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]

1967 Purdue Boilermakers football
Big Ten co-champion
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
Record	8–2 (6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jack Mollenkopf (12th season)
MVP	Leroy Keyes
Captain	Jim Beirne, Bob Sebeck
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
Seasons ← 1966 1968 →

1967 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
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
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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
September 23	vs. Texas A&M*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 24–20	27,500
September 30	No. 1 Notre Dame*	No. 10	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	W 28–21	62,316
October 7	Northwestern	No. 4	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 25–16	61,093
October 14	at Ohio State	No. 2	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 41–6	84,069
October 21	Oregon State*	No. 2	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 14–22	60,147
October 28	at Iowa	No. 7	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 41–22	56,504
November 4	at Illinois	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	W 42–9	61,262
November 11	Minnesota	No. 5	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 41–12	55,647
November 18	Michigan State	No. 3	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 21–7	61,364
November 25	at Indiana	No. 3	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 14–19	52,770
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1967 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 10 Don Kiepert So QB 15 Mike Phipps So QB 16 Jim Klutcharch So QB 19 Larry Emch Jr HB 23 Leroy Keyes Jr HB 25 Jim Kirkpatrick So HB, K 34 Bob Baltzell So HB 35 Leon Troyer Jr HB 41 Bob Hurst Sr HB 46 Ed Crowley So FB 47 Perry Williams Jr OT 49 Lee Ryan Jr G 50 David Stydahar Jr C 56 Walter Whitehead So C 57 Mike Frame Jr G 61 Gary Roberts Jr G 64 Dave Piper So G 65 Bob Sebeck (C) Sr G 66 Chuck Kuzneski Sr OT, LB 67 Clanton King Jr OT 70 Randy Kuntz So OT 71 Fred Rafa Sr OT, G 72 Bill Yanchar So OT 74 Jim Bonk Jr OT 76 Fred Haug Jr E 81 Jim Beirne (C) Sr E 82 Bob Dillingham Jr E 83 Marion Griffin Jr E 84 Joe Walsh So E 88 Billy McKoy So G 95 Phil Kelley So	Defense Pos. # Name Class HB 22 Dennis Cirbes Sr DE 29 Denny Wirgowski So HB 32 Don Webster So LB 42 Dick Marvel Jr HB 43 Tim Foley So HB 45 Bob Corby Sr LB 51 Bob Weskamp So LB 58 Bob Yunaska Jr G 60 Chuck Kyle Jr LB 68 Frank Burke Jr OT 75 Lance Olssen Sr E 87 George Olion Sr E 90 Willie Nelson So E 91 Dave Heiss So E 93 Bob Holmes So E 94 Bill Liber So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 21 Dick Berg So	Head coach Jack Mollenkopf Coordinators/assistant coaches Bob DeMoss (Assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Notre Dame

See also: 1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

At Iowa

See also: 1967 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

• Leroy Keyes 14 rushes, 145 yards

At Illinois

• Leroy Keyes 21 rushes, 225 yards

Michigan State

See also: 1967 Michigan State Spartans football team

• Leroy Keyes 24 rushes, 193 yards

At Indiana

Purdue at Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total No. 3 Boilermakers 7 0 7 0 14 • Hoosiers 7 12 0 0 19 Date: November 25 Location: Bloomington, IN Source: [permanent dead link]

Scoring summary 1 IND Butcher 7-yard pass from Ganso (Kornowa kick) IND 7-0 1 PUR Williams 9-yard run (Baltzell kick) Tied 7-7 2 IND Krivosha 2-yard run (kick failed) IND 13-7 2 IND Cole 63-yard run (pass failed) IND 19-7 3 PUR Williams 2-yard run (Baltzell kick) IND 19-14

See also: 1967 Indiana Hoosiers football team and Old Oaken Bucket

• Perry Williams 24 rushes, 124 yards
• Leroy Keyes 20 rushes, 114 yards

References

1. "Purdue Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on November 7, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
2. "1967 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
3. "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.
4. "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 88. Retrieved January 29, 2023.