1949 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1949 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1949 Big Nine 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 Clyde B. Smith, in his second year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

1949 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Nine Conference
Record1–8 (0–6 Big Nine)
Head coach
MVPNick Sebek
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(capacity: 20,000)
1949 Big Nine Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Ohio State + 4 –1 –17 –1 –2
No. 7 Michigan + 4 –1 –16 –2 –1
No. 8 Minnesota 4 –2 –07 –2 –0
Wisconsin 3 –2 –15 –3 –1
Illinois 3 –3 –13 –4 –2
Iowa 3 –3 –04 –5 –0
Northwestern 3 –4 –04 –5 –0
Purdue 2 –4 –04 –5 –0
Indiana 0 –6 –01 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24at Notre Dame*
L 6–4953,844
October 1at Ohio State
L 7–4670,568
October 8TCU*
L 6–13
October 15at Iowa
L 9–35
October 22No. 16 Pittsburgh*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 48–14
October 29Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 14–3030,000
November 5at Illinois
L 14–3340,457
November 12at No. 5 Michigan
L 7–2079,200
November 19Purdue
L 6–1434,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

After the season

NFL Draft

One Hoosier was selected in the 1950 NFL Draft, held in January.[2]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
21266Cas "Slug" WituckiGuardWashington Redskins

References
  1. "1949 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  2. "1950 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 26, 2023.


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