1972 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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.

1972 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1972 record56 (35 Big Ten)
Head coachJohn Pont (8th season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 52,324)
1972 Big Ten Conference 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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 16Minnesota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 27–2335,783
September 23TCU*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
L 28–31-
September 30at Kentucky*
W 35–34-
October 7at Syracuse*W 10–2-
October 14Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 33–750,122
October 211:30 PMat No. 4 Ohio StateL 7–4486,365
October 28at Northwestern
L 14–23-
November 4No. 4 Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
L 7–2141,336
November 11at IllinoisL 20–37-
November 18Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 16–827,440
November 25at PurdueL 7–42-
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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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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