1961 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1961 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record2–7 (0–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPByron Broome
CaptainBill Olsavsky
Home stadiumSeventeenth Street Stadium
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Big Ten Conference football standings
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

Seventeenth Street Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Phil Dickens
, in his fourth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Kansas State*
L 8–147,800
October 7Wisconsin
L 3–623,270
October 14at No. 2 Iowa
L 8–2756,000
October 21Washington State*
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 33–723,307
October 28at No. 1
Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI (rivalry
    • )    		L 0–3555,361
    November 4at Northwestern
    		L 8–1435,392
    November 11No. 3 Ohio Statedagger
    • Seventeenth Street Stadium
    • Bloomington, IN
    		L 7–1627,108
    November 18at West Virginia*
    		W 17–915,000[1]
    November 25Purdue
    		L 12–3434,798–36,000[2]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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    References

    1. Newspapers.com
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    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.


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