1968 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1968 Purdue Boilermakers football
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
	Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

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.

CoachesNo. 11

APNo. 10

Record8–2 (5–2 Big Ten)

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1968 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	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

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Virginia*	No. 1	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 44–6	60,384	^[1]
September 28	at No. 2 Notre Dame*	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ABC	W 37–22	59,075	^[2]
October 5	at Northwestern	No. 1	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 43–6	45,163	^[3]
October 12	at No. 4 Ohio State	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 0–13	84,834	^[4]
October 19	Wake Forest*	No. 5	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 28–27	57,694	^[5]
October 26	Iowa	No. 7	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 44–14	61,927	^[6]
November 2	Illinois	No. 6	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)		W 35–17	62,321	^[7]
November 9	at Minnesota	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	ABC	L 13–27	49,780	^[8]
November 16	at Michigan State	No. 15	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 9–0	68,362	^[9]
November 23	Indiana	No. 12	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)		W 38–35	63,294	^[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game Source: ^[11]^[12]^[13]

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