1967 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 1967 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1967 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 12th season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled an 8–2 record, finished in a three-way tie for the Big Ten Conference championship with a 6–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 291 to 154.[1][2]
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Big Ten co-champion | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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| Coaches | No. 9 |
| AP | No. 9 |
| Record | 8–2 (6–1 Big Ten) |
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| MVP | Leroy Keyes |
| Captain | Jim Beirne, Bob Sebeck |
| Home stadium | Ross–Ade Stadium |
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| No. 4 Indiana + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Purdue + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Boilermakers missed the opportunity to win the conference championship outright by losing the battle for the Old Oaken Bucket to archrival Indiana. Had Purdue won, it would not have gone to the Rose Bowl due to the Big Ten's "no-repeat" rule, which banned teams from making consecutive appearances in Pasadena.
Purdue's junior running back Leroy Keyes rushed for 986 yards in 1967, was selected as a consensus first-team All-American,[3] and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Other notable players from the 1967 Purdue team included quarterback Mike Phipps, running back Perry Williams, offensive end Jim Beirne, offensive tackle Chuck Kuzneski, offensive guard Bob Sebeck, middle guard Chuck Kyle, linebacker Dick Marvel, defensive ends George Olion and Bob Holmes, defensive tackle Lance Olssen, and defensive back Tim Foley.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 23 | vs. Texas A&M* | W 24–20 | 27,500 | ||
| September 30 | No. 1 Notre Dame* | No. 10 | W 28–21 | 62,316 | |
| October 7 | Northwestern | No. 4 |
| W 25–16 | 61,093 |
| October 14 | at Ohio State | No. 2 | W 41–6 | 84,069 | |
| October 21 | Oregon State* | No. 2 |
| L 14–22 | 60,147 |
| October 28 | at Iowa | No. 7 | W 41–22 | 56,504 | |
| November 4 | at Illinois | No. 6 | W 42–9 | 61,262 | |
| November 11 | Minnesota | No. 5 |
| W 41–12 | 55,647 |
| November 18 | Michigan State | No. 3 |
| W 21–7 | 61,364 |
| November 25 | at Indiana | No. 3 | L 14–19 | 52,770 | |
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Roster
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Game summaries
Notre Dame
At Iowa
- Leroy Keyes 14 rushes, 145 yards
At Illinois
- Leroy Keyes 21 rushes, 225 yards
Michigan State
- Leroy Keyes 24 rushes, 193 yards
At Indiana
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- Perry Williams 24 rushes, 124 yards
- Leroy Keyes 20 rushes, 114 yards
References
- "Purdue Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on November 7, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- "1967 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 88. Retrieved January 29, 2023.