1968 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1968 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1968 Big Ten Conference football season.

1968 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 10
1968 record	8–2 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jack Mollenkopf
MVP	Leroy Keyes
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

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
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 21	Virginia*	No. 1	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 44–6
September 28	at No. 2 Notre Dame*	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	W 37–22
October 5	at Northwestern	No. 1	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 43–6
October 12	at No. 4 Ohio State	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–13
October 19	Wake Forest*	No. 5	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 28–27
October 26	Iowa	No. 7	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 44–14
November 2	Illinois	No. 6	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	W 35–17
November 9	at Minnesota	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 13–27
November 16	at Michigan State	No. 15	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 9–0
November 23	Indiana	No. 12	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 38–35
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1968 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class T 70 Donnie Green So RB 23 Leroy Keyes Sr QB 15 Mike Phipps Jr G 61 Gary Roberts Sr RB 47 Perry Williams Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 81 Tom Baylees Jr DB 43 Tim Foley Jr DE 88 Bill McKoy Jr LB 99 Vero Paraskevas So DE 97 Dennis Wirgowski Jr DT 72 William Yancher Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jack Mollenkopf Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

Wake Forest

• Leroy Keyes 25 rushes, 214 yards [2]

Indiana

• Leroy Keyes 28 rushes, 140 yards [3]

References

1. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
2. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-20.
3. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-29.