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1972 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1972 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Michigan + 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Ohio State + 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Purdue 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Michigan State 5 – 2 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Minnesota 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Indiana 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Illinois 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Iowa 2 – 6 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
Wisconsin 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Northwestern 1 – 8 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1972 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by John Pont, in his eighth and final year as head coach of the Hoosiers, before being fired at the end of the season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16Minnesota
W 27–2335,783
September 23TCU*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 28–3134,004[1]
September 30at Kentucky*
W 35–3437,500[2]
October 7at Syracuse*
W 10–218,444
October 14Wisconsindagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 33–750,122
October 211:30 p.m.at No. 4 Ohio State
L 7–4486,365
October 28at Northwestern
L 14–2332,007
November 4No. 4 Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 7–2141,336
November 11at Illinois
L 20–3755,077
November 18Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 16–827,440
November 25at Purdue
L 7–4265,605
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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1973 NFL draftees

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Mike Fulk Linebacker 5 112 San Francisco 49ers
Glenn Skolnik Wide receiver 6 154 Pittsburgh Steelers
Dan Lintner Defensive back 8 184 Philadelphia Eagles
Rob Spicer Linebacker 9 222 New York Jets
Ted McNulty Quarterback 15 380 Cincinnati Bengals

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References

  1. ^ "Texas Christian continues hex on Indiana's Hoosiers, 31–28". The Kokomo Tribune. September 24, 1972. Retrieved March 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Hoosier 'thrill show' snares 35–34 triumph". The Indianapolis Star. October 1, 1972. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1972 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "1972 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  5. ^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  6. ^ "1972 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  7. ^ "1973 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.