1972 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1972 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1972 record 5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach John Pont (8th season)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 52,324)
1972 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Michigan + 7 –1 –0  10 –1 –0
No. 9 Ohio State + 7 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
Purdue 6 –2 –0  6 –5 –0
Michigan State 5 –2 –1  5 –5 –1
Minnesota 4 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Indiana 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Illinois 3 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Iowa 2 –6 –1  3 –7 –1
Wisconsin 2 –6 –0  4 –7 –0
Northwestern 1 –8 –0  2 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1972 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by John Pont, in his eighth and final year as head coach of the Hoosiers, before being fired at the end of the season.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 16 Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana W 27–23   35,783
September 23 TCU* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana L 28–31   -
September 30 at Kentucky* Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky (Bourbon Barrel) W 35–34   -
October 7 at Syracuse* Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, New York W 10–2   -
October 14 Wisconsindagger Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana W 33–7   50,122
October 21 1:30 PM at No. 4 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio L 7–44   86,365
October 28 at Northwestern Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois L 14–23   -
November 4 No. 4 Michigan Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana L 7–21   41,336
November 11 at Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois L 20–37   -
November 18 Iowa Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana W 16–8   27,440
November 25 at Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) L 7–42   -
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

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1973 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Mike FulkLinebacker5112San Francisco 49ers
Glenn SkolnikWide receiver6154Pittsburgh Steelers
Dan LintnerDefensive back8184Philadelphia Eagles
Rob SpicerLinebacker9222New York Jets
Ted McNultyQuarterback15380Cincinnati Bengals

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References

  1. ↑ "1972 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ "1972 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1973.htm


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