1968 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1968 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record6–4 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPHarry Gonso, Al Gage
CaptainAl Gage, Jerry Grecco, Jim Sniadecki
Home stadium Seventeenth Street Stadium
Seasons
  1967
1969  
1968 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Ohio State $ 7 0 010 0 0
No. 12 Michigan 6 1 08 2 0
No. 10 Purdue 5 2 08 2 0
Minnesota 5 2 06 4 0
Indiana 4 3 06 4 0
Iowa 4 3 05 5 0
Michigan State 2 5 05 5 0
Illinois 1 6 01 9 0
Northwestern 1 6 01 9 0
Wisconsin 0 7 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1968 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 John Pont, in his fourth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 21 Baylor *No. 15W 40–3644,382
September 28at No. 12 Kansas *No. 13L 20–3838,470–44,000
October 5 Illinois
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
W 28–1450,241–50,996
October 12at Iowa ABC W 38–3454,633
October 19No. 18 Michigan Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 19
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 22–2751,951
October 26 Arizona *
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 16–1344,847
November 2at Wisconsin W 21–2051,666
November 9at No. 17 Michigan State W 24–2265,841
November 16 Minnesota No. 19
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 6–2049,234
November 23at No. 12 Purdue L 35–3863,294
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1968 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 71John AndrewsSo
C 53Steve ApplegateJr
QB 14Greg BrownSo
WR 40Jade ButcherJr
G 63Don DeSalleJr
TE 81Al GageSr
QB 16Harry GonsoJr
HB 17 John Isenbarger Jr
WR 88Ken LongSr
RB 10Bob PernellSo
QB 18Mike PerrySr
OT 79Rick SpickardSr
WR 89Eric StolbergJr
RB 15Rick ThompsonSo
G 73Bill WoodSo
QB 13George WortleySr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 45Mike AdamsJr
S 33Mike BaughmanJr
DE 80Tom BilanusSr
DB 22Nate CunninghamSr
DT 60Jerry GreccoSr
S 20Jay MathiasJr
DB 21Benny NormanJr
LB 54Karl PankratzJr
LB 46Dan SilasSo
LB 83 Jim Sniadecki Sr
DE 61 Cal Snowden Sr
DT 75Bob WhiteSo
DT 97Bill WolfeJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

1969 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Jim Sniadecki Linebacker 486 San Francisco 49ers
Cal Snowden Defensive end 9227 St. Louis Cardinals
Robert Kirk Guard 16391 Buffalo Bills

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References

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