1972 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1972 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1972 record 5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach John Pont
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 52,324)
1972 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#6 Michigan + 7 – 1 – 0     10 – 1 – 0
#9 Ohio State + 7 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
Purdue 6 – 2 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Michigan State 5 – 2 – 1     5 – 5 – 1
Minnesota 4 – 4 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Indiana 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Illinois 3 – 5 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
Iowa 2 – 6 – 1     3 – 7 – 1
Wisconsin 2 – 6 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Northwestern 1 – 8 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1972 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 John Pont, in his eighth and final year as head coach of the Hoosiers, before being fired at the end of the season.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 16 Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 27–23   35,783
September 23 TCU* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 28–31   -
September 30 at Kentucky* Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Bourbon Barrel) W 35–34   -
October 7 at Syracuse* Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 10–2   -
October 14 Wisconsindagger Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 33–7   50,122
October 21 1:30 PM at No. 4 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 7–44   86,365
October 28 at Northwestern Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 14–23   -
November 4 No. 4 Michigan Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 7–21   41,336
November 11 at Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL L 20–37   -
November 18 Iowa Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 16–8   27,440
November 25 at Purdue Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) L 7–42   -
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

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1973 NFL draftees

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Mike Fulk Linebacker 5 112 San Francisco 49ers
Glenn Skolnik Wide Receiver 6 154 Pittsburgh Steelers
Dan Lintner Defensive back 8 184 Philadelphia Eagles
Rob Spicer Linebacker 9 222 New York Jets
Ted McNulty Quarterback 15 380 Cincinnati Bengals

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References

  1. ↑ "1972 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ "1972 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1973.htm
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