1959 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1959 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season. They 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 Phil Dickens, in his second year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Illinois	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 20–0
October 3	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 14–24	52,927
October 10	Marquette*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 33–13
October 17	at Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	W 7–23	34,471
October 24	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	L 6–14
October 31	at No. 2 Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 13–30	51,102
November 7	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	T 0–0	82,075
November 14	Michigan	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 26–7	24,171	^[1]
November 21	Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 7–20
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Hoosiers Post 26-7 Triumph". The Hammond Times. November 15, 1959. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1959 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com".

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1959 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Wisconsin $	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Purdue	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
No. 13 Illinois	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Northwestern	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Ohio State	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll