1966 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1966 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	1–8–1 (1–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Pont (2nd season)
MVP	Frank Stavroff
Home stadium	Seventeenth Street Stadium (Capacity: 48,344)

1966 Big Ten Conference football standings

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

The 1966 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1966 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Seventeenth Street Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by John Pont, in his second year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17		Miami (OH)*	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	L 10–20	-
September 24		at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 26–14	-
October 1	7:30 PM	at Texas*	Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas	L 0–35	56,000
October 8		Minnesota	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	T 7–7	34,721
October 15		Illinois	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	L 10–24	-
October 21		at Miami (FL)*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, Florida	L 7–14	-
October 29		at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	L 19–20	-
November 5		at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	L 0–7	80,834
November 12		No. 2 Michigan State	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, Indiana (Old Brass Spittoon)	L 19–37	30,096
November 19		at No. 10 Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 6–51	-
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

1967 NFL draftees

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Bob Van Pelt	Center	5	114	Philadelphia Eagles