1963 Purdue
5–4 (4–3 Big Ten), coached by Jack Mollenkopf. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Iowa 14–0Oct 26
By 14 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | at Miami | L 0–3 | 52% |
| Oct 5 | vs Notre Dame | W 7–6 | 64% |
| Oct 12 | at 5Wisconsin | L 20–38 | 31% |
| Oct 19 | at Michigan | W 23–12 | 55% |
| Oct 26 | vs Iowa | W 14–0 | 60% |
| Nov 2 | at 2Illinois | L 21–41 | 55% |
| Nov 9 | vs 9Michigan State | L 0–23 | 43% |
| Nov 16 | vs Minnesota | W 13–11 | 61% |
| Nov 30 | at Indiana | W 21–15 | 48% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Indiana 21–15; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The tied 45th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1963.
- Record
- 5–4
- Conference
- 4–3 4th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 119–149
- Coach
- Jack Mollenkopf
- Elo
- 1556 −16 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 8.5 No. 40 of 120 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Henry Dudgeon and Bob Lake
- Most valuable player
- Ron DiGravio
All-Big Ten
2 first teamFirst team
Ron DiGravioQBAP-1; UPI-1- Bob HadrickEAP-2; UPI-1
From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1963 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 5–1–1 | 8–1–1 | 3 |
| Michigan State | 4–1–1 | 6–2–1 | 9 |
 Ohio State | 4–1–1 | 5–3–1 | |
| Purdue | 4–3 | 5–4 | |
| Wisconsin | 3–4 | 5–4 | |
 Northwestern | 3–4 | 5–4 | |
| Michigan | 2–3–2 | 3–4–2 | |
| Iowa | 2–3–1 | 3–3–2 | |
| Minnesota | 2–5 | 3–6 | |
| Indiana | 1–5 | 3–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.