1973 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1973 Indiana Hoosiers football
Indiana Hoosiers logo.svg
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1973 record2–9 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainKen Starling
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 52,324)
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Ohio State + 7 0 1 10 0 1
No. 6 Michigan + 7 0 1 10 0 1
Minnesota 6 2 0 7 4 0
Illinois 4 4 0 5 6 0
Michigan State 4 4 0 5 6 0
Purdue 4 4 0 5 6 0
Northwestern 4 4 0 4 7 0
Wisconsin 3 5 0 4 7 0
Indiana 0 8 0 2 9 0
Iowa 0 8 0 0 11 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1973 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Lee Corso, in his first year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 15IllinoisL 14–2851,433
September 22at Arizona*L 10–2638,643
September 29Kentucky*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
W 17–351,523
October 6at No. 20 West Virginia*W 28–1437,000
October 13at MinnesotaL 3–2437,710
October 20No. 1 Ohio Statedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 7–3753,183
October 27at WisconsinL 7–3166,365
November 3at No. 4 MichiganL 13–4976,432
November 10Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 20–2141,053
November 17at Michigan State
L 9–1050,116
November 24Purdue
L 23–2844,789
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1][2]

Personnel[]

1973 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR Mike Flanagan
QB Mike Glazier
QB Willie Jones
TE Trent Smock
RB Courtney Snyder
RB Ken Starling (C)
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB Quinn Buckner
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Frank Stavroff
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Howard Brown
  • Peter Compise
  • Jim Gruden
  • Hal Hunter
  • Jim Johnson
  • Bob Otolski
  • Timmy Redebaugh
  • Ray Shands
  • Trent Walters
  • Morris Watts

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries[]

Statistics[]

Passing[]

Player Comp Att Yards TD INT
Willie Jones 76 135 881 5

Rushing[]

Player Att Yards TD
Ken Starling 180 676 2

Receiving[]

Player Rec Yards TD
Trent Smock 36 505 5

[3]

Awards[]

All-Big Ten (1st Team)

  • Bill Armstrong, SE
  • John Babcock, C
  • Chuck Sukurs, C
  • Jim Wenzel, P

[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "1973 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  2. ^ "1973 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. ^ a b 2010 Indiana football media guide
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