36 years ago today...

[kdog27]

Danielson had been the Purdue starter the year before and had either led the Big 10 in passing, or was the league's top returning passer, I forget which. But Purdue's new coach, Alex Agase, wanted to run the Wishbone, which was the hot offense at the time. He benched Danielson in favor of the other QB, just a week for so before the opener. Darryl Stingley, who had been used largely as a wide out or flanker back the year before became a wing-back in the Wishbone -- which probably wasn't a good use of his talents.
Otis Armstrong did rip off a long touchdown run on a triple option pitch, but Purdue also had a lot of trouble with pitches and handoffs. I'm pretty sure we recovered a fumble deep in their territory to set up our first score and the ball was on the ground several other times.
They did put Danielson in late in the game. He completed a couple of passes to move the ball down the field, but an interception (maybe by Tony Bell?) ended the drive and sealed the win.
Ironically, the next week, Agase put Danielson back in as the starter against a good Washignton team (with QB Sonny Sixkiller). Danielson -- the passing quarterback -- ran for over 200 yards in a high-scoring loss to the Huskies. I remember watching that game with a couple of other guys who I'd gone to the BG-Purdue game with and all of us making comments like, "And this was the guy who couldn't run the ball??
One kind of odd thing I remember about the game was that Dave Butz seemed huge. He went like 6-foot-7, 295, and after the game, he stood out at midfield talking with some of our linemen who had played across from him and they looked like Pop Warner age players next to him.

I hope I can remember things that well 36 years from now

[Class of 61]

Thanks for the spelling correction...................35+ years has clouded my ability to spell!! He was the running (option) QB and Danielson was the passer if I remember correctly.

Factman,

Guess my "spelling" was a bit off( or at least my typing was)...his name was BOBROWSKI, not Borowski....At least I got it right this time.

[Tswam]

Danielson had been the Purdue starter the year before and had either led the Big 10 in passing, or was the league's top returning passer, I forget which. But Purdue's new coach, Alex Agase, wanted to run the Wishbone, which was the hot offense at the time. He benched Danielson in favor of the other QB, just a week for so before the opener. Darryl Stingley, who had been used largely as a wide out or flanker back the year before became a wing-back in the Wishbone -- which probably wasn't a good use of his talents.
Otis Armstrong did rip off a long touchdown run on a triple option pitch, but Purdue also had a lot of trouble with pitches and handoffs. I'm pretty sure we recovered a fumble deep in their territory to set up our first score and the ball was on the ground several other times.
They did put Danielson in late in the game. He completed a couple of passes to move the ball down the field, but an interception (maybe by Tony Bell?) ended the drive and sealed the win.
Ironically, the next week, Agase put Danielson back in as the starter against a good Washignton team (with QB Sonny Sixkiller). Danielson -- the passing quarterback -- ran for over 200 yards in a high-scoring loss to the Huskies. I remember watching that game with a couple of other guys who I'd gone to the BG-Purdue game with and all of us making comments like, "And this was the guy who couldn't run the ball??
One kind of odd thing I remember about the game was that Dave Butz seemed huge. He went like 6-foot-7, 295, and after the game, he stood out at midfield talking with some of our linemen who had played across from him and they looked like Pop Warner age players next to him.

Gary Seemann picked off Danielson in the end zone to win it in the 4th quarter. Tony Bell was still playing offense sharing time with Bill Pittman at wingback.

Freshman Don Taylor kicked the field goal that won it. He wasn't listed in the program, and had inherited the job when BG's kicker quit the team right before the opener.

[Falconbadger]

Danielson had been the Purdue starter the year before and had either led the Big 10 in passing, or was the league's top returning passer, I forget which. But Purdue's new coach, Alex Agase, wanted to run the Wishbone, which was the hot offense at the time. He benched Danielson in favor of the other QB, just a week for so before the opener. Darryl Stingley, who had been used largely as a wide out or flanker back the year before became a wing-back in the Wishbone -- which probably wasn't a good use of his talents.
Otis Armstrong did rip off a long touchdown run on a triple option pitch, but Purdue also had a lot of trouble with pitches and handoffs. I'm pretty sure we recovered a fumble deep in their territory to set up our first score and the ball was on the ground several other times.
They did put Danielson in late in the game. He completed a couple of passes to move the ball down the field, but an interception (maybe by Tony Bell?) ended the drive and sealed the win.
Ironically, the next week, Agase put Danielson back in as the starter against a good Washignton team (with QB Sonny Sixkiller). Danielson -- the passing quarterback -- ran for over 200 yards in a high-scoring loss to the Huskies. I remember watching that game with a couple of other guys who I'd gone to the BG-Purdue game with and all of us making comments like, "And this was the guy who couldn't run the ball??
One kind of odd thing I remember about the game was that Dave Butz seemed huge. He went like 6-foot-7, 295, and after the game, he stood out at midfield talking with some of our linemen who had played across from him and they looked like Pop Warner age players next to him.

Gary Seemann picked off Danielson in the end zone to win it in the 4th quarter. Tony Bell was still playing offense sharing time with Bill Pittman at wingback.

Freshman Don Taylor kicked the field goal that won it. He wasn't listed in the program, and had inherited the job when BG's kicker quit the team right before the opener.

Thanks for giving Gary the credit. For the life of me, I couldn't remember who had that pick. I do remember Sports Illustrated mentioning that Taylor kicked the winning field goal before he even attended a class on campus, as '72 was the first year freshmen were varsity eligible again.

I don't remember every BG game as well as I do the BG-Purdue game, but that one was so memorable that it has always stuck with me. The Purdue fans were in shock after the game -- at least the ones that weren't totally pissed off.

The only bad thing was it was about a 4-hour drive back to Ohio to party.

[NWLB]

I remember that was the second time BG was on the road at the Big Ten, when I was at a ND home game, and we won both times. The next time, BG was at OSU, I staid home, and the Falcons lost a narrow one to that lesser school in Cowlumbus.

When they announced the BG-NW score, the entire crowd did one of those classic "oooooh." After the Purdue win, I had the BG flags out and folks were very aware of the score. Nice to have run into BG folks on the pit stops on the way home.

Now, before somebody says "like duh, why weren't you at the game," bear in mind I have a road record of 1-15-1 record, all-time, between three BGSU sports. You don't want me anyplace near the team on the road.

What is cool about those games though, is when some pin-head from Mizzou, or Purdue, looks up the all-time record before the next game and sees an 0-2, or 0-3 record against BGSU.

[Class of 61]

I remember that was the second time BG was on the road at the Big Ten, when I was at a ND home game, and we won both times. The next time, BG was at OSU, I staid home, and the Falcons lost a narrow one to that lesser school in Cowlumbus.

When they announced the BG-NW score, the entire crowd did one of those classic "oooooh." After the Purdue win, I had the BG flags out and folks were very aware of the score. Nice to have run into BG folks on the pit stops on the way home.

Now, before somebody says "like duh, why weren't you at the game," bear in mind I have a road record of 1-15-1 record, all-time, between three BGSU sports. You don't want me anyplace near the team on the road.

What is cool about those games though, is when some pin-head from Mizzou, or Purdue, looks up the all-time record before the next game and sees an 0-2, or 0-3 record against BGSU.

The Purdue game that we WON in the 70's was the FIRST B-10 we'd ever played, not the 2nd.