1972 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1972 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Michigan + 7 1 0 10 1 0
No. 9 Ohio State + 7 1 0 9 2 0
Purdue 6 2 0 6 5 0
Michigan State 5 2 1 5 5 1
Minnesota 4 4 0 4 7 0
Indiana 3 5 0 5 6 0
Illinois 3 5 0 3 8 0
Iowa 2 6 1 3 7 1
Wisconsin 2 6 0 4 7 0
Northwestern 1 8 0 2 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1972 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by John Pont, in his eighth and final year as head coach of the Hoosiers, before being fired at the end of the season.

Schedule

September 16Minnesota

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana

W 27–23 35,783 September 23TCU*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana

L 28–31 - September 30at Kentucky*

W 35–34 - October 7at Syracuse*

W 10–2 - October 14Wisconsindagger

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana

W 33–7 50,122 October 211:30 PMat No. 4 Ohio State

L 7–44 86,365 October 28at Northwestern

L 14–23 - November 4No. 4 Michigan

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana

L 7–21 41,336 November 11at Illinois

L 20–37 - November 18Iowa

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana

W 16–8 27,440 November 25at Purdue

L 7–42 -

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1973 NFL draftees

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Mike Fulk Linebacker 5 112 San Francisco 49ers
Glenn Skolnik Wide receiver 6 154 Pittsburgh Steelers
Dan Lintner Defensive back 8 184 Philadelphia Eagles
Rob Spicer Linebacker 9 222 New York Jets
Ted McNulty Quarterback 15 380 Cincinnati Bengals

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References

  1. ^ "1972 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "1972 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved October 14, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1973.htm