1954 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1954 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–6 (2–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bernie Crimmins (3rd season)
MVP	Florian Helinski
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (capacity: 20,000)

1954 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
No. 9 Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Michigan	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Iowa	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Purdue	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Indiana	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Illinois	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bernie Crimmins, in his third year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–28	72,703
October 2	Pacific (CA)*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 34–6
October 9	Michigan State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	L 14–21	25,000
October 16	at Missouri*	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	L 14–20
October 23	Iowa	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 14–27
October 30	at No. 11 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	W 13–9	49,817
November 6	Miami (OH)*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 0–6
November 13	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 14–13	25,856
November 20	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IM (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 7–13
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1955 NFL draftees

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Nate Borden	End	25	293	Green Bay Packers