1968 Purdue Boilermakers football team

	1968 Big Ten football standings
	† – Conference champion ; Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

Purdue Boilermakers football
	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
	Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

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

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

1968 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster

Players

Coaches

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Pos.	#	Name	Class
T	`70`	Green, DonnieDonnie Green	3.0 !So
RB	`23`	Keyes, LeroyLeroy Keyes	7.0 !Sr
QB	`15`	Phipps, MikeMike Phipps	5.0 !Jr
G	`61`	Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	7.0 !Sr
RB	`47`	Williams, PerryPerry Williams	7.0 !Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`81`	Baylees, TomTom Baylees	5.0 !Jr
DB	`43`	Foley, TimTim Foley	5.0 !Jr
DE	`88`	McKoy, BillBill McKoy	5.0 !Jr
LB	`99`	Paraskevas, VeroVero Paraskevas	3.0 !So
DE	`97`	Wirgowski, DennisDennis Wirgowski	5.0 !Jr
DT	`72`	Yancher, WilliamWilliam Yancher	5.0 !Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1968 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1/1 Ohio State †	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
#12/15 Michigan	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
#10/11 Purdue	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
#NR/18 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 / Coaches' Poll