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1967 Purdue

8–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Big Ten), coached by Jack Mollenkopf, finished No. 9 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 1967, game by game: won at Texas A&M 24–20; won vs. No. 1 Notre Dame 28–21; won vs. Northwestern 25–16; won at Ohio State 41–6; lost vs. Oregon State 14–22; won at Iowa 41–22; won at Illinois 42–9; won vs. Minnesota 41–12; won vs. Michigan State 21–7; lost at Indiana 14–19+35−8Won 24–20 at Texas A&M+4Texas A&MWon 28–21 vs. No. 1 Notre Dame+7No. 1 Notre DameWon 25–16 vs. Northwestern+9NorthwesternWon 41–6 at Ohio State+35Ohio StateLost 14–22 vs. Oregon State-8Oregon StateWon 41–22 at Iowa+19IowaWon 42–9 at Illinois+33IllinoisWon 41–12 vs. Minnesota+29MinnesotaWon 21–7 vs. Michigan State+14Michigan StateLost 14–19 at Indiana-5Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atTexas A&MW 24–⁠2064%
Sep 30vs1Notre DameW 28–⁠2145%
Oct 7vsNorthwesternW 25–⁠1678%
Oct 14atOhio StateW 41–⁠662%
Oct 21vsOregon StateL 14–⁠2275%
Oct 28atIowaW 41–⁠2277%
Nov 4atIllinoisW 42–⁠969%
Nov 11vsMinnesotaW 41–⁠1268%
Nov 18vsMichigan StateW 21–⁠776%
Nov 25atIndianaL 14–⁠1967%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Indiana 19–⁠14; No. 9 in the final AP poll; Big Ten champions.

In program history: The 4th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 10
  2. Wk 4: 4
  3. Wk 5: 2
  4. Wk 6: 2
  5. Wk 7: 7
  6. Wk 8: 6
  7. Wk 9: 5
  8. Wk 10: 3
  9. Wk 11: 3
  10. Final: 9

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 1967.

Big Ten champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Indiana and Minnesota

Heisman voteLeroy Keyes, third

Led the nationLeroy Keyes: points (114 pts)

Consensus All-AmericanLeroy Keyes, RB

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 shared first in Big Ten
AP final
No. 9 peak No. 2
Points
291–⁠154
Coach
Jack Mollenkopf
Elo
1684 +74 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.5 No. 5 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jim Beirne and Bob Sebeck
Most valuable player
Leroy Keyes

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 3Lance Olssen OTSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 4Jim Beirne WRHouston Oilers

All-Big Ten

8 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Chuck KuzneskiOTAP-2
  • Bob SebeckOGAP-2; UPI-2
  • Bob HolmesDEUPI-2
  • Tim FoleyDBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1967 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Indiana6–⁠19–⁠24
Minnesota6–⁠18–⁠2
Purdue6–⁠18–⁠29
Ohio State5–⁠26–⁠3
Michigan3–⁠44–⁠6
Illinois3–⁠44–⁠6
Michigan State3–⁠43–⁠7
Northwestern2–⁠53–⁠7
Iowa0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1
Wisconsin0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠9–⁠1

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