1973 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1973 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1973 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Lee Corso, in his first year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

1973 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1973 record	2–9 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lee Corso (1st season)
Captain	Ken Starling
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 52,324)

1973 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Ohio State +	7	–	0	–	1			10	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Michigan +	7	–	0	–	1			10	–	0	–	1
Minnesota	6	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Indiana	0	–	8	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Iowa	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 15	Illinois	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 14–28	51,433
September 22	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 10–26	38,643
September 29	Kentucky*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Bourbon Barrel)	W 17–3	51,523
October 6	at No. 20 West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 28–14	37,000
October 13	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 3–24	37,710
October 20	No. 1 Ohio State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 7–37	53,183
October 27	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 7–31	66,365
November 3	at No. 4 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 13–49	76,432
November 10	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 20–21	41,053
November 17	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon)	L 9–10	50,116
November 24	Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 23–28	44,789
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

Staff

Head Coach: Lee Corso

Assistants: Howard Brown, Peter Compise, Jim Gruden, Hal Hunter, Jim Johnson, Bob Otolski, Ray Shands, Trent Walters, Morris Watts, Timmy Redebaugh

Game summaries

Statistics

Passing

Player	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	INT
Willie Jones	76	135	881	5

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	TD
Ken Starling	180	676	2

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	TD
Trent Smock	36	505	5

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Awards

All-Big Ten (1st Team)

• Bill Armstrong, SE
• John Babcock, C
• Chuck Sukurs, C
• Jim Wenzel, P

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References

1. "1973 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
2. "1973 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
3. 2010 Indiana football media guide