1968 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1968 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1968 record 6–4 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach John Pont (4th season)
MVP Harry Gonso, Al Gage
Home stadium Seventeenth Street Stadium
(Capacity: 48,344)
1968 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Ohio State $ 7 –0 –0  10 –0 –0
No. 12 Michigan 6 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
No. 10 Purdue 5 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
Minnesota 5 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Indiana 4 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Iowa 4 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Michigan State 2 –5 –0  5 –5 –0
Illinois 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
Northwestern 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
Wisconsin 0 –7 –0  0 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1968 Big Ten Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Seventeenth Street Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by John Pont, in his fourth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 21 Baylor* No. 15 Seventeenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana W 40–36   -
September 28 at No. 12 Kansas* No. 13 Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas L 20–38   -
October 5 Illinois Seventeenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana W 28–14   -
October 12 at Iowa Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa ABC W 38–34   -
October 19 No. 18 Michigandagger No. 19 Seventeenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana L 22–27   51,951
October 26 Arizona* Seventeenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana W 16–13   -
November 2 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin W 21–20   51,666
November 9 at No. 17 Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan (Old Brass Spittoon) W 24–22   -
November 16 Minnesota No. 19 Seventeenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana L 6–20   49,234
November 23 at No. 12 Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) L 35–38   -
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

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1969 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Jim SniadeckiLinebacker486San Francisco 49ers
Cal SnowdenDefensive end9227St. Louis Cardinals
Robert KirkGuard16391Buffalo Bills

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References

  1. ↑ "1968 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ "1968 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1969.htm
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