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. The team was ranked at No. 55 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[1]
| 1951 Indiana Hoosiers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 3–6 (2–4 Big Ten) |
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| MVP | Gene Gedman |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 29 | at No. 14 Notre Dame* | W 48–6 | 55,790 | ||
| October 6 | Pittsburgh* | W 13–6 | |||
| October 13 | at Michigan | L 14–33 | 60,165 | ||
| October 20 | at No. 17 Ohio State | W 32–10 | 74,265 | ||
| October 27 | No. 4 Illinois |
| L 0–21 | 33,000 | |
| November 3 | at No. 10 Wisconsin | L 0–6 | 51,118 | ||
| November 10 | at Minnesota | L 14–16 | 45,986 | ||
| November 17 | No. 1 Michigan State* |
| L 26–30 | 16,000 | [2] |
| November 24 | Purdue |
| L 13–21 | 31,000 | |
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1952 NFL draftees
edit| 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 |
References
edit- ^ "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ George S. Alderton (November 18, 1951). "MSC Teeters, Then Indiana Bows, 30-26". Lansing State Journal. pp. 51–52 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1951 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
- ^ "1951 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
- ^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 13. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
- ^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
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