Year: | 1970 |
Team: | Purdue Boilermakers |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
Short Conf: | Big Ten |
Record: | 4–6 |
Conf Record: | 2–5 |
Head Coach: | Bob DeMoss |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Mvp: | Stan Brown |
Captain: | Donnie Green, Veno Paraskevas |
The 1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1970 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by first-year head coach Bob DeMoss, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, placing eighth in the Big Ten. This was Purdue's first losing season since the 1956 season. The team played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Purdue intercepted Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett five times.[2]
See also: 1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team.