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1964 Purdue

6–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Big Ten), coached by Jack Mollenkopf.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 1964, game by game: won vs. Ohio 17–0; lost at No. 9 Notre Dame 15–34; won vs. Wisconsin 28–7; won at No. 5 Michigan 21–20; won at Iowa 19–14; won vs. Illinois 26–14; lost at Michigan State 7–21; lost at Minnesota 7–14; won vs. Indiana 28–22+21−19Won 17–0 vs. Ohio+17OhioLost 15–34 at No. 9 Notre Dame-19No. 9 Notre DameWon 28–7 vs. Wisconsin+21WisconsinWon 21–20 at No. 5 Michigan+1No. 5 MichiganWon 19–14 at Iowa+5IowaWon 26–14 vs. Illinois+12IllinoisLost 7–21 at Michigan State-14Michigan StateLost 7–14 at Minnesota-7MinnesotaWon 28–22 vs. Indiana+6Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsOhioW 17–⁠058%
Oct 3at9Notre DameL 15–⁠3449%
Oct 10vsWisconsinW 28–⁠761%
Oct 17at5MichiganW 21–⁠2038%
Oct 24atIowaW 19–⁠1445%
Oct 31vsIllinoisW 26–⁠1453%
Nov 7atMichigan StateL 7–⁠2143%
Nov 14atMinnesotaL 7–⁠1449%
Nov 21vsIndianaW 28–⁠2273%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Indiana 28–⁠22; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 10

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 1964.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
168–⁠146
Coach
Jack Mollenkopf
Elo
1574 +37 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.1 No. 13 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ed Flanagan, Jim Garcia and Harold Wells
Most valuable player
Bob Hadrick

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 2Jim Garcia OTCleveland Browns
Rd 5Ed Flanagan CDetroit Lions

All-Big Ten

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Bob HadrickEUPI-1
  • Harold WellsDEAP-1; UPI-2
  • Jim GarciaDTAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠19–⁠14
Ohio State5–⁠17–⁠29
Purdue5–⁠26–⁠3
Illinois4–⁠36–⁠3
Minnesota4–⁠35–⁠4
Michigan State3–⁠34–⁠5
Wisconsin2–⁠53–⁠6
Northwestern2–⁠53–⁠6
Iowa1–⁠53–⁠6
Indiana1–⁠52–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.