1917 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1917 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–2 (1–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ewald O. Stiehm (2nd season)

1917 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Ohio State $	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	1	–	0			4	–	1	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	2	–	1
Illinois	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Chicago	2	–	2	–	1			3	–	2	–	1
Indiana	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Michigan	0	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Iowa	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Purdue	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1917 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1917 college football season. In their second season under head coach Ewald O. Stiehm, the Hoosiers compiled a 5–2 record and finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference. They won games against Franklin (50-0), Wabash (51-0), Saint Louis (40-0), DePauw (35-0), and Purdue (37–0), and lost to Minnesota (9–33), and Ohio State (3–26).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	Franklin*	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	W 50–0	-
October 6	Wabash*	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	W 51–0	-
October 13	Saint Louis*	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	W 40–0	-
October 27	at Minnesota	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	L 9–33	-
November 3	Ohio State	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	L 3–26	-
November 10	DePauw	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	W 35–0	-
November 24	at Purdue	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	W 37–0	-
*Non-conference game