1951 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1951 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1951 record 27 (15 Big Ten)
Head coach Clyde B. Smith (4th season)
MVP Gene Gedman
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
1951 Big Nine football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 4 Illinois $ 5 0 1     9 0 1
Purdue 4 1 0     5 4 0
No. 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 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 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 Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 29 at No. 14 Notre Dame* Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN L 486   55,790
October 6 Pittsburgh* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 136   -
October 13 at Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI L 1433   60,165
October 20 at No. 17 Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH W 1032   74,265
October 27 No. 4 Illinois Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 021   -
November 3 at No. 10 Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI L 076   51,118
November 10 at Minnesota Memorial StadiumMinneapolis, MN L 1416   45,986
November 17 No. 1 Michigan State Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon) L 2630   -
November 24 Purdue Memorial Stadium • Bloomignton, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) L 1321   -
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #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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