1959 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1959 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1959 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 Phil Dickens, in his second year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

1959 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1959 record441 (241 Big Ten)
Head coachPhil Dickens (2nd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
1959 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Wisconsin $ 5 2 0  7 3 0
Michigan State 4 2 0  5 4 0
Purdue 4 2 1  5 2 2
No. 13 Illinois 4 2 1  5 3 1
Northwestern 4 3 0  6 3 0
Iowa 3 3 0  5 4 0
Michigan 3 4 0  4 5 0
Indiana 2 4 1  4 4 1
Ohio State 2 4 1  3 5 1
Minnesota 1 6 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Illinois
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 20–0-
October 3at MinnesotaL 14–2452,927
October 10Marquette*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 33–13-
October 17at Nebraska*W 7–2334,471
October 24at Michigan State
L 6–14-
October 31at No. 2 Northwestern
L 13–3051,102
November 7at Ohio StateT 0–082,075
November 14Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 26–724,171[1]
November 21Purdue
L 7–20-
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1960 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Ted AucremanEnd11123Detroit Lions
Vic JonesBack13146Chicago Cardinals

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References

  1. "Hoosiers Post 26-7 Triumph". The Hammond Times. November 15, 1959. p. D1 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1959 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  3. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1960.htm


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