1953 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1953 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record2–7 (1–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVP Harry Jagielski
CaptainBob Inserra
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1952
1954  
1953 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Michigan State + 5 1 09 1 0
No. 7 Illinois + 5 1 07 1 1
No. 15 Wisconsin 4 1 16 2 1
Ohio State 4 3 06 3 0
Minnesota 3 3 14 4 1
No. 20 Michigan 3 3 06 3 0
No. 9 Iowa 3 3 05 3 1
Purdue 2 4 02 7 0
Indiana 1 5 02 7 0
Northwestern 0 6 03 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1953 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 Bernie Crimmins, in his second year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

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Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26at No. 7 Ohio State L 12–3675,898
October 2at No. 7 USC *L 14–2749,598
October 10 Marquette *W 21–2027,594
October 17at No. 2 Michigan State L 18–4751,698
October 24at Iowa NBC L 13–1950,129
October 31 Missouri *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 7–1422,000
November 7at No. 13 Minnesota L 20–2858,527–59,486
November 14 Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 14–620,000
November 21 Purdue
L 0–3033,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1954 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Harry Jagielski Tackle 780 Washington Redskins

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References

  1. "1953 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  2. "1953 Football Schedule". Indiana University . Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  3. "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2018.