1968 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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

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	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Virginia*	No. 1	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 44–6	60,384
September 28	at No. 2 Notre Dame*	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ABC	W 37–22	59,075
October 5	at Northwestern	No. 1	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 43–6	45,163
October 12	at No. 4 Ohio State	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 0–13	84,834
October 19	Wake Forest*	No. 5	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 28–27	57,694
October 26	Iowa	No. 7	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 44–14	61,927
November 2	Illinois	No. 6	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)		W 35–17	62,321
November 9	at Minnesota	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	ABC	L 13–27	49,780
November 16	at Michigan State	No. 15	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 9–0	68,362
November 23	Indiana	No. 12	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)		W 38–35	63,294
*Non-conference game Homecoming 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 Jack Mollenkopf Coordinators/assistant coaches Bob DeMoss Ned Maloney Ron Meyer George Catavolos (GA) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt