College Career
While at Purdue, Bob became a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. In college Griese pitched for the baseball team, going 12-1 one season, played guard on the basketball team, and played quarterback, kicker, and punter for the Purdue football team. There were many games where Bob scored every one of Purdue’s points. He currently ranks #9 in scoring at Purdue; #5 in scoring among non-kickers and #4 among kickers. Griese’s passing skills greatly improved under the tutelage of head coach Jack Mollenkopf and quarterback coach Bob DeMoss.
In his junior year at game against Notre Dame, Griese completed 19 of 22 passes as he led the Boilermakers to an upset win.
Griese was a two-time All-American at Purdue, finishing at #8 in the 1965 Heisman Trophy race and was the runner-up to Steve Spurrier for the 1966 Heisman Trophy. Purdue finished second in the Big Ten in 1966, and he led the school's first appearance in the Rose Bowl, where they defeated USC 14-13. He was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1992.
His sterling college career earned him induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1984. In 1994, he was inducted as an inaugural member of the Purdue Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame.
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