1948 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1948 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1948 Big Nine Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Nine Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Clyde B. Smith, in his first year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

1948 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Nine Conference
1948 record27 (24 Big Nine)
Head coachClyde B. Smith (1st season)
MVPGeorge Taliaferro
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
1948 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Michigan $ 6 0 0  9 0 0
No. 7 Northwestern 5 1 0  8 2 0
No. 16 Minnesota 5 2 0  7 2 0
Ohio State 3 3 0  6 3 0
Iowa 2 4 0  4 5 0
Purdue 2 4 0  3 6 0
Indiana 2 4 0  2 7 0
Illinois 2 5 0  3 6 0
Wisconsin 1 5 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 25at WisconsinW 35–740,000
October 2IowaW 7–0
October 9TCU*No. 17
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 6–7
October 16Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 0–1732,000
October 23at Pittsburgh*L 14–21
October 30at No. 15 MinnesotaL 7–3064,926
November 6No. 1 Notre Dame*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 6–4234,000
November 13at No. 1 MichiganL 0–5484,043
November 20at PurdueL 0–39
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1949 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
John GoldsberryTackle440Chicago Cardinals
George TaliaferroBack13129Chicago Bears
Jerry MorricalTackle16155New York Giants
Nick SebekBack25248Los Angeles Rams

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References

  1. "1948 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  2. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1949.htm


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