1963 Purdue Boilermakers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1963
| team = Purdue Boilermakers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| record = 5–4
| conf_record = 4–3
| head_coach = Jack Mollenkopf
| hc_year = 8th
| mvp = Ron DiGravio
| captain = Henry Dudgeon
| captain2 = Bob Lake
| stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
}}
{{1963 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
The 1963 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1963 Big Ten Conference football season. In their eighth season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled a 5–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 4–3 record against conference opponents, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 149 to 119.{{cite web|title=1963 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=December 6, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1963-schedule.html}}
Notable players from the 1963 Purdue football team included quarterback Ron DiGravio and end Bob Hadrick.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1963
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 28
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Miami (FL)
| site_stadium = Miami Orange Bowl
| site_cityst = Miami, FL
| score = 0–3
| attend = 46,823
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 5
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Notre Dame
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–6
| attend = 51,723
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 12
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Wisconsin
| opprank = 5
| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium
| site_cityst = Madison, WI
| score = 20–38
| attend = 61,415
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Michigan
| site_stadium = Michigan Stadium
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI
| score = 23–12
| attend = 45,557
| source = {{cite news|title=Purdue Puts 23-12 Show: M Gets TV Lumps Again|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Joe Falls|date=October 20, 1963|pages=1D, 3D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55936875/purdue-puts-23-12-show-m-gets-tv-lumps/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Purdue Rolls Over Michigan, 23-12|newspaper=The Michigan Daily|author1=Dave Good |author2=Mike Block|date=October 20, 1963|page=1 |url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754332/403|via=Bentley Historical Library}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Iowa
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 14–0
| attend = 47,951
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Illinois
| opprank = 2
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Champaign, IL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 21–41
| attend = 61,796
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 9
| w/l = l
| opponent = Michigan State
| opprank = 9
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 0–23
| attend = 45,137
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16
| w/l = w
| opponent = Minnesota
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 13–11
| attend = 38,924
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 30
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Indiana
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| gamename = Old Oaken Bucket
| score = 21–15
| attend = 33,987
}}
}}
Roster
- Don Brooks, WR
- Sal Ciampi, OL
- Richard E. Dauch, RB
- Ron DiGravio, QB
- Gene Donaldson, RB
- Henry Dudgeon, OL
- Ken Eby, QB
- Dave Ellison, WR
- Wally Florence, OL
- Clarence Foster, RB
- Tom Fugate, RB
- Jim Garcia, OL
- Bob Hadrick, WR
- Jim Hales, OL
- Gary Hogan, QB
- Doug Holcomb, QB
- Bob Hopp, OL
- Larry Kaminski, OL
- John Kuzniewski, RB
- Bob Lake, OL
- Terry Marcoline, RB
- Randy Minniear, RB
- Jim Morel, RB
- Russ Pfahler, RB
- Bill Roach, WR
- Jerry Shay, OL
- Bob Smith, WR
- Gordon Teter, RB
- Harold Wells, OL
- Len Zdanowicz, RB