1949 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1949 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Nine Conference
Record1–8 (0–6 Big Nine)
Head coach
MVP Nick Sebek
CaptainWalter Bartkiewicz
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1948
1950  
1949 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Ohio State + 4 1 17 1 2
No. 7 Michigan + 4 1 16 2 1
No. 8 Minnesota 4 2 07 2 0
Wisconsin 3 2 15 3 1
Illinois 3 3 13 4 2
Iowa 3 3 04 5 0
Northwestern 3 4 04 5 0
Purdue 2 4 04 5 0
Indiana 0 6 01 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1949 Big Nine 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 second year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Notre Dame *L 6–4953,844
October 1at Ohio State L 7–4670,568
October 8 TCU *L 6–13
October 15at Iowa L 9–35
October 22No. 16 Pittsburgh *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 48–1416,000 [1]
October 29 Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 14–3030,000
November 5at Illinois L 14–3340,457
November 12at No. 5 Michigan L 7–2079,200
November 19 Purdue
L 6–1434,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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After the season

NFL draft

One Hoosier was selected in the 1950 NFL draft, held in January. [5]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL team
21266 Cas "Slug" Witucki Guard Washington Redskins

References

  1. Jack K. Overmyer (October 23, 1949). "Crushes Panthers By 48–14". The Indianapolis Star. p. 1-Section 6 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1949 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  3. "1949 Football Schedule". Indiana University . Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  4. "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 13. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  5. "1950 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 26, 2023.