1948 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1948 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Nine Conference
Record2–7 (2–4 Big Nine)
Head coach
MVP George Taliaferro
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 20,000)
Seasons
←  1947
1949  →
1948 Big Nine Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Michigan $ 6 –0 –09 –0 –0
No. 7 Northwestern 5 –1 –08 –2 –0
No. 16 Minnesota 5 –2 –07 –2 –0
Ohio State 3 –3 –06 –3 –0
Iowa 2 –4 –04 –5 –0
Purdue 2 –4 –03 –6 –0
Indiana 2 –4 –02 –7 –0
Illinois 2 –5 –03 –6 –0
Wisconsin 1 –5 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1948 Big Nine Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Nine Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Clyde B. Smith, in his first year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Contents

Indiana was ranked at No. 63 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Wisconsin
W 35–740,000 [2]
October 2 Iowa
W 7–0
October 9 TCU *No. 17
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 6–7
October 16 Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 0–1732,000 [3]
October 23at Pittsburgh *
L 14–21
October 30at No. 15 Minnesota
L 7–3064,926
November 6No. 1 Notre Dame *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 6–4234,000
November 13at No. 1 Michigan
L 0–5484,043
November 20at Purdue
L 0–3947,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[4]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
Poll12345678Final
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1949 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
John Goldsberry Tackle 440 Chicago Cardinals
George Taliaferro Back 13129 Chicago Bears
Jerry MorricalTackle16155 New York Giants
Nick Sebek Back25248 Los Angeles Rams

[5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Bob Stranahan (September 26, 1948). "Heads-Up Play Gives Indiana 35–7 Upset Over Wisconsin". The Indianapolis Star . p. 3-1 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ Overmyer, Jack (October 17, 1948). "Indiana Beaten". The Indianapolis Star . p. 7:1. Retrieved October 17, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "1948 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2018.


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