1969 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1969 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season. It was Jack Mollenkopf's final season as head coach, ending the most successful period in the program's history to date.

1969 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 18
1969 record	8–2 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jack Mollenkopf (14th season)
MVP	Mike Phipps
Captain	Bill McKoy, Mike Phipps, Bill Yanchar
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

1969 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Michigan +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Purdue	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Iowa	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Michigan State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Illinois	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 20	at TCU*	No. 18	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 42–35	25,000
September 27	No. 9 Notre Dame*	No. 16	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	W 28–14	68,179
October 4	No. 17 Stanford*	No. 8	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 36–35	65,472
October 11	at Michigan	No. 9	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 20–31	80,411
October 18	Iowa	No. 17	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 35–31	65,971
October 25	Northwestern	No. 15	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 45–20	66,103
November 1	at Illinois	No. 13	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)	W 49–22	51,299
November 8	Michigan State	No. 10	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 41–13	67,397
November 15	at No. 1 Ohio State	No. 10	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 14–42	85,027
November 22	at Indiana	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 44–21	52,500
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1969 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 15 Mike Phipps Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 81 Tom Baylees Sr DB 43 Tim Foley Sr DE 88 Bill McKoy Sr LB 99 Vero Parakevas Jr DE 97 Dennis Wirgowski Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jack Mollenkopf Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

TCU

• Randy Cooper 23 rushes, 117 yards [2]

Stanford

• Mike Phipps 28/39, 429 Yds[3]

Awards

All-Big Ten: HB Stan Brown (2nd), T Paul DeNuccio (1st), DB Tim Foley (2nd), DE Bill McKoy (2nd), LB Veno Paraskevas (1st), QB Mike Phipps (1st), C Walter Whitehead (2nd), T Bill Yancher (1st)

Chicago Tribune Big Ten MVP: QB Mike Phipps

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References

1. 2011 Purdue football information guide.
2. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-02.
3. 2018 purdue record book. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
4. 2011 Purdue football information guide.