1972 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1972 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1972 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by John Pont, in his eighth and final year as head coach of the Hoosiers, before being fired at the end of the season.

1972 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPGlenn Scolnik
CaptainTed McNulty, Joe Pawlitsch
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(capacity: 52,324)
1972 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Michigan + 7 1 010 1 0
No. 9 Ohio State + 7 1 09 2 0
Purdue 6 2 06 5 0
Michigan State 5 2 15 5 1
Minnesota 4 4 04 7 0
Indiana 3 5 05 6 0
Illinois 3 5 03 8 0
Iowa 2 6 13 7 1
Wisconsin 2 6 04 7 0
Northwestern 1 8 02 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16MinnesotaW 27–2335,783
September 23TCU*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 28–31
September 30at Kentucky*W 35–3437,500[1]
October 7at Syracuse*W 10–218,444
October 14Wisconsindagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 33–750,122
October 211:30 p.m.at No. 4 Ohio StateL 7–4486,365
October 28at NorthwesternL 14–23
November 4No. 4 Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 7–2141,336
November 11at IllinoisL 20–3755,077
November 18Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 16–827,440
November 25at PurdueL 7–4265,605
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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1973 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Mike FulkLinebacker5112San Francisco 49ers
Glenn SkolnikWide receiver6154Pittsburgh Steelers
Dan LintnerDefensive back8184Philadelphia Eagles
Rob SpicerLinebacker9222New York Jets
Ted McNultyQuarterback15380Cincinnati Bengals

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References

  1. "Hoosier 'thrill show' snares 35–34 triumph". The Indianapolis Star. October 1, 1972. Retrieved October 22, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1972 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  3. "1972 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  4. "1973 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.


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