1943 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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.

1943 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1943 record4–4–2 (2–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPJohn Tavener
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
1943 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 18Miami (OH)*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
T 7–7-
September 25at NorthwesternL 6–14-
October 2Wabash*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 52–0-
October 9at NebraskaW 54–13-
October 16at IowaT 7–7-
October 23Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 34–0-
October 30at Ohio StateW 20–1425,458
November 6at No. 6 MichiganL 6–2320,000
November 13Great Lakes Navy*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
L 7–21-
November 20No. 3 Purdue
L 0–7-
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1944 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Billy HillenbrandBack16New York Giants
Jack TavenerCenter428Chicago Cardinals
Lou SabanBack1088Chicago Cardinals
Chuck JacobyBack24244Detroit Lions
Bob ZimnyGuard28287Green Bay Packers
Russ DealTackle31319Brooklyn Tigers

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References

  1. "1943 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  2. "1944 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 5, 2015.


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