1951 Indiana Hoosiers football team

American college football season

1951 Indiana Hoosiers football

Conference| Big Ten Conference
Record| 3–6 (2–4 Big Ten)
Head coach|

* Clyde B. Smith (4th season)

MVP| Gene Gedman
Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

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1952 ->

1951 Big Ten Conference football standings

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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

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

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]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 29| at No. 14 Notre Dame*|

* Notre Dame Stadium
* Notre Dame, IN

| W 48–6| 55,790|
October 6| Pittsburgh*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Bloomington, IN

| W 13–6| |
October 13| at Michigan|

* Michigan Stadium
* Ann Arbor, MI

| L 14–33| 60,165|
October 20| at No. 17 Ohio State|

* Ohio Stadium
* Columbus, OH

| W 32–10| 74,265|
October 27| No. 4 Illinois|

* Memorial Stadium
* Bloomington, IN (rivalry)

| L 0–21| 33,000|
November 3| at No. 10 Wisconsin|

* Camp Randall Stadium
* Madison, WI

| L 0–6| 51,118|
November 10| at Minnesota|

* Memorial Stadium
* Minneapolis, MN

| L 14–16| 45,986|
November 17| No. 1 Michigan State*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Bloomington, IN (rivalry)

| L 26–30| 16,000| [2]
November 24| Purdue|

* Memorial Stadium
* Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)

| L 13–21| 31,000|

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## 1952 NFL draftees

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Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club

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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

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## References

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1. ^ "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ George S. Alderton (November 18, 1951). "MSC Teeters, Then Indiana Bows, 30-26". Lansing State Journal. pp. 51–52 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "1951 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
4. ^ "1951 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
5. ^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 13. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
6. ^ "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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Indiana Hoosiers football

Venues|

* Athletic Field (1887–1897)
* Jordan Field (1898–1924)
* Memorial Stadium (old) (1925–1959)
* Memorial Stadium (1960–present)
* John Mellencamp Pavilion (practice)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Illinois
* Kentucky
* Michigan State
* Purdue: Old Oaken Bucket

Culture & lore|

* "Indiana, Our Indiana"
* Marching Hundred

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

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