1962 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1962 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–6 (1–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPWoody Moore
CaptainNate Ramsey
Home stadiumSeventeenth Street Stadium
1962 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Wisconsin $6–1–08–2–0
No. 10 Minnesota5–2–06–2–1
Northwestern4–2–07–2–0
Ohio State4–2–06–3–0
Michigan State3–3–05–4–0
Purdue3–3–04–4–1
Iowa3–3–04–5–0
Illinois2–5–02–7–0
Indiana1–5–03–6–0
Michigan1–6–02–7–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1962 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1962 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 Phil Dickens, in his fifth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Kansas State*
W 21–017,892[1]
September 29at Cincinnati*
W 26–614,000[2]
October 6at Wisconsin
L 6–3041,354[3]
October 13Iowa
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 10–1429,771[4]
October 20at Washington State*
L 15–2115,500[5]
October 27No. 10 Michigan State
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
L 8–2624,377[6]
November 3No. 1 Northwesterndagger
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 21–2626,468[7]
November 10at Ohio State
L 7–1075,378[8]
November 24at Purdue
W 12–750,243[9]

NFL draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
John JohnsonTackle680Chicago Bears
Nate RamseyBack14186Philadelphia Eagles
Jeff SlabaughEnd18249Chicago Bears
Mike WasdovichGuard19256Philadelphia Eagles
Source:[15]

References

  1. "Rough IU trips K-State". The Anderson Herald. September 23, 1962. Retrieved March 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Hoosiers outclass Cincinnati by 26–6". The Duluth News Tribune. September 30, 1962. Retrieved March 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Wisconsin's Badgers whip Indiana's Hoosiers, 30–6". The Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram. October 7, 1962. Retrieved March 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Foottball's back home in Indiana". The Evansville Courier & Press. October 14, 1962. Retrieved March 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Hoosiers defeated on Coast". The Bay City Times. October 21, 1962. Retrieved March 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Saimes scores three TD's as Spartans explode, 26–8". The Times-Picayune. October 28, 1962. Retrieved March 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "No. 1 N.W. needs rally to nip I.U." The Courier-Journal. November 4, 1962. Retrieved March 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Ohio State squeezes out 10–7 triumph over Indiana". The South Bend Tribune. November 11, 1962. Retrieved March 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Indiana and Illinois record upsets". The Terre Haute Tribune. November 25, 1962. Retrieved March 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Schedule/Results (1962 Indiana)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
  11. "1962 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  12. "1962 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  13. "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  14. "1962 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearbook). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  15. "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2018.