1963 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1963 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1963 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

1963 Big Ten Conference football season

Section Title: Results and team statistics
Table Section Text: Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1963 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1963 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG	MVP

1	Illinois	Pete Elliott	#3	#2	8–1–1	5–1–1	17.0	9.6	Dick Butkus

2 (tie)	Michigan State	Duffy Daugherty	#9	#4	6–2–1	4–1–1	16.4	7.0	Sherman Lewis

2 (tie)	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	NR	#4	5–3–1	4–1–1	12.2	11.3	Matt Snell

4	Purdue	Jack Mollenkopf	NR	NR	5–4	4–3	13.2	16.6	Ron DiGravio

5 (tie)	Northwestern	Ara Parseghian	NR	#4	5–4	3–4	18.0	13.8	Bill Swingle

5 (tie)	Wisconsin	Milt Bruhn	NR	#2	5–4	3–4	16.7	13.8	Jim Purnell

7	Michigan	Bump Elliott	NR	NR	3–4–2	2–3–2	14.6	14.1	Tom Keating

8	Iowa	Jerry Burns	NR	NR	3–3–2	2–3–1	15.8	14.0	Mike Reilly

9	Minnesota	Murray Warmath	NR	NR	3–6	2–5	10.6	13.0	Carl Eller

10	Indiana	Phil Dickens	NR	NR	3–6	1–5	16.8	20.9	Tom Nowatzke

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