1961 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1961 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	2–7 (0–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Phil Dickens (4th season)
MVP	Byron Broome
Captain	Bill Olsavsky
Home stadium	Seventeenth Street Stadium
Seasons ←  1960 1962  →

1961 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	at Kansas State *	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 8–14	7,800
October 7	Wisconsin	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 3–6	23,270
October 14	at No. 2 Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 8–27	56,000
October 21	Washington State *	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 33–7	23,307
October 28	at No. 1 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	L 0–35	55,361
November 4	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 8–14	35,392
November 11	No. 3 Ohio State	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 7–16	27,108
November 18	at West Virginia *	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 17–9	15,000	[1]
November 25	Purdue	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 12–34	34,798–36,000	[2]
*Non-conference game Homecoming 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.