Record: 3-7, .300 W-L% (98th of 128)
Conference: Big Ten
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bob DeMoss (3-7)
PS/G: 21.0 (51st of 128) ▪ PA/G: 22.8 (80th of 128)
SRS: 3.49 (43rd of 128) ▪ SOS: 6.29 (29th of 128)
| Pre | 9/13 | 9/20 | 9/27 | 10/4 | 10/11 | 10/18 | 10/25 | 11/1 | 11/8 | 11/15 | 11/22 | 11/29 | 12/6 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 17 |
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 18, 1971 | Sat | Purdue | @ | Washington | Pac-8 | L | 35 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sep 25, 1971 | Sat | Purdue | (2) Notre Dame | Ind | L | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Oct 2, 1971 | Sat | Purdue | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 45 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Oct 9, 1971 | Sat | Purdue | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 27 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Oct 16, 1971 | Sat | (20) Purdue | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 21 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 6 | Oct 23, 1971 | Sat | (17) Purdue | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 7 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Oct 30, 1971 | Sat | Purdue | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 10 | 43 | 3 | 4 | 0 | L 2 | ||
| 8 | Nov 6, 1971 | Sat | Purdue | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 10 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | L 3 | |
| 9 | Nov 13, 1971 | Sat | Purdue | (3) Michigan | Big Ten | L | 17 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | L 4 | ||
| 10 | Nov 20, 1971 | Sat | Purdue | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 31 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 0 | L 5 |