The 1968 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1968 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, tying for third place in the Big Ten. Purdue played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.
1968 Purdue Boilermakers football Conference Big Ten Conference Ranking Coaches No. 11 AP No. 10 Record 8–2 (5–2 Big Ten) Head coach Jack Mollenkopf (13th season) MVP Leroy Keyes Captains Chuck Kyle Perry Williams Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium Seasons
1968 Big Ten Conference football standings Conf. Overall Team W L T W L T No. 1 Ohio State $7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0 No. 12 Michigan 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 No. 10 Purdue 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Minnesota 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Indiana 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Iowa 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Michigan State 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Illinois 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 Northwestern 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 Wisconsin 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
Schedule Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 21 Virginia* No. 1 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN W 44–660,384 September 28 at No. 2 Notre Dame* No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry) ABC W 37–2259,075 October 5 at Northwestern No. 1 Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL W 43–645,163 October 12 at No. 4 Ohio State No. 1 L 0–1384,834 October 19 Wake Forest* No. 5 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN W 28–2757,694 October 26 Iowa No. 7 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN W 44–1461,927 November 2 Illinois No. 6 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry) W 35–1762,321 November 9 at Minnesota No. 6 Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN ABC L 13–2749,780 November 16 at Michigan State No. 15 Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI W 9–068,362 November 23 Indiana No. 12 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) W 38–3563,294 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game Source:
Game summaries
Wake Forest Leroy Keyes 25 rushes, 214 yards
Indiana Leroy Keyes 28 rushes, 140 yards
Roster 1968 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class RB Stan Brown RB John Bullock WR Randy Cooper OL Paul DeNuccio WR Bob Dillingham WR Mike Engelbrecht OL Mike Frame OT 70 Donnie Green So WR Marion Griffin RB 23 Leroy Keyes Sr QB Don Kiepert OL Clanton King RB Jim Kirkpatrick QB 15 Mike Phipps Jr G 61 Gary Roberts Sr OL Dave Stydahar RB Leon Troyer OL Clinton Turner OL Walter Whitehead RB 47 Perry Williams Sr
Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 81 Tom Bayless Jr DL Alex Davis DB Steve deGrandmaison DB Larry Emch DB 43 Tim Foley Jr DL Chuck Kyle DB Richard Mahurt DL Ron Maree LB Dick Marvel DE 88 Bill McKoy Jr DL Willie Nelson LB 99 Vero Paraskevas So DB John Reilly DB Don Webster DE 97 Dennis Wirgowski Jr DT 72 William Yancher Jr LB Bob Yunaska
Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Jeff Jones
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Bob DeMoss Ned Maloney Ron Meyer George Catavolos (GA) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
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