1973 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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.

1973 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1973 record2–9 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainKen Starling
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 52,324)
1973 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 15IllinoisL 14–2851,433
September 22at Arizona*L 10–2638,643
September 29Kentucky*
W 17–351,523
October 6at No. 20 West Virginia*W 28–1437,000
October 13at MinnesotaL 3–2437,710
October 20No. 1 Ohio State
  • 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 StateL 9–1050,116
November 24Purdue
L 23–2844,789
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1973 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR Mike Flanagan
QB Mike Glazier
QB Willie Jones
TE Trent Smock
RB Courtney Snyder
RB Ken Starling (C)
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Quinn Buckner
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
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
  • Redshirt

Statistics

Passing

PlayerCompAttYardsTDINT
Willie Jones761358815

Rushing

PlayerAttYardsTD
Ken Starling1806762

Receiving

PlayerRecYardsTD
Trent Smock365055

[3]

Awards

All-Big Ten (1st Team)

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

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References

  1. "1973 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  2. "1973 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. 2010 Indiana football media guide


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