1943 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1943 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–4–2 (2–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bo McMillin (10th season)
MVP	John Tavener
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 20,000)

1943 Big Ten Conference football standings

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

The 1943 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1943 Big Ten Conference football season. The 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 Bo McMillin, in his 10th year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18	Miami (OH)*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	T 7–7	-
September 25	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	L 6–14	-
October 2	Wabash*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	W 52–0	-
October 9	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska	W 54–13	-
October 16	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	T 7–7	-
October 23	Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	W 34–0	-
October 30	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	W 20–14	25,458
November 6	at No. 6 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	L 6–23	20,000
November 13	Great Lakes Navy*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	L 7–21	-
November 20	No. 3 Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 0–7	-
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1944 NFL draftees

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Billy Hillenbrand	Back	1	6	New York Giants
Jack Tavener	Center	4	28	Chicago Cardinals
Lou Saban	Back	10	88	Chicago Cardinals
Chuck Jacoby	Back	24	244	Detroit Lions
Bob Zimny	Guard	28	287	Green Bay Packers
Russ Deal	Tackle	31	319	Brooklyn Tigers