Purdue Boilermakers

1973 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
49	Tim Armstrong T. Armstrong	DL	6'1"	234	JR
53	Mike Beuthin M. Beuthin	OL	6'3"	206	JR
14	Bo Bobrowski B. Bobrowski	QB	6'2"	199	SR
22	Larry Burton L. Burton	WR	6'1"	182	JR
10	Nick Cannone N. Cannone	DB	6'2"	189	SR
21	Carl Capria C. Capria	DB	6'4"	181	SR
45	Clarence Childers C. Childers	WR	6'4"	195	JR
33	Randy Clark R. Clark	LB	6'1"	217	JR
1	Frank Conner F. Conner	K	6'1"	226	JR
42	Fred Cooper F. Cooper	DB	5'11"	185	JR
73	Roger Crisp R. Crisp	OL	6'4"	245	SO
46	Doug Crum D. Crum	LB	6'2"	189	SO
95	Joe DiCarlo J. DiCarlo		6'4"	245	SO
	Scott Dierking S. Dierking	RB
51	Frank DiLieto F. DiLieto	OL	6'2"	235	SR
20	Alex DiMarzio A. DiMarzio	DB	6'1"	170	JR
60	Dan Drysdale D. Drysdale	OL	6'1"	220	JR
57	Tom Erdman T. Erdman	OL	6'4"	217	JR
37	Cedric Evams C. Evams	LB	6'4"	210	SO
70	Gary Feil G. Feil	OL	6'2"	230	JR
65	Mark Gefert M. Gefert	LB	6'2"	213	SR
54	Mark Gorgal M. Gorgal	DL	6'2"	219	SO
35	Pete Gross P. Gross	FB	6'0"	202	JR
30	Dave Guthrie D. Guthrie	FB	6'2"	203	JR
71	Wallace Hale W. Hale	OL	6'4"	278	JR
94	Ron Hardy R. Hardy	DL	6'2"	228	JR
41	Bob Herrick B. Herrick	WR	6'1"	180	SR
97	Bob Hoftiezer B. Hoftiezer	DL	6'2"	187	SR
34	Tim Hunter T. Hunter	FB	6'0"	211	JR
26	Chuck Keever C. Keever	DL	6'0"	220	SR
29	Dick Keys D. Keys	WR	6'1"	166	SO
43	Roy Kidd R. Kidd	RB	5'10"	186	JR
31	Bill Knox B. Knox	DB	5'10"	187	SR
44	Dwight Lewis D. Lewis	DB	6'3"	177	SO
98	Ron Likar R. Likar	TE	6'4"	228	FR
77	Ken Long K. Long	OL	6'4"	260	JR
72	Bob Lung B. Lung	OL	6'6"	247	SO
59	Bob Mannella B. Mannella	LB	6'0"	222	FR
4	Ralph Mathena R. Mathena	DB	5'11"	164	SR
40	Bill Matthews B. Matthews	DB	5'10"	174	JR
79	Steve Murrenbern S. Murrenbern		6'4"	243	SR
12	Craig Nagel C. Nagel	QB	6'4"	190	SO
19	Bill Nauman B. Nauman	QB	6'4"	196	SO
24	Mike Northington M. Northington	RB	5'10"	165	FR
74	Ken Novak K. Novak		6'7"	263	SO
86	Rick Oliver R. Oliver	DL	6'2"	207	JR
90	Stan Parker S. Parker		6'3"	240	JR
28	Errol Patterson E. Patterson	WR	6'1"	168	JR
69	Ralph Perretta R. Perretta	OL	6'3"	245	JR
23	Skip Peterson S. Peterson	RB	6'1"	199	JR
58	Jim Polak J. Polak	OL	6'3"	233	SO
38	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	FB	6'1"	203	SO
39	Tim Racke T. Racke	DB	6'0"	182	SR
68	Jeff Romack J. Romack	OL	6'2"	222	SR
89	Dan Roman D. Roman	WR	5'11"	182	SR
81	Barry Santini B. Santini	TE	6'4"	222	JR
64	Steve Schaefer S. Schaefer	OL	6'2"	232	SR
32	Rick Schavietello R. Schavietello	LB	6'1"	213	SR
15	Steve Schmidt S. Schmidt	QB	6'4"	208	SO
83	Bob Sheehy B. Sheehy	TE	6'3"	211	JR
78	Jeff Stapleton J. Stapleton	OL	6'5"	227	SO
3	Bill Stinchcomb B. Stinchcomb	K	6'0"	189	FR
91	Jim Sylvester J. Sylvester	DL	6'2"	210	JR
75	Mike Tasso M. Tasso	OL	6'6"	266	FR
93	Joe Tenkman J. Tenkman	DL	6'3"	210	SR
7	Mike Terrizzi M. Terrizzi	QB	6'3"	200	JR
	Jon Walling J. Walling	TE
48	Jim Wood J. Wood	DB	5'11"	179	JR
50	Connie Zelencik C. Zelencik	OL	6'4"	217	FR
76	Jon Zwitt J. Zwitt		6'6"	246	FR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333