1969 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1969 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record4–6 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPJohn Isenbarger
CaptainSteve Applegate, Harry Gonso, Karl Pankratz
Home stadiumSeventeenth Street Stadium
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Ohio State + 6 1 0 8 1 0
No. 9 Michigan + 6 1 0 8 3 0
No. 18 Purdue 5 2 0 8 2 0
Minnesota 4 3 0 4 5 1
Iowa 3 4 0 5 5 0
Indiana 3 4 0 4 6 0
Northwestern 3 4 0 3 7 0
Wisconsin 3 4 0 3 7 0
Michigan State 2 5 0 4 6 0
Illinois 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Seventeenth Street Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by John Pont, in his fifth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Kentucky*No. 14ABCW 58–3037,500–38,000[1]
September 27California*No. 10L 14–1752,904
October 4at Colorado*L 7–3031,258–31,534[2]
October 11Minnesota
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 17–752,804
October 18Illinoisdagger
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 41–2051,812
October 25at WisconsinL 34–3658,636
November 1at Michigan StateW 16–077,533
November 8Iowa
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
ABCL 17–2852,854
November 15at NorthwesternL 27–3031,644
November 22No. 17 Purdue
L 21–4456,223
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[edit]

1969 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 40 Jade Butcher Sr
HB 17 John Isenbarger Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

1970 NFL draftees[edit]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
John Isenbarger Running back 2 48 San Francisco 49ers
Jade Butcher Wide receiver 6 147 Atlanta Falcons
Eric Stolberg Wide receiver 17 440 Oakland Raiders

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "IU crushes Kentucky, 58–30". The Star Press. September 21, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Colorado Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). University of Colorado Boulder. p. 38. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "1969 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "1969 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  5. ^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  6. ^ "1969 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearbook). Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  7. ^ "1970 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.