1967 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1967 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1967 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 12th season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled an 8–2 record, finished in a three-way tie for the Big Ten Conference championship with a 6–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 291 to 154.[1][2]

1967 Purdue Boilermakers football
Big Ten co-champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 9
1967 record8–2 (6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPLeroy Keyes
CaptainJim Beirne, Bob Sebeck
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
1967 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Indiana + 6 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
Minnesota + 6 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
No. 9 Purdue + 6 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Ohio State 5 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Illinois 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Michigan 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Michigan State 3 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
Northwestern 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Iowa 0 –6 –1  1 –8 –1
Wisconsin 0 –6 –1  0 –9 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Purdue's junior running back Leroy Keyes rushed for 986 yards in 1967, was selected as a consensus first-team All-American,[3] and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Other notable players from the 1967 Purdue team included quarterback Mike Phipps, running back Perry Williams, offensive end Jim Beirne, offensive tackle Chuck Kuzneski, offensive guard Bob Sebeck, middle guard Chuck Kyle, linebacker Dick Marvel, defensive ends George Olion and Bob Holmes, defensive tackle Lance Olssen, and defensive back Tim Foley.

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September27vs. Texas A&M*
W 24–2027,500
September 30No. 1 Notre Dame*No. 10
W 28–2162,316
October 7NorthwesternNo. 4
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 25–1661,093
October 14at Ohio StateNo. 2
W 41–684,069
October 21Oregon State*No. 2
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 14–2260,147
October 28at IowaNo. 7
W 41–2256,504
November 4at IllinoisNo. 6
W 42–961,262
November 11MinnesotaNo. 5
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 41–1255,647
November 18Michigan StateNo. 3
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 21–761,364
November 25at IndianaNo. 3
L 14–1952,770
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
Schedule Source:[2]

Roster
1967 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 10 Don Kiepert So
QB 15 Mike Phipps So
QB 16 Jim Klutcharch So
QB 19 Larry Emch Jr
HB 23 Leroy Keyes Jr
HB 25 Jim Kirkpatrick So
HB, K 34 Bob Baltzell So
HB 35 Leon Troyer Jr
HB 41 Bob Hurst Sr
HB 46 Ed Crowley So
FB 47 Perry Williams Jr
T 49 Lee Ryan Jr
G 50 David Stydahar Jr
C 56 Walter Whitehead So
C 57 Mike Frame Jr
G 61 Gary Roberts Jr
G 64 Dave Piper So
G 65 Bob Sebeck (C) Sr
G 66 Chuck Kuzneski Sr
T, LB 67 Clanton King Jr
T 70 Randy Kuntz So
T 71 Fred Rafa Sr
T, G 72 Bill Yanchar So
T 74 Jim Bonk Jr
T 76 Fred Haug Jr
E 81 Jim Beirne (C) Sr
E 82 Bob Dillingham Jr
E 83 Marion Griffin Jr
E 84 Joe Walsh So
E 88 Billy McKoy So
G 95 Phil Kelley So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
HB 22 Dennis Cirbes Sr
DE 29 Denny Wirgowski So
HB 32 Don Webster So
LB 42 Dick Marvel Jr
HB 43 Tim Foley So
HB 45 Bob Corby Sr
LB 51 Bob Weskamp So
LB 58 Bob Yunaska Jr
G 60 Chuck Kyle Jr
LB 68 Frank Burke Jr
T 75 Lance Olssen Sr
E 87 George Olion Sr
E 90 Willie Nelson So
E 91 Dave Heiss So
E 93 Bob Holmes So
E 94 Bill Liber So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 21 Dick Berg So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

Notre Dame
See also: 1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team


at Iowa
See also: 1967 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

at Illinois

Michigan State
See also: 1967 Michigan State Spartans football team

at Indiana
Purdue at Indiana
1 234Total
No. 3 Boilermakers 7 070 14
• Hoosiers 7 1200 19
  • Source:
See also: 1967 Indiana Hoosiers football team and Old Oaken Bucket
  • Perry Williams 24 rushes, 124 yards [7]
  • Leroy Keyes 20 rushes, 114 yards [8]

References
  1. "Purdue Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  2. "1967 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  3. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  4. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-27.
  5. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-20.
  6. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-20.
  7. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-01.
  8. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-02.
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