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1961 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record2–7 (0–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPByron Broome
CaptainBill Olsavsky
Home stadium Seventeenth Street Stadium
Seasons
←  1960
1962 →
1961 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Ohio State $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Minnesota 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Michigan State 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Purdue 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Michigan 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Iowa 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Indiana 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Illinois 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1961 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 Phil Dickens, in his fourth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Kansas State*
L 8–147,800
October 7 Wisconsin
L 3–623,270
October 14at No. 2 Iowa
L 8–2756,000
October 21 Washington State*
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 33–723,307
October 28at No. 1 Michigan State
L 0–3555,361
November 4at Northwestern
L 8–1435,392
November 11No. 3 Ohio Statedagger
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 7–1627,108
November 18at West Virginia*
W 17–915,000 [1]
November 25 Purdue
L 12–3434,798–36,000 [2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "Indiana gains 2nd victory, beats West Virginia, 17–9". The Kokomo Tribune. November 19, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 87. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  3. ^ "1961 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "1961 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  5. ^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  6. ^ "1961 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2015.


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