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Purdue Boilermakers © |
Duke Blue Devils |
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Played October 5, 1974 at Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
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PCT |
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T |
PCT |
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| Purdue © | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | ||||||||
| Duke | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Purdue |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
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Duke |
3 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
16 |
Off their improbable win over 2nd ranked Notre Dame, Purdue & coach Alex Agase with a 1-1-1 record traveled to Durham, North Carolina to face Mike McGee’s 2-1 Duke Blue Devils. The Boilermakers out-gained the Blue Devils 291-183 but 10 penalties disrupted the Purdue offense & Duke's RB Tony Benjamin scored 2 touchdowns as Duke recorded a 16-14 win to claim The Belt for the ACC. Duke pushed to a 10-0 lead on a 24-yard field goal from PK Dave Malechek & a 1-yard touchdown run by Benjamin. A mishandled snap on a punt attempt for the Blue Devils gave the Boilermakers the ball at Duke's 29-yard line. Purdue's RB Pete Gross finished the short drive with a 1-yard touchdown run with just 0:58 left in the half. Neither team scored in the 3rd quarter but Boilermakers’ back-up QB Mark Vitali finished an 86-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to give Purdue a 14-10 lead. Vitali was playing because QB Mike Terrizzi, who started but threw only one pass, was still hurting from his injury incurred in the Notre Dame game & was unable to continue. Duke got the lead back with 8:18 left after All-ACC KR Troy Slade returned a punt 16 yards before Benjamin scored on another 1-yard touchdown run. The missed conversion left the score 16-14 Duke & that is the way it remained. Duke's QB Hal Spears threw for 29 yards completing 4 of 6 pass attempts while Benjamin added 79 yards rushing to his 2 touchdowns. Purdue's RB Scott Dierking rushed for 122 yards in the losing effort. The Boilermakers finished the season 4-6-1 while Duke finished the season 6-5. Purdue would play for The Belt again in 1975.
