2–⁠64–⁠7
Northwestern2–⁠63–⁠8
Iowa2–⁠63–⁠8
Indiana1–⁠71–⁠10

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