1942 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1942 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record7–3 (2–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVP Lou Saban
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1941
1943  →
1942 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Ohio State $ 5 –1 –09 –1 –0
No. 3 Wisconsin 4 –1 –08 –1 –1
No. 9 Michigan 3 –2 –07 –3 –0
Illinois 3 –2 –06 –4 –0
Iowa 3 –3 –06 –4 –0
No. 19 Minnesota 3 –3 –05 –4 –0
Indiana 2 –2 –07 –3 –0
Purdue 1 –4 –01 –8 –0
Northwestern 0 –6 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1942 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bo McMillin, in his ninth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

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Indiana was ranked at No. 18 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Butler *
W 53–0
October 3at Ohio State
L 21–3248,227
October 10at Nebraska *
W 12–024,000
October 17at Pittsburgh *
W 19–720,000 [2]
October 24 Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 13–14
October 31 Iowa Pre-Flight *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 6–268,000 [3]
November 7at No. 7 Minnesota
W 7–032,000
November 14 Kansas State *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 54–07,500
November 21at Purdue No. 18
W 20–020,000
November 28vs. Fort Knox * Louisville, KY W 51–0 [4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. т = Tied with team above or below.
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP —————18т——

1943 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL team
Earl Doloway Back 15133 Chicago Cardinals

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References

  1. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Hopkins, Tom (October 18, 1942). "Hillenbrand Passes Beat Panthers, 19–7". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Section 3-2. Retrieved April 20, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Seahawks Score Four Times in Fourth Period To Down Indiana Gridders, 26 to 6". The Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram. Associated Press. November 1, 1942. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Indiana Ends Season; Routs Fort Knox Eleven, 51 to 0". Chicago Tribune. November 29, 1942. p. 39. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  5. ↑ "1942 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ "1943 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 6, 2015.


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