1959 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1959 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Phil Dickens, in his second year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

1959 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record4–4–1 (2–4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPTed Aucreman
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(capacity: 20,000)
1959 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Wisconsin $ 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Michigan State 4 –2 –05 –4 –0
Purdue 4 –2 –15 –2 –2
No. 13 Illinois 4 –2 –15 –3 –1
Northwestern 4 –3 –06 –3 –0
Iowa 3 –3 –05 –4 –0
Michigan 3 –4 –04 –5 –0
Indiana 2 –4 –14 –4 –1
Ohio State 2 –4 –13 –5 –1
Minnesota 1 –6 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Illinois
W 20–020,000
October 3at Minnesota
L 14–2452,927
October 10Marquette*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 33–13
October 17at Nebraska*
W 7–2334,471
October 24at Michigan State
L 6–1454,611
October 31at No. 2 Northwestern
L 13–3051,102
November 7at Ohio State
T 0–082,075
November 14Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 26–724,171[1]
November 21Purdue
L 7–2032,325
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1960 NFL draftees
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Ted AucremanEnd11123Detroit Lions
Vic JonesBack13146Chicago Cardinals

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References
  1. "Hoosiers Post 26-7 Triumph". The Hammond Times. November 15, 1959. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1959 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  3. "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com".


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