1954 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1954 Indiana Hoosiers football
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Conference Big Ten Conference
Record3–6 (2–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPFlorian Helinski
Captain Bob Skoronski
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1953
1955  
1954 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Ohio State $ 7 0 010 0 0
No. 9 Wisconsin 5 2 07 2 0
No. 15 Michigan 5 2 06 3 0
Minnesota 4 2 07 2 0
Iowa 4 3 05 4 0
Purdue 3 3 05 3 1
Indiana 2 4 03 6 0
Michigan State 1 5 03 6 0
Northwestern 1 5 02 7 0
Illinois 0 6 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bernie Crimmins, in his third year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

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Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Ohio State L 0–2872,703
October 2 Pacific (CA) *W 34–623,648
October 9 Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
L 14–2127,411
October 16at Missouri *L 14–2022,972
October 23 Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 14–2730,789
October 30at No. 11 Michigan W 13–949,817
November 6 Miami (OH) *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 0–624,563 [1]
November 13at Northwestern W 14–1325,856
November 20at Purdue L 7–1339,424–44,000 [2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1955 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Nate Borden End 25293 Green Bay Packers

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References

  1. "Miami Turns Indiana Fumbles Into Victory". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 71 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 86. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  3. "1954 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. "1954 Football Schedule". Indiana University . Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  5. "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  6. "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2018.