1970 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1970 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record1–9 (1–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPChris Morris
Captains
  • Tom Fleming
  • E. G. White
Home stadium Seventeenth Street Stadium
Seasons
  1969
1971  
1970 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Ohio State $ 7 0 09 1 0
No. 9 Michigan 6 1 09 1 0
Northwestern 6 1 06 4 0
Iowa 3 3 13 6 1
Wisconsin 3 4 04 5 1
Michigan State 3 4 04 6 0
Minnesota 2 4 13 6 1
Purdue 2 5 04 6 0
Illinois 1 6 03 7 0
Indiana 1 6 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1970 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Seventeenth Street Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by John Pont, in his sixth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 Colorado *L 9–1642,174
September 264:31 p.m.at California *L 14–5629,857
October 3No. 14 West Virginia *
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 10–1644,882 [1]
October 10at Minnesota L 0–2340,220
October 17at Illinois W 30–2442,079–42,708
October 241:30 pm Wisconsin Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 12–3048,643
October 31 Michigan State
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
L 7–3241,126
November 7at Iowa L 13–4243,217
November 14 Northwestern
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 7–2125,778
November 21at Purdue L 0–4069,357
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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1971 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
John Andrews Tight end 5130 Baltimore Colts
Chris Morris Guard 10258 Minnesota Vikings

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References

  1. "Hoosiers shaken, 16–10". Chicago Tribune. October 4, 1970. Retrieved January 22, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1970 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  3. "1970 Football Schedule". Indiana University . Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  5. "1970 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  6. "1971 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on December 22, 2007.