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
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 10
1968 record8–2 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPLeroy Keyes
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
1968 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 21Virginia*No. 1W 44–6
September 28at No. 2 Notre Dame*No. 1W 37–22
October 5at NorthwesternNo. 1W 43–6
October 12at No. 4 Ohio StateNo. 1L 0–13
October 19Wake Forest*No. 5
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 28–27
October 26IowaNo. 7
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 44–14
November 2IllinoisNo. 6
W 35–17
November 9at MinnesotaNo. 6L 13–27
November 16at Michigan StateNo. 15W 9–0
November 23IndianaNo. 12
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Season summary

Wake Forest

Indiana

References

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