1951 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1951 Indiana Hoosiers football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1951 record	2–7 (1–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Clyde B. Smith
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 20,000)

1951 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Illinois $	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
Purdue	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
#8 Wisconsin	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Michigan	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Ohio State	2	–	2	–	2	4	–	3	–	2
Northwestern	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Iowa	0	–	5	–	1	2	–	5	–	2

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1951 college 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 fourth and final year as head coach of the Hoosiers. At the end of the season, Smith was fired and replaced by Bernie Crimmins.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	at #14 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	L 48–6	55,790
October 6	Pittsburgh*	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	W 13–6	-
October 13	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 14–33	60,165
October 20	at #17 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 10–32	74,265
October 27	#4 Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	L 0–21	-
November 3	at #10 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 07–6	51,118
November 10	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 14–16	45,986
November 17	#1 Michigan State	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)	L 26–30	-
November 24	Purdue	Memorial Stadium • Bloomignton, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 13–21	-
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

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1952 NFL draftees

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Mel Becket	Center	8	87	Green Bay Packers
John Davis	Back	15	171	Chicago Cardinals
Sam Talarico	Tackle	19	225	Cleveland Browns
Bobby Robertson	Back	23	276	Cleveland Browns
Cliff Anderson	End	25	291	Chicago Cardinals

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References

↑ "1951 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1952.htm

Indiana Hoosiers football

Venues	Jordan Field (1887–1924) Memorial Stadium (old) (1925–1959) Memorial Stadium (1960–present) John Mellencamp Pavilion (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Kentucky (Bourbon Barrel) Michigan State (Old Brass Spittoon) Purdue (Old Oaken Bucket)

Culture & lore	"Indiana, Our Indiana" Marching Hundred

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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