The 1972 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented

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during the 1972 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by

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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

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. This was the first season in which Purdue played an 11-game schedule. Every Big Ten team except the Boilermakers and

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added an 11th game for the first time in 1971. The Buckeyes did not play an 11-game slate until 1974.

Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

Washington

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16 rushes, 213 yards

At Minnesota

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25 rushes, 152 yards

Northwestern

32 rushes, 233 yards

Wisconsin

19 rushes, 169 yards

Indiana

carried 32 times for 276 yards, breaking his own single-game school rushing record (233) and passing Wisconsin's

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for most career rushing yards in the Big Ten with 3,316."Purdue Thrashes Indiana To Win Old Oaken Bucket." Palm Beach Post. 1972 Nov 26.

References

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