Robert Alonzo DeMoss (January 27, 1927 – July 23, 2017) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.

The next week, he led the Boilermakers into Ohio Stadium, where they routed the #4 team in the country, 35-13[5][6] He was then selected in the second round of the 1949 NFL draft by the New York Bulldogs, for whom he played in 1949.

[2] DeMoss was selected again in the 22nd round of the 1950 NFL draft by the New York Giants, but retired from playing to become an assistant football coach at Purdue.

[8] Two days after Mollenkopf announced his retirement, DeMoss was named his successor, becoming the third and most-recent Purdue alum to serve as head coach.

[3] On October 3, 1970, Purdue upset third-ranked Stanford University with a 26-14 scoring on the road, earning DeMoss Coach of the Week laurels by United Press International.