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1966 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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Conference
  
Big Ten Conference

AP
  
No. 7

MVP
  
Bob Griese

Coaches
  
No. 6

1966 record
  
9–2 (6–1 Big Ten)

Head coach
  
Jack Mollenkopf (11th year)

The 1966 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented the Purdue University in the 1966 Big Ten Conference football season. The Boilermakers, led by future National Football League (NFL) quarterback Bob Griese, won the 1967 Rose Bowl. Griese led Purdue to a second-place finish in the Big Ten Conference and the school's first appearance in the Rose Bowl Game. The Boilermakers were the runner-up in the Big Ten behind Michigan State, but received the conference's Rose Bowl berth because of the Big Ten's "no-repeat" rule at the time. Griese was a two-time All-American at Purdue and was the runner-up to Steve Spurrier for the Heisman Trophy in 1966.

Contents

Indiana

  • Purdue clinches Rose Bowl berth
  • Bob Griese 11/21, 255 Yds, 3 TD, 1 FG, 6/7 XP
  • Leroy Keyes Rush TD, Pass TD, INT
  • Jim Beirne 2 TD Rec
  • Biggest margin in rivalry since 1893

    • Awards and honors

  • Bob Griese, Sammy Baugh Trophy
  • Bob Griese, second in Heisman Trophy voting

    • References

    1966 Purdue Boilermakers football team Wikipedia
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