1951 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1951 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1951 Big Ten Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Clyde B. Smith, in his fourth and final year as head coach of the Hoosiers. At the end of the season, Smith was fired and replaced by Bernie Crimmins.

1951 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1951 record27 (15 Big Ten)
Head coachClyde B. Smith (4th season)
MVPGene Gedman
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
1951 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Illinois $ 5 0 1  9 0 1
Purdue 4 1 0  5 4 0
No. 8 Wisconsin 5 1 1  7 1 1
Michigan 4 2 0  4 5 0
Ohio State 2 2 2  4 3 2
Northwestern 2 4 0  5 4 0
Minnesota 1 4 1  2 6 1
Indiana 1 5 0  2 7 0
Iowa 0 5 1  2 5 2
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 29at No. 14 Notre Dame*
L 48–655,790
October 6Pittsburgh*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 13–6-
October 13at Michigan
L 14–3360,165
October 20at No. 17 Ohio State
W 10–3274,265
October 27No. 4 Illinois
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 0–21-
November 3at No. 10 WisconsinL 0–651,118
November 10at Minnesota
L 14–1645,986
November 17No. 1 Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)
L 26–30-
November 24Purdue
L 13–21-
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1952 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Mel BecketCenter887Green Bay Packers
John DavisBack15171Chicago Cardinals
Sam TalaricoTackle19225Cleveland Browns
Bobby RobertsonBack23276Cleveland Browns
Cliff AndersonEnd25291Chicago Cardinals

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References

  1. "1951 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  2. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1952.htm


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