1973 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1973 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1973 record 2–9 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach Lee Corso (1st season)
Captain Ken Starling
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 52,324)
1973 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Ohio State + 7 0 1  10 0 1
No. 6 Michigan + 7 0 1  10 0 1
Minnesota 6 2 0  7 4 0
Illinois 4 4 0  5 6 0
Michigan State 4 4 0  5 6 0
Purdue 4 4 0  5 6 0
Northwestern 4 4 0  4 7 0
Wisconsin 3 5 0  4 7 0
Indiana 0 8 0  2 9 0
Iowa 0 8 0  0 11 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1973 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Lee Corso, in his first year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 15 Illinois Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN L 1428   51,433
September 22 at Arizona* Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ L 1026   38,643
September 29 Kentucky* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Bourbon Barrel) W 173   51,523
October 6 at No. 20 West Virginia* Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV W 28–14   37,000
October 13 at Minnesota Memorial StadiumMinneapolis, MN L 324   37,710
October 20 No. 1 Ohio Statedagger Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 737   53,183
October 27 at Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI L 731   66,365
November 3 at No. 4 Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI L 1349   76,432
November 10 Northwestern Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 2021   41,053
November 17 at Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon) L 910   50,116
November 24 Purdue Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) L 2328   44,789
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Staff

Head Coach: Lee Corso

Assistants: Howard Brown, Pete Compise, Jim Gruden, Hal Hunter, Jim Johnson, Bob Otolski, Ray Shands, Trent Walters, Morris Watts, Timmy Redebaugh

Statistics

Passing

PlayerCompAttYardsTDINT
Willie Jones761358815

Rushing

PlayerAttYardsTD
Ken Starling1806762

Receiving

PlayerRecYardsTD
Trent Smock365055

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Awards

All-Big Ten (1st Team)

  • Bill Armstrong, SE
  • John Babcock, C
  • Chuck Sukurs, C
  • Jim Wenzel, P

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References

  1. "1973 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  2. "1973 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. 1 2 2010 Indiana football media guide
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