1969 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1969 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by Jack Mollenkopf in his 14th and final season as head coach, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big Ten. Purdue played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

1969 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 18
Record	8–2 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jack Mollenkopf (14th season)
MVP	Mike Phipps
Captains	Bill McKoy Mike Phipps Bill Yanchar
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

1969 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Michigan +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Purdue	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Iowa	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Michigan State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Illinois	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20		at TCU*	No. 18	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 42–35	25,000
September 27		No. 9 Notre Dame*	No. 16	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	W 28–14	68,179
October 4	1:30 p.m.	No. 17 Stanford*	No. 8	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 36–35	65,472
October 11		at Michigan	No. 9	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 20–31	80,411
October 18		Iowa	No. 17	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 35–31	65,971
October 25		Northwestern	No. 15	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 45–20	66,103
November 1		at Illinois	No. 13	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	W 49–22	51,299
November 8		Michigan State	No. 10	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 41–13	67,397
November 15		at No. 1 Ohio State	No. 10	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 14–42	85,027
November 22		at Indiana	No. 17	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 44–21	56,223
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

TCU

• Randy Cooper 23 rushes, 117 yards

Stanford

• Mike Phipps 28/39 passing, 429 yards

Roster

1969 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB Marv Adams TE Ashley Bell RB Stan Brown RB John Bullock WR Arnold Carter RB Scott Clayton RB Randy Cooper TE Mike Cota OL Paul DeNuccio WR Greg Fenner OL Donnie Green OL Tim Huxhold QB Don Kiepert RB Bob Kress OL Tom Luken QB 15 Mike Phipps Sr WR Mike Renie OL Walter Whitehead	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 81 Tom Bayless Sr DL Dave Beigh DB Sammy Carter DB Steve deGrandmaison DB 43 Tim Foley Sr DB Richard Mahurt DL Ron Maree DE 88 Bill McKoy Sr LB 99 Vero Parakevas Jr LB Jim Teal DE 97 Dennis Wirgowski Sr DL Bill Yanchar	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jack Mollenkopf Coordinators/assistant coaches Bob DeMoss Ned Maloney Tony Mason Ron Meyer Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Awards

All-Big Ten: HB Stan Brown (2nd), T Paul DeNuccio (1st), DB Tim Foley (2nd), DE Bill McKoy (2nd), LB Veno Paraskevas (1st), QB Mike Phipps (1st), C Walter Whitehead (2nd), T Bill Yancher (1st)

Chicago Tribune Big Ten MVP: QB Mike Phipps